Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act in further Amendment of an Act, made in the Thirty Third Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for establishing a Public Market at the Market House in Halifax and for regulating the same.” | 7 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act amends the 1760 Act, "An Act for establishing a Public Market at the Market House in Halifax and for regulating the same," as amended in 1766, to enable persons with perishable goods to sell to be allowed to do so in the streets of Halifax at any time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief, to grant Warrants on the Treasury, for a Sum not exceeding One Thousand Six Hundred pounds, bearing interest, for securing the Payment of the Expences of Government. | 7 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act authorises the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief to grant warrants on the treasury for a sum not exceedings one thousand six hundred pounds to pay the interest on loan warrants and treasurers receipts not paid off by the government's revenues. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Times and Places for holding the several Courts of Justice therein named. | 7 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act sets the times that the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas are to be held in Annapolis, Lunenburg, Liverpool, Horton, and Cumberland each year as well as when the Supreme Court will be held in Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend the several Acts of this Province, relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures. | 7 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1767 | Under this Act, all fines or forfeitures incurred relating to the assize of bread or standard weights and measures are to be applied between the clerks of the market or informer and the poor of the town where the offence was committed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, in addition to an Act, entitled, “an Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax.” | 7 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made in the Fourth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 7 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act amends a section of the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," to provide for townships with less than fifty families resident. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Partition of Lands in Coparcenary, Jointenancy, and Tenancy in Common, and thereby for the more effectual collecting His Majesty’s Quit Rents in the Colony of Nova Scotia. | 7 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act makes provision for lots of land possessed by absent persons to be divided, except in certain cases as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act, intitled An Act for regulating Petit Juries and declaring the Qualification of Jurors. | 7 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act outlines the qualifications required of persons obliged to serve on petit juries. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for the Establishment of Religious Public Worship in this Province, and for suppressing of Popery.” | 7 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act further amends the 1758 Act, "An Act for the Establishment of Religious Publick Worship in this Province, and for suppressing of Popery," by making provision for the inhabitants of St. Paul's in Halifax through providing several allowances as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Trespasses upon Crown Lands. | 7 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act makes it lawful for persons found to occupy lands not granted to them to be prosecuted and adjudged to forfeit a fifty pound fine. | Early Canadiana Online |