Legislation by Province: Newfoundland (1833-1867)
Displaying 21 - 30 of 559 entries
Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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An Act for granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for Constructing and Repairing Roads, Streets, and Bridges, within this Colony. (Passed 28th April, 1867.) | 30 Victoria Chapter 2 | 1867 | This act grants various sums of money to build, maintain, and repair roads throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 26th April, 1867.) | 30 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1867 | This act specifies the duties to be charged on all trade goods being brought into the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act to provide for the Contingent Expenses of the Legislature. (Passed 1st May, 1866.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 23 | 1866 | This act grants various sums of money to reimburse those who have served the legislative house of assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act for Granting to Her Majesty a sum of Money for Defraying the Expenses of the Civil Government of this Colony, for the Year ending the Thirty-first day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-six, and for other purposes. (Passed 1st May, 1866.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 22 | 1866 | This act grants various sums of money to recompense those who have served the government throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act to Indemnify His Excellency the Governor of Newfoundland, for certain Sums of Money advanced by him from the Colonial Treasury, for the service of the Colony. (Passed 1st May, 1886.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 21 | 1866 | This act secures the governor of the province against legal repercussions for funds he advanced from the colonial treasury in order to pay certain provincial expenses. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act to authorise the Consolidation of part of the Public Debt of this Colony. (Passed 1st May, 1866.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 20 | 1866 | This act permits the consolidation and reduction of part of the province's public debt. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act to amend an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act to provide for the erection of Bridges across Colinet River, and Rocky River, on the main line of Road from St. John's to Placentia.” (Passed 1st May, 1866.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 19 | 1866 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1865 which provides for the funding of bridges to cross the Colinet river at points which are deemed to be most accessible or convenient. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act to make provision for the management of Public Wharves. (Passed 1st May, 1866.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 18 | 1866 | This act allows the justices in session to make rules regulating the management of public wharves. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act to repeal the Carbonear Grammar School Act, and for other purposes. (Passed 1st May, 1866.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 17 | 1866 | This act repeals and replaces an act first passed in 1843, and grants one thousand two hundred dollars each year going forward to be divided among the various denominations of Carbonear. | Early Canadiana Online |
An Act to amend the Acts for the Encouragement of Education in this Colony. (Passed 1st May, 1866.) | 29 Victoria Chapter 16 | 1866 | This act is an amendment to past acts which detail how money is to be parceled out to various districts, both catholic and protestant, as well as detailing how records are to be kept concerning the number of students, teachers, subjects taught, and other statistical records for each district. | Early Canadiana Online |