This act amends an act passed in 1838 which established the district of Dalhousie. This amendment defines the grounds which will hold the jail and court house, which had not at that point been determined.
Under this Ordinance, when persons indicted for High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices are not found and do not surrender themselves within three months, they are to be adjudged of the crime they were indicted for, under the processes outlined.
This act calls for the return of receipts and vouchers by the commissioners of public works such as road improvements to the legislative assembly. Should any commissioners fail to make a proper report of their expenditures, no further funding will be approved for their project and the commissioner in question risks dismissal.
Under this Ordinance, all lands held by any religious denomination by virtue of deed is made incommutable property, and the 1830 Act, , “An Act for the relief of certain Religious Congregations therein mentioned,” is suspended.
This act continues and makes permanent an act first passed in 1834, which specifies that shopkeepers who are licensed to sell alcohol are not licensed to allow the consumption of said alcoholic beverages on their premises.
This Ordinance consolidates the duties imposed and allowed in the Province into one Ordinance in order to clarify and replace the multiple Acts outlining the same. The acts replaced by this Ordinance are listed.
This act continues and makes permanent an act first passed in 1830, which consolidated and continued previous acts concerning the licensing of innkeepers. It includes specifications regarding the granting of licenses to innkeepers, and stipulates that revenue raised through the sale of such licenses be used to upgrade roads and bridges.
Under this Ordinance, defendants are required to plead to any indictments for misdemeanors at the trial in Courts of Oyer and Terminer in which the indictment is found, unless good cause is found for putting off the trial.