Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act relating to Commissioners of Highways in Halifax, and certain other Places. | 7 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1826 | This act continues the authority of highway commissioners in Halifax, Annapolis Royal, Windsor, Liverpool, Lunenburg, and Pictou, and details the methods to be used to replace them in case of death, removal or refusal to perform their duties. The act also defines the jurisdiction of each district highway commissioner, and lists the duties and responsibilities to be carried out by the commissioners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy recovery of Debts against Co-Partners and Joint Debtors. | 7 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1826 | This act makes it easier for co-debtors or people who jointly own a debt against those who are absent from the province to collect their debt more easily. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and continue the Acts for the regulation of the Militia. | 7 George IV – Chapter 10 | 1826 | A continuation and amendment of an 1821 act, which consolidated all past militia laws in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Incorporation of a Company for working certain Mines of Iron in the County of Annapolis. | 7 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1826 | This act grants the right to mine iron and iron ore to the Annapolis Iron Mining Company. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further increase of the Revenue, by imposing a Duty upon Articles imported from Foreign Countries. | 7 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1826 | This act imposes a duty on cattle and livestock imported into the province from everywhere excluding the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further increase of the Revenue of the Province, by continuing and amending an Act of the General Assembly for raising a Duty of Excise. | 7 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1826 | This act continues several past acts which impose duties on goods imported into the province, with some amendments to the amount of duty is charged for which items. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the Establishment of Banks for Savings. | 7 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1826 | This act permits the creation of private banks within the province. The act stipulates general rules and regulations to be followed by any bank that should establish itself within Nova Scotia. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the support of His Majesty’s Government in this Province, and for promoting its Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, by continuing and amending an Act of the General Assembly, for granting Duties of Impost on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum, and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee and Brown Sugar. | 7 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1826 | An amendment to a past act regarding the imposition of duties on certain goods, which changes the amount of duties charged on the goods specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the further issuing of Treasury Notes, and cancelling those heretofore issued. | 7 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1826 | This act permits the issuing of forty thousand pounds worth of treasury notes, the conditions for which are specified by the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Highways, Roads and Bridges. | 7 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1826 | This act specifies the amount of labour to be performed by each resident of the province in order to maintain the roads of their district, as well as the labour to be performed by the horses and oxen owned by residents of the province in service to the maintaining and building of roads. | Early Canadiana Online |