Legislation by Province: Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act, for founding, establishing and maintaining a College in this Province. | 29 George III – Chapter 4 | 1789 | This act establishes a fund of four hundred pounds sterling annually to establish a college at Windsor (University of King's College). | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times appointed for holding the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the County of Sydney. | 29 George III – Chapter 3 | 1789 | This act changes the time at which the Guysborough court of common pleas and general sessions is held to the second Tuesday in February and the second Tuesday in August. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times appointed for holding the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the District of Colchester. | 29 George III – Chapter 2 | 1789 | This act changes the time at which the court of general sessions and common pleas of Colchester is held, to the first Tuesday of January and the first Tuesday of July. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better Regulation of Elections. | 29 George III – Chapter 1 | 1789 | This act details how members of the legislative assembly are to be elected and how elections are to be held. Salaries are granted to elected members of the assembly, and the duties of clerks and sheriffs in elections are specified, along with the penalties for not executing those responsibilities. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Services of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight, and for appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of General Assembly. | 28 George III Chapter 16 | 1787 | This Act lists several sums to be distributed to cover the sums owing for certain services, salaries, or other expenses as listed. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Establishment of Fees as regulated by the Governor and Council at the Request of the House of Assembly. | 28 George III Chapter 15 | 1787 | This Act lists the fees that certain offices, including attorneys, clerks, and judges, may charge and the processes by which they are to be paid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing in Force the Several Acts herein after mentioned. | 28 George III Chapter 14 | 1787 | This Act lists and continues several acts which are near expiring and enacts that they are to remain in force until 1789. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to raise a Sum of Money to repair the Public Road leading from Halifax to Windsor, and to cause the Proprietors of Lands on each Side said Road to settle the same more expeditiously. | 28 George III Chapter 13 | 1787 | This Act enacts that persons owning property between Sackville Bridge and Three Mile Plain on the Windsor road must pay a tax each year if they suffer the land to remain unsettled. The processes by which this tax is to be applied and collected are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1790. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Robert Appleby, an Insolvent Debtor. | 28 George III Chapter 12 | 1787 | This Act makes provision for the discharge of Robert Appleby, an insolvent debtor detained in Shelburne. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act for establishing a public Market at the Market House in Halifax, and for regulating the same. | 28 George III Chapter 11 | 1787 | This Act amends the rate at which market stalls can be rented from eight pounds per annum to whatever the Justices in their sessions for the county of Halifax determine to be a fit price. | Early Canadiana Online |