Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act in further Addition to and Amendment of an Act, made pass’d in the 34th Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for the appointing Commissioners of Sewers.” | 5 George III – Chapter 4 | 1765 | This Act amends the last clause of the 1763 Act, "An act in addition to, and amendment of an act, for the appointing commissioners of sewers," and makes provision to collect on assessments from proprietors having no goods or chattles. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for impowering the Justices of the Peace for the County of Halifax, to hold a Court of Special Sessions of the Peace at Windsor in said County, for the Townships of Windsor, Onslow, and Truro. | 5 George III – Chapter 3 | 1765 | This Act provides that the there will be a Special Court of General Sessions held in Windsor every year on the last Tuesday of June and the second Tuesday of October to hear all matters in the townships of Windsor, Onslow, and Truro. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to and Amendment of an Act, made and pass’d in the First Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges, and Streets,” and for appointing Surveyors of Highways, within the several Townships in this Province. | 5 George III – Chapter 2 | 1765 | This Act amends and makes additions to the 1761 Act, "An Act for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges, and Streets." The Act outlines standards for road and highway construction and the methods by which they are to be maintained. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Choice of Town Officers and Regulating Townships. | 5 George III – Chapter 1 | 1765 | This Act replaces the methods by which town officers, including fence viewers, constables, and surveyors, are to be appointed. The Act also establishes that boundary lines between townships should be renewed every three years and the processes by which this is to be done , and the processes by which unfenced lands should be marked. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, for paying off Bounties, Premiums, and other Debts, payable by the Laws of this Province. | 4 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 2) | 1764 | This Act permits the Treasurer the borrow a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred pounds to pay off bounties, premiums, and debts. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act for discontinuing part of the Bounties and Premiums, granted by former Laws of this Province. | 4 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1764 | This Act discontinues the bounties and premiums granted formerly by the Province except the bounty for building the stone walls on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Fifteen Hundred Pounds, for paying off the Debt incurred by making roads into the interior Parts of this Province, and for further prolonging an Act made and passed in the Third Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for suppressing unlicensed Houses, and granting to His Majesty a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed.” | 4 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1764 | This Act allows the Governor, Council, and Assembly, to borrow a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds, over and above the sums collected under the 1763 Act, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed Houses, and granting to His Majesty a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed,” for making and repairing roads. The 1763 Act is to remain in force for an additional two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an act, made and pass’d in the Third Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled an Act, for altering and amending several Acts of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost upon Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 4 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1764 | This Act imposes a fine of ten pounds on any person found to be keeping illegally imported wine, beer, rum, or other spirituous liquors and imposes regulations to prevent frauds by the vessels or persons importing the same. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, intitled, “An Act relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures,” made and passed in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign. | 4 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1764 | Under this Act, any Justice of the Peace is empowered to enforce the 1758 Act, "An Act relating to the Assize of Breads and for Ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures," and persons offending against this Act are to be charged twenty shillings for each offence. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the ascertaining the Times, and Places for the holding the General Sessions of the Peace & Inferior Courts of Common Pleas, for the several Counties in this Province. | 4 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1764 | This Act sets the times in which the General Sessions of the Peace and Inferior Court of Common Pleas are to be held in each of the Province's counties and the place whereat the courts are to be held. This Act is to remain in force for three years. | Early Canadiana Online |