Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to alter and continue the Acts now in force, to provide for the support of His Majesty’s Government in this Province, and for promoting its Agriculture, Commerce, and Fisheries, by granting Duties of Impost on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee and Brown Sugar. | 8 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1827 | This Act continues several acts relating to the collection of duties to support the government. Several amendments are made regarding the tax rate per gallon for liquor imported to the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Acts for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar, used in the Manufacture of Refined Sugars, within the Province, and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. | 8 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1827 | This Act continues an Act allowing a drawback on duties on sugar to be manufactured within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting an Annuity to James Boutineau Francklin, Esquire. | 8 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1827 | This act awards a retirement pension of 200 pounds per year to James Boutineau Francklin, former clerk of the house of representatives, in recognition of his forty-two years of service. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain Monies, therein mentioned, for the service of the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven; and for appropriating such part of the Supplies granted in this Session of the General Assembly, as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. | 8 George IV – Chapter 1 | 1827 | This act allots various parcels of money for a number of purposes and to various individuals throughout the province, for infrastructure projects and in reimbursement for services rendered to the government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to secure to William Hague, and his Assigns, for a definite period, the exclusive use of the Cast Metal Patent Machine or Weigh-Bridge, for the purpose of Public Weighing in the Town of Halifax. | 7 George IV – Chapter 38 | 1826 | This act grants a monopoly to William Hague on the operation of a weigh-bridge in Halifax in return for the trouble and expense undertaken by the said William Hague in purchasing, transporting, and installing a weigh-bridge for the use of the residents of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow of the Bridge at Bridgetown, in the County of Annapolis, being made a Drawbridge. | 7 George IV – Chapter 37 | 1826 | This act makes provisions for the construction of a drawbridge on the Annapolis River in order to accommodate the lumber transported to Bridgetown for ship builders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the thirty-second year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, “An Act directing the Guardianship of Minors.” | 7 George IV – Chapter 36 | 1826 | An amendment of an act first passed in 1758, which outlines what should be done in the case that a father of children under the age of twenty one years dies and is not married at the time of his death. Provisions stating that appointed guardians must be protestant are repealed, and all other clauses disadvantaging Catholics are also repealed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an Act, made and passed in the fifty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s reign, relating to the quality and exportation of Ton Timber. | 7 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1826 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1814 which regulates the standards and quality for hewed timber to be exported from the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the erection and support of a Light-House on Mauger’s Beach, and to regulate the Light-Duties hereafter to be paid. | 7 George IV – Chapter 34 | 1826 | This act makes provisions for the building of a lighthouse on Mauger's Beach in Halifax Harbour, including the collection of lighthouse duties in order to fund the project. | 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 King George the Second, entitled, “An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.” | 7 George IV – Chapter 33 | 1826 | 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 |