Legislation by Province: Newfoundland (1833-1867)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts note in force respecting Light Houses in this Colony. (Passed 14th June, 1852.) 15 Victoria Chapter 3 1852 This act replaces all past acts regarding the management and maintenance of lighthouses in the province with new regulations. All past acts are repealed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the Encouragement of Education. (Passed 14th June, 1852.) 15 Victoria Chapter 2 1852 This act continues an act passed in 1851 which contributes money to schools across the province. This new act not only continues the 1851 act, but also adds further clauses concerning the distribution of funds. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue and amend the Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 29th May, 1852.) 15 Victoria Chapter 1 1852 This act continues past acts which define the duties and taxes to be charged on goods being imported into the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the Contingent Expenses of the Legislature. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 15 1851 This act grants various sums of money to those who served the House of Assembly in various ways. 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 on the Thirty first day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-one, and for other purposes. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 14 1851 This act grants various sums of money to those who have served the government throughout the province in various ways. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in addition to the Act for the Management of Light-houses in this Colony. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 13 1851 This act is essentially an amendment to an act passed in 1839, entitled "An Act to amend several Acts now in force respecting Light Houses, and to make further provision for the said Light Houses, and to consolidate the Laws respecting the same," and is meant to extend the powers originally granted to the provincial lighthouse commissioners in the original act. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act to regulate the Packing and Inspection of Pickled Fish for Exportation from this Colony.” (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 12 1851 This is a continuation of an act first passed in 1841, which set standards by which inspectors are to grade fish set to be exported out of the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to improve the Copper Currency of this Island. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 11 1851 This act grants a sum of five hundred pounds to import high quality copper in an effort to keep poor quality copper out of the island's currency. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Practice and to fix and establish Terms or Sittings of the Northern and Southern Circuit Courts, and to provide for the appointment of Clerks and Registrars and other Officers in the several Electoral Districts. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 10 1851 This act re-divides the northern and southern circuit courts into the Ferryland Section, the Saint Mary’s and Placentia Section, the Burin Section, and the Fortune Bay Section. The responsibilities of the court districts are defined by the act. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the granting of Patents for Useful Inventions. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 9 1851 This act allows anyone who is a British subject to apply for a patent in the province if they have invented something new, whether it be a product or an art, machine, manufacturing method, or composition matter. Early Canadiana Online