Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to Amend the Assessment Laws of this Province. Passed 25th March, 1828. | 9 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1828 | This Act specifies that payment of property tax should be made to the District treasurer, and stipulates that if not made to the property owner's own District treasurer but to that of another District, an additional charge will apply. The Act also specifies further details regarding the payment of property tax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of the Religious Societies therein mentioned. Passed 25th March, 1828. | 9 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1828 | This Act provides for the appointment of trustees to manage land for religious congregations within the province. The land held per congregation may not exceed five acres, and is to be used for churches, "meeting-house[s] or chapel[s]," and / or cemeteries. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to limit to a certain period in the proceedings under an Act of the Parliament of this Province passed in the Fifty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to declare certain persons therein described Aliens, and to vest their Estates in His Majesty, and to afford further facilities to Claimants of Estates forfeited under the said Act in certain cases.” Passed 25th March, 1828. | 9 George IV – Chapter 1 | 1828 | This Act decrees that Commissions resulting from the previous Act cited in the title shall not be permitted after July 1, 1828, except in the case of fixing errors concerning forfeited estates. | Early Canadiana Online |
| Certain Clauses of an Act passed in the United Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, intituled, “An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs.” (2d July, 1827.) | 7 & 8 George IV – Chapter A | 1828 | This act is a selection of clauses from an act passed in the imperial parliament relating to trade regulations and duties which are applicable to Upper Canada. It was appended to the Legislative Acts of Upper Canada of 1828. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authroise the Sale of a part of the Clergy Reserves in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. 2d July, 1827. | 7 & 8 George IV – Chapter 62 | 1828 | This Act allows the governments of Upper and Lower Canada to sell up to twenty-five per cent of each province's Clergy Reserves. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further amendment of an Act to regulate the Jurisdiction of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, within the County of Cape Breton; and to fix and establish the times and places for holding of the said Inferior Court, and General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the said County. | 8 George IV – Chapter 34 | 1827 | An amendment to an act passed in 1823, which allows for the division of Cape Breton into three separate districts which will each have its own inferior court and general sessions of the peace. The times at which the court will be held in the southern district are changed to the second Tuesday of March and the second Tuesday of November. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the thirty-second year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, “An Act for the establishment of Religious public Worship in this Province, and for suppressing Popery,” and to repeal the third Section of an Act, entitled, “An Act for relieving His Majesty’s Subjects, professing the Popish Religion, from certain penalties and disabilities imposed on them by the Act of the General Assembly of this Province, made in the sixth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act concerning Schools and Schoolmasters.’” | 8 George IV – Chapter 33 | 1827 | Further amendment to an act passed in 1783, which repealed several measures imposed on Catholics two previous acts. The current amendment pertains to education of Catholics in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of, and in addition to, an Act, passed in the thirty sixth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to regulate Juries.” | 8 George IV – Chapter 32 | 1827 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1796, which sets out the conditions that need to be met by potential jurors, as well as detailing the requirements they are to meet while serving as jurors. The amendment modifies the fines applicable to those who refuse service. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, entitled, “An Act for establishing a Bridewell, or House of Correction, for the County of Halifax, and for the better and more effectual administration of the office of a Justice of the Peace in the Township of Halifax, and for providing a Police Office in the said Town, with proper Officers to attend the same.” | 8 George IV – Chapter 31 | 1827 | An amendment of an act first passed in 1815, which established a bridewell in Halifax. The amendment pertains to the retirement of John George Pyke, the police magistrate, allowing for a pension as well as the appointment of his replacement. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for dividing the Parish of St. Paul, in the Township of Halifax. | 8 George IV – Chapter 30 | 1827 | This act creates a new Anglican parish in Halifax, dividing the parish of St George into two - Saint George and Saint Paul. The limits of the new parish and old parish are specified, as well as those who will be excepted from paying a tithe to one church due to owning a pew in the other. | Early Canadiana Online |