| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the Thirty-fifth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to amend, and reduce into one Act, the several Acts, made by the General Assembly, relating to the Office of Sheriff, and also for altering the Form of the Summons heretofore used.” |
40 George III – Chapter 15 |
1800 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1795, which consolidated several past acts regarding the appointment of sheriffs in the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, and amend, 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.” |
40 George III – Chapter 14 |
1800 |
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 revive, and continue, an Act, made in the Thirty-eighth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act, passed in the Eighteenth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act to prevent the forestalling, regrating and monopolizing, of Cord Wood, in the Town of Halifax.’” |
40 George III – Chapter 13 |
1800 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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.” |
40 George III – Chapter 12 |
1800 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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. |
40 George III – Chapter 11 |
1800 |
An amendment and continuance of several past acts pertaining to duties and taxes on imported liquors, sugar and other articles. |
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. |
40 George III – Chapter 10 |
1800 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, passed 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 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, passed in the Twenty-eight year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating, and maintaining, a Light House at the entrance of the Harbour of Shelbourne.’” |
40 George III – Chapter 9 |
1800 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter, amend, and continue, an Act, made and passed in the thirty-second year of His 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.” |
40 George III – Chapter 8 |
1800 |
This act expands the number of goods covered by an act first passed in 1792 which imposed taxes on certain imported goods. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for providing Pounds in the several Townships in this Province. |
40 George III – Chapter 7 |
1800 |
This act replaces an act first passed in 1779, which specified how money was to be raised in order to build enclosures for stray animals. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act made and passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the sale of the Glebe Land in the Township of Granville, and for purchasing another Estate, as a perpetual Glebe for the resident Minister of the Established Church in said Township.” |
40 George III – Chapter 6 |
1800 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, this act executes the sale of glebe land in Granville by reverend Archibald Paine Inglis, and approves the appointment of church wardens elected by the congregation to manage further church affairs. |
Early Canadiana Online |