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An Act to extend an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of His Majesty’s reign, so far as the same respects the carriage of Plaster of Paris on the Roads in and about the Township of Windsor, to every Township and Settlement within this Province. 58 George III – Chapter 9 1818 This Act requires persons transporting gypsum in every township or settlement to provide additional statute labour for every vehicle used to transport it. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal the Act, passed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the encouragement of the Trade of this Province in Plaster of Paris, otherwise called Gypsum.” 58 George III – Chapter 8 1818 This Act repeals a former act relating to trade in gypsum. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the fifty-seventh Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the better regulating the manner of holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, in the District of Yarmouth and Argyle, in the County of Shelburne.” 58 George III – Chapter 7 1818 This Act grants grand jurors the power to present the sums necessary to pay district charges for the district of Yarmouth and Argyle twice per year. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue and Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to amend an Act, passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for establishing a Public School in the Town of Halifax.’” 58 George III – Chapter 6 1818 This Act continues an act establishing a public school in Halifax for an additional 7 years. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue and amend the several Acts of the General Assembly, for granting to His Majesty certain duties on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee and Brown Sugar, for the support of His Majesty’s Government, and for promoting the Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries of this Province. 58 George III – Chapter 5 1818 This Act continues two acts relating to trade duties on certain articles, which are to remain in force until 18 March 1819, and amends that drawbacks are not to be given on articles exported to other provinces. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and continue the several Acts, imposing a Duty on Articles to be imported from the United States of America, and for appropriating the same. 58 George III – Chapter 4 1818 This Act continues a former Act imposing duties on goods imported from the United States, as well as an act that continued it, and introduces several duties on livestock imported from the States. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar used in the manufacture of refined Sugar within the Province, and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. 58 George III – Chapter 3 1818 This Act continues an Act allowing a drawback on duties on sugar to be manufactured within the province, which act is to remain in force until 18 March 1819. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly for raising a Revenue to repair the Roads throughout the Province, by laying a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed to keep Public Houses and Shops for the retail of Spirituous Liquors. 58 George III – Chapter 2 1818 This Act continues several acts passed relating to duties placed on liquor licenses which funds were to be used to repair roads, and which acts are to remain in force until 18 March 1819. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue and amend the several Acts of the General Assembly, for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. 58 George III – Chapter 1 1818 This Act continues two acts relating to the collection of excise duties which are to remain in force until 18 March 1819, as well as an act to prevent fraud in the collection of the duties. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the present Session of General Assembly, entitled, An Act for the more effectual relief of Insolvent Debtors. 57 George III – Chapter 26 1817 This act expands on a former act for the relief of insolvent debtors to clarify that persons in prison are entitled relief. Early Canadiana Online