Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act concerning Schools. 7 George IV – Chapter 2 1826 This act establishes the infrastructure and support for education in English within the province. The rates of assessment for district schools, placing the responsibility for determining school districts into the hands of local justices of the peace. Guidelines for the appointment of trustees and teachers are also included. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for applying certain Monies, therein mentioned, for the service of the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-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. 7 George IV – Chapter 1 1826 This act allots various parcels of money for a number of purposes and to various individuals throughout the province, for infrastructure projects and in reimbursement for services rendered to the government. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to allow a Drawback on Foreign Flour, and other articles, exported to Foreign Countries. 6 George IV – Chapter 35 1825 This act allows a drawback on flour and other items which are meant for export to other countries which charge duties on those items. The act specifies how ship masters are to document these fees, minimum amounts of goods which must be sold in order to qualify, and how drawbacks are to be paid out to merchants by the government of Nova Scotia, among other regulations to be met by merchants. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to alter the sittings of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the District of Pictou and County of Sydney, in the Eastern Division, and in the County of King’s County, in the Middle Division, of the Province. 6 George IV – Chapter 34 1825 This act changes the times at which the courts of common pleas and general sessions in Pictou and Sydney counties are held. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive, amend and continue, the Act for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar, used in the manufacture of Refined Sugars, within the Province; and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. 6 George IV – Chapter 33 1825 This Act continues and amends an Act allowing a drawback on duties on sugar to be manufactured within the province. The amendment allows for a drawback on molasses used in the manufacture of sugars in the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and continue an Act, made and passed in the thirty-eighth year of His 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 forestalling, regrating and monopolizing, of Cord Wood in the Town of Halifax;’” and also, the Act, now in force, in addition thereto. 6 George IV – Chapter 32 1825 The continuation of an act first passed in 1778 and amended in 1798, which prevented the sale of cord wood for any price over fifteen shillings per cord. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the fourth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to regulate the Jurisdiction of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas within the County of Cape-Breton, and to fix and establish the times and places for holding the said Inferior Court and General Sessions of the Peace in and for the said County." 6 George IV – Chapter 31 1825 An amendment to an act passed in 1823, which allows for the division of Cape Breton into three separate districts which will each have its own inferior court and general sessions of the peace. The amendment changes the date on which the general sessions of the peace for the western district are held, to the first Tuesday of October. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, “An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.” 6 George IV – Chapter 30 1825 A continuation of an amended 1759 act passed in 1809, which restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to amend an Act, passed in the twentieth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for establishing a Public School in the Town of Halifax.’” 6 George IV – Chapter 29 1825 A continuation of an act passed in 1811, which was an amendment to an act first passed in 1780. The original act granted a sum of money for the erection of a public school in Halifax, and established various regulations concerning the running of said school. The amendment concerns the number of boys to be sent to the school without having to pay tuition, the appointment of commissioners, and the dismissal of school masters or ushers who refuse to follow the regulations as set out by the commissioners. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to alter and continue the several Acts to provide for the greater security of the Province, by a better regulation of the Militia, and to repeal the Militia Laws now in force. 6 George IV – Chapter 28 1825 A continuation of an 1821 act, which consolidated all past militia laws in the province. Early Canadiana Online