| An Act for the better support of the Poor in the respective Counties within this Province by laying an Impost Duty on all Articles imported into this Province form the United States of America. |
29 George III – Chapter 14 |
1789 |
This act places a ten percent tax on all items being imported from the United States, and directs the money collected from this tax to support the poor of the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing and amending the several Acts for supressing unlicensed Houses, and for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed. |
29 George III – Chapter 13 |
1789 |
This is an amendment to an act that has been amended and renewed numerous times. The changes in this amendment pertain to the amount each licensed seller will pay to their local clerk on a yearly basis, and the maximum number of taverns to be permitted per district. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the better Support of the Puisne Judges of His Majesty’s Supreme Court. |
29 George III – Chapter 12 |
1789 |
This act grants an annual salary of 400 pounds to the puisne judges of the supreme court. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| In Amendment of an Act made in the second Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the Exportation of Fish, and the assize of Barrels, Staves, Hoops, Boards, and all other kinds of Lumber,” and for appointing Officers to survey the same. |
29 George III – Chapter 11 |
1789 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, which set various regulations on how fish could be exported, including the regulations on the barrels it is to be shipped in. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, in Amendment of an Act made in the third Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to prevent Frauds in the selling of Flour and Biscuit or Ship Bread in Casks.” |
29 George III – Chapter 10 |
1789 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which placed a regulatory weight on beef, pork, flour, biscuit, and ship-bread being sold by the barrel in the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, in Amendment of the several Acts passed in the Thirty-second and Thirty-fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, and in the First, Fifth and Twelfth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty; relative to the registering of Deeds and Conveyances made of, or which may affect Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments. |
29 George III – Chapter 9 |
1789 |
An amendment to various acts and their amendments relating to the prevention of frauds in land purchases and title transfers. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the 32d Year of the Reign of King George the Second entitled, “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” |
29 George III – Chapter 8 |
1789 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1758 which set standards for fences and sets procedures for how and in what cases damages done by horses or livestock should be compensated. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of the several Acts passed in the first and twenty-eight Years of His Majesty’s Reign, relative to the repairing of Highways, Roads, Bridges, &c. |
29 George III – Chapter 7 |
1789 |
An amendment to acts passed in 1761 and 1787, respectively, which detail the responsibility for the maintenance and building of roads in the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Town Plot of Dartmouth to use and occupy the Common Field, granted them by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, in such way as they may think most beneficial to them. |
29 George III – Chapter 6 |
1789 |
This act grants common use of a field adjacent to the town plot of Dartmouth. The act specifies how the common space can be used, and how it is to be administered. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for establishing the Times of holding an Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the Township of Yarmouth. |
29 George III – Chapter 5 |
1789 |
This act changes the time at which the general court of sessions in the town of Yarmouth will be held, to the first Tuesday of April and the last Tuesday of October of every year. |
Early Canadiana Online |