An amendment of an act first passed in 1795, which consolidated several past acts regarding militia service in the province. It includes details on who is and is not exempted from militia service, the number of times militia companies are to be mustered per year, payment for service, and various other matters.
This act changes the times at which the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace for the county of Sydney are held, to the first Tuesday of March and the first Tuesday of October.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1789, which detailed how members of the legislative assembly are to be elected and how elections are to be held.
This act provides for the replacement of trustees of the Dartmouth town plat, which was granted to Thomas Cochran, Timothy Folger, and Samuel Starbuck, in trust, for the common use of the town in 1788.
This act appoints the named individuals as commissioners to determine a suitable site within the town of Halifax for a provincial court building, a building to house the legislative assembly, and the various offices associated with the courts and assembly. Once the site is determined, the commissioners are authorized to enter into contracts with workmen, estimate costs based on plans, and purchase materials.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1765, which made it lawful for the grand juries in each county to make presentment upon all sums necessary for the construction or repairing of jails, courts, session houses, stocks, pillories, or pounds, and for providing bolts, shackles, and the conveying of persons to the county goal. Although the title of this act states that the original act being amendment was passed in 6 Geo. III, it was in fact passed in 5 Geo. III.