Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue for a limited time, An Act for Licensing Ale and Beer Houses. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 28 | 1837 | This act continues, without any amendment, an act first passed in 1823 and last continued in 1832, which regulates the production, sale, and taxation of various forms of alcohol. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Justices of the Peace for the County of Carleton to assess the said County for the erection of a Lock up House at Tobique in the said County. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 27 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act enabling local officials of Tobique to begin the process of building a jail in the area. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, “An Act to impose an additional Duty on Licenses to vend Wines, Brandy, and Spirituous Liquors.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 27 | 1837 | This act continues, without any amendment, an act first passed in 1832 which increased the cost of a license for the sale of certain types of alcohol, placed penalties on anyone selling alcohol on a steamboat without a license, and directed the revenue raised under the terms of this Act toward road and bridge repair. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act to authorize certain persons to build a bridge across the Kennebeccasis [Kennebecasis] River in the Parishes of Hampton and Kingston in King’s County. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 26 (Session 1) | 1837 | An amendment to an act passed in 1836 authorizing the building of a bridge over the Kennebecasis. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time An Act entitled, “An Act to promote the Public Health, and to guard against Infectious Diseases in this Province.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 26 | 1837 | This act continues an act first passed in 1835 which appointed three or more health officers in every town of the province, and specified what they are empowered to do as health officers. It is continued without any amendments. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting a part of the Parishes of Saint Mary's and Douglas in the County of York, into a separate or distinct Town and Parish. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 25 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act which separates a part of the parish of Saint Mary's and Douglas, creating the Town or Parish of Stanley, delineating the exact town limitations of both the new parish and the old. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports from the United States into this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 25 | 1837 | This act repeals and amends an act first passed in 1824. The amended clauses primarily concern the amount of money the individual in charge of collecting duties on imports from the United States is permitted to retain for himself as a salary, which is changed to five pounds for every hundred pounds to a maximum of three hundred pounds per year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the additional Terms of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Kent. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 24 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act amending the dates on which the court of common pleas can be held. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Erection, and provide for the Maintenance of Houses of Industry, in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 24 | 1837 | This act sets out rules and regulations for the funding, building, and maintaining for public work houses, where people who are otherwise incapable of supporting themselves but still able-bodied will be employed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the laws now in force for the protection of the Fisheries in the Counties of Northumberland, Kent and Gloucester. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 23 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act regulating the building of traps for the purpose of catching fish on the Miramichi and its branches. | Early Canadiana Online |