Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 3 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1763 | An amendment to past acts regarding taxes and duties placed on the sale of liquor and alcoholic drinks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer, to borrow a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Four Thousand Pounds, for paying off Bounties, Premiums, and other Debts, payable by the laws of this Province. | 3 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act provides a sum not exceeding four thousand pounds to cover the debts that impost and excise duties were insufficient to pay. The terms under which this sum can be used are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to and Amendment of an Act intitled, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed Houses and for Granting to His Majesty a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed.” | 3 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1763 | This is an amendment to a past act which places regulations and licensing fees on individuals who sell alcohol in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Enable Proprietors of Lands, to Assess and Discharge the Expence, which has Accrued upon Dividing their Lands, by Virtue of a Former Law of this Province. | 3 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1763 | Under this Act, proprietors who have divided their lands according to the 1759 Act, “An Act to enable Proprietors to divide their lands, held in common and undivided” are to pay the expences arising from the division and how expences are to be recovered if proprietors refuse or neglect to pay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Frauds in selling of Beef, Pork, Flour, and Biscuit, or Ship-Bread in Casks. | 3 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1763 | This act places a regulatory weight on beef, pork, flour, biscuit, and ship-bread being sold by the barrel in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Nusances, by Hedges, Wears, and other Incumbrances, Obstructing the Passage of Fish in the Rivers in this Province. | 3 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act prohibits persons in the province from building fish weirs, hedges, fish garths, or other obstructions that may prevent fish from spawning. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Proceedings of the Courts of Judicature. | 3 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1763 | This act clarifies procedures for seeking damages against debtors in the provincial court system. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, intitled, An Act for the appointing Commissioners of Sewers, made and pass'd in the 34th Year of His late Majesty’s Reign. | 3 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act amends and adds to the 1760 Act, “An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers,” in order to make more sufficient provision for the recovery of sums set for repairing or building dykes and drains. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act For the Relief of the Poor in the Town of Halifax. | 3 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1763 | This act places a tax on residents of Halifax in order to support the poor of the city, and provides for the appointment of a overseer in order to collect and distribute the funds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing an Act made and passed in the Thirty third Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for the summary Trial of Actions.” | 2 George III – Chapter 11 | 1762 | This Act continues the 1759 Act, “An Act for the summary Trial of Actions,” which is to remain in force for two years. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |