Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to regulate the Expenditure of Monies hereafter to be appropriated for the Service of Roads and Bridges. | 4 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1824 | This act regulates the appointment of local commissioners to supervise the construction and the expenditure of money granted to improve and construct roads. The responsibilities of the commissioners, as well as the criteria which need to be met by anyone who would be appointed a commissioner, are specified by the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts relating to the Light-House erected on Cranberry Island, near the entrance of the Gut of Canso. | 4 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1824 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1822 which establishes a duty to be collected at all harbours adjacent to the gut of Canso to support the Cranberry Island lighthouse. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of His late Majesty George the Second, entitled, “An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1824 | A continuation of an amended 1759 act passed in 1809, which restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue an Act, made and passed in the thirty-eighth year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act, passed in the eighteenth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act to prevent forestalling, regrating and monopolizing, of Cord Wood, in the Town of Halifax,’” and also an Act, now in force, in addition thereto. | 4 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1824 | The continuation of an act first passed in 1778 and amended in 1798, which prevented the sale of cord wood for any price over fifteen shillings per cord. The amendment loosens the restrictions around the sale of cordwood in the town of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal several Acts of the General Assembly, passed to prevent forestalling, regrating and monopolizing. | 4 George IV – Chapter 10 | 1824 | A repeal of two acts, one passed in 1758 and the other in 1766, both dealing with how and where fresh produce and livestock can be sold and when. |
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| An Act to continue an Act for establishing a Bridewell, or House of Correction, for the County of Halifax, and for providing a Police Office in said Town, with proper Officers to attend the same. | 4 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1824 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1815, which established a bridewell in Halifax, a type of jail for offenders who commit petty crimes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter, amend and continue, an Act for consolidating, and reducing into one Act, all the Acts, heretofore made, relating to Trespasses. | 4 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1824 | A continuation and amendment of an act passed in 1822, which consolidated various past acts and amendments dealing with the maintenance of fences and hedges to prevent the trespass of livestock on neighbours' pasture and fields, and the penalties for not so doing. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to restrain the issuing Writs of Attachment in certain Cases. | 4 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1824 | This act restrains what can and cannot be taken by the sheriff or his deputies when writs are issued against individuals. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Brandy imported from certain Places. | 4 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1824 | This act reduces the duties on brandy imported from foreign ports that engage in a mutual trade with Nova Scotia, notably by purchasing fish from Nova Scotia merchants, in an attempt to encourage greater trade between the province and the said ports. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act for the better regulation of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, practicing in the Courts of Law and Equity in this Province.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1824 | An amendment to an act passed in 1811 which defines the functions which can and cannot be undertaken by attorneys and solicitors within the province of Nova Scotia, specifying rules and regulations which must be followed in order to practice as attorneys or clerks. The amendment allows prothonotaries or deputy-prothonotaries within the province to retain a clerk. | Early Canadiana Online |