| An Act for the Regulation of Ferries. (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 8 |
1845 |
This act allows for the courts nearest where ferries are operating to regulate how they operate, and to regulate the fees they collect. |
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| An Act for the Encouragement of the Bank Fishery. (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 7 |
1845 |
This act seeks to encourage the fishery of cod on the grand banks by paying a bounty of 30 pounds to the vessel which should bring in the largest quantity. |
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| An Act to amend An Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled, “An Act to make provision for the Disposal and Sale of ungranted and unoccupied Crown Lands within the Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, and for other purposes.” (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 6 |
1845 |
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1844, which regulated the sale and granting of public lands which had priorly stood unused in the province. |
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| An Act to continue and amend 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 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 5 |
1845 |
This is the continuation of an amendment first passed in 1841, with some slight amendments. The original act set standards by which inspectors are to grade fish set to be exported out of the province. |
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| An Act for granting to Her Majesty the sum of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Pounds for the making and repairing of Roads, Streets and Bridges in this Colony. (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 4 |
1845 |
This act grants various sums of money to various districts throughout the province to build, repair, and maintain roadways. |
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| An Act to Regulate the Making and Repairing of Roads, Streets, and Bridges, within this Colony. (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 3 |
1845 |
This act regulates the repair and construction of roads, including the appointing of a board of commissioners for road, procedures for disputing the placement of roads, and the appointment of surveyors to settle disputes and to inspect roads. |
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| An Act for ascertaining the Census of the Population of this Colony, and other statistical information. (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 2 |
1845 |
This act repeals a prior census act passed in 1836 and replaces it with a new census act, defining what kind of information is to be taken by census-takers and how it is to be taken. |
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| An Act to continue an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its dependencies, and for repealing, from and after the fifth day of July next, an Act passed in the present Session of the Legislature, entitled ‘An Act for Granting to Her Majesty certain duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize imported into this Colony and its dependencies and to revive certain parts of an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of her said Majesty, entitled ‘An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into this Colony and its dependencies.’” (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 1 |
1845 |
This continues an act passed in 1843 which enumerates the tariffs to be charged on various items being imported into Newfoundland in order to generate a revenue for the province. |
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| An Act to provide for the Contingent Expenses of the Legislature during the present Session. (Passed 29th April, 1844.) |
7 Victoria Chapter 16 |
1844 |
This act grants various sums as a salary to those who have served the house of assembly. |
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| An Act for granting to Her Majesty a sum of Money for defraying the expenses of the Civil Government of the Colony, for the year ending the Thirtieth Day of June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-five, and for other purposes. (Passed 29th April, 1844.) |
7 Victoria Chapter 15 |
1844 |
This act grants various sums of money to recompense those who have served the government in various roles. |
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