| An Act to continue an Act, made and passed in the Thirty-ninth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act 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 or Shops for the retail of Spirituous Liquors, and for regulating such Public Houses and Shops;” also, the Act, passed in the Fortieth year of his Majesty’s reign in amendment of the above recited Act; also, an Act, passed in the Forty-first year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act in addition to, and amendment of, the above recited Act.” And, also, the Act passed in the Forty-sixth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, the above recited Act.” |
47 George III – Chapter 9 |
1806 |
A continuation of an act first passed in 1799, and its subsequent amendment, which allocated the money collected from duties placed on various types of liquor, as well as fees collected from licenses issued by the province to sell liquor, to be used to pay for road repairs across the province. |
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| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the Thirty-second year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into this Province;” and also, the Act, in amendment thereof, passed in the Forty-first year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to alter, amend, and continue an Act, made and passed in the Thirty-second year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise, on all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into this Province.’” |
47 George III – Chapter 8 |
1806 |
A continuation of an act published in 1793, along with its subsequent amendment in 1801, imposing import duties on certain goods. |
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| An Act to continue an Act made and passed in the Thirty-fourth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for the Grammar School in Halifax, and for other public purposes therein contained.” |
47 George III – Chapter 7 |
1806 |
A continuation of an act first passed in 1794, which placed a duty on certain goods imported into the province in order to fund schools in the district of Halifax. |
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| An Act to continue in force the several Revenue Laws for the support of his Majesty’s Government in this Province. |
47 George III – Chapter 6 |
1806 |
An act which continues a number of past acts and their amendments dealing with duties on imported liquor and sugar. |
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| An Act for granting a Bounty on Dry Cod and Scale Fish, exported to his Majesty’s Islands, Colonies, and Plantations in the West-Indies. |
47 George III – Chapter 5 |
1806 |
This act grants a bounty to merchants who export fish to the British colonies in the West Indies. |
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| An Act to encourage the Fisheries of this Province, by granting a Bounty on the importation of Salt. |
47 George III – Chapter 4 |
1806 |
This act regulates the price of salt and grants a bounty to those who import it into the province to help assure there is a steady supply for the fishery. |
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| An Act to encourage the raising Bread Corn on new Lands. |
47 George III – Chapter 3 |
1806 |
This act sets a price per bushel for wheat and rye grown on land that did not grow wheat or rye prior to November 1806. The methods by which this amount can be claimed is specified within the act, as well as an oath to be taken by the sellers swearing that the grain has been grown on newly-cleared land. |
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| An Act to regulate the Expenditure of Monies, hereafter to be appropriated, for the Service of Roads and Bridges. |
47 George III – Chapter 2 |
1806 |
This act specifies how commissioners who are appointed to oversee road construction and improvement projects are to handle the funds for hiring labour, buying supplies, and pay contracts. |
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| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the service of the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six, 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. |
47 George III – Chapter 1 |
1806 |
This act allocates various sums of money from the provincial government's coffers for various purposes, from paying bureaucrats for their services to funding infrastructure projects. |
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| An Act for the further regulation of Inferior Courts, and Special Jurors. |
46 George III – Chapter 15 |
1805 |
This act limits the terms of all inferior courts and special jurors outside Halifax to ten days. |
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