| An Act to authorize the Treasurer to raise by Loan, on the credit of the Colony, a sum of Money to be applied to the general purposes of the Colony. (Passed 22d May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 23 |
1843 |
This act grants the colonial treasurer the permission to spend the amount of twenty thousand pounds raised from duties charged on imported goods, in order to start projects to improve the colony with various projects. |
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| An Act to commute the Fees received by the High Sheriff of this Colony, and to provide for the Salaries of the said Sheriff and his Deputies. (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 22 |
1843 |
This act transfers the responsibility of fee collection from the High Sheriff to the colonial Treasurer. It also makes a sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds available annually to be paid to the high sheriff and his deputies as a salary. |
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| An Act to suspend the operation of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Present Majesty, entitled “An Act to establish and regulate Fire Companies in the Town of Carbonear.” (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 21 |
1843 |
This act suspends for one year an act passed in 1841 which established fire companies in Carbonear. |
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| An Act to Indemnify His Excellency Governor Sir John Harvey, for certain Sums of Money advanced by him from the Colonial Treasury for the Service of the Colony. (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 20 |
1843 |
This act secures the governor of the province against legal repercussions for funds he advanced from the colonial treasury in order to pay certain provincial expenses. |
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| An Act for testing all Estates and Property occupied for the Ordnance Service of Her Majesty in the principal Officers of the Ordnance Department. (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 19 |
1843 |
This act refines how the crown can purchase and hold various types of property for various purposes. |
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| An Act to revive and amend an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty , entitled “An Act to establish the Fees and Costs chargeable in the several Police Offices and Courts of Session in this Colony. (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 18 |
1843 |
This act continues an act first passed in 1840 which established various fees to be paid to court officials for services rendered. |
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| An Act to render perpetual an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Late Majesty, entitled “An Act to provide for the performance of Quarantine, and more effectually to provide against the introduction of Infectious or Contagious Diseases, and the spreading thereof in this Island.” (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 17 |
1843 |
This act continues an act first passed in 1833, which imposed quarantine measures on ships coming into the province to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. |
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| An Act to continue an Act made in the Third Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act to amend several Acts now in force respecting Light Houses, and to make further provision for the said Light Houses, and to consolidate the Laws respecting the same. (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 16 |
1843 |
This act continues an act first passed in 1839, which consolidates several past acts concerning the building and maintenance of lighthouses in the province, with some amendments. |
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| An Act to provide for the encouragement of the Whale Fishery in this Colony. (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 15 |
1843 |
This act appropriates six hundred pounds annually from the colonial treasury for the next three years, to be used in the encouragement of the whale fishery. This money is to be split into three separate bounties of two hundred pounds, which will be awarded to the vessels who bring in the largest amount of whale blubber or oil. |
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| An Act to amend and continue an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of Her Present Majesty, entitled “An Act for the regulation of Pilots and the Pilotage of Vessels at the Port of Saint John's.” (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) |
6 Victoria Chapter 14 |
1843 |
This is the continuation of an act first passed in 1833, which regulated navigation into and out of the port of Saint John's, and set tariffs on each vessel by type. |
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