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An Act to continue an Act, made and passed in the Twenty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the better support of the Poor in the respective Counties within this Province, by laying an Impost Duty on articles imported into this Province, from the United States of America.” 41 George III – Chapter 16 1801 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive, continue and amend, an Act, passed in the Thirty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to regulate the Summary Trial of Actions, before His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax.” 41 George III – Chapter 15 1801 This act revives and amends an act first passed in 1792, which outlines the processes by which civil actions or suits should be tried in the county of Halifax and the rotation of justices to serve. This Act is to remain in force for one year. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the Security of Navigation, and for preserving all Ships, Vessels and Goods, which may be found on shore, wrecked or stranded upon the coasts of this Province, and for punishing persons who shall steal Shipwrecked Goods, and for the relief of persons suffering loss thereby. 41 George III – Chapter 14 1801 This act imposes penalties for anyone who should try to claim goods they find on shore without being able to prove they are not from a shipwreck, or they do not own them. The act includes provisions for issuing warrants to search for concealed goods which may have been seized from the shore after a shipwreck in order to return them to their rightful owners. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act, made in the Thirty-seventh year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to revive, and continue, an Act, passed in the Thirty-Third year of the reign of His present Majesty, entitled, ‘An Act in amendment of, and in addition to, an Act, made in the Thirty-third year of the reign of His late Majesty, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating, and maintaining, a Light House on Sambro Island,’ and in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, made in the Twenty-eighth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating, and maintaining, an Light House at the entrance of Shelburne Harbour.’” 41 George III – Chapter 13 1801 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, 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.” 41 George III – Chapter 12 1801 An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, 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. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue the several Revenue Laws for the support of His Majesty’s Government in this Province; and to explain an Act, passed last Session of General Assembly, entitled, “An Act to alter, amend, and continue in force, several Revenue Laws, for granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Wine, Rum, and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors, Brown Sugar, and other articles therein mentioned; and for enabling the Officers of His Majesty’s Navy to obtain a Drawback of the Duties on Wines carried, and consumed, by them out of the limits of the Province.” 41 George III – Chapter 11 1801 This is an amendment to several past acts and their subsequent amendments relating to duties on liquor, sugar, and various other named items. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue in force the several Acts therein mentioned. 41 George III – Chapter 10 1801 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
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. 41 George III – Chapter 9 1801 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
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 support of the Grammar School in Halifax, and for other public purposes therein contained.” 41 George III – Chapter 8 1801 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive, and continue, an Act made in the thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to encourage the killing of Wolves, Bears, Loup Cerviers, and Wild Cats.” 41 George III – Chapter 7 1801 This act continues an act first passed in 1796, which granted a bounty on wolves, bears, wild cats, and lynx. Early Canadiana Online