Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue an Act for the further increase of the Revenue, by imposing a Duty upon Articles imported from Foreign Countries. | 8 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1827 | The continuation of an act first passed in 1826, which imposes a duty on cattle and livestock imported into the province from everywhere excluding the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to declare what Fees shall be received by Justice of the Peace for the Duties therein mentioned. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1827 | This act specifies the fines for various crimes to be collected by justices of the peace. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act, more effectually to secure the payment of the Provincial Duties of Excise, and to prevent frauds in the collection of the Provincial Revenue. | 8 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1827 | A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which imposes harsher penalties for merchants who try to sell imported goods which are subject to import tax without having paid the applicable duties in order to impede the smuggling occurring in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act respecting the appointment of Guardians. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1827 | This act makes it legal for the district probate courts of the province to appoint guardians for minors under the age of 21 whose parents are both deceased. It specifies that proof must be made that both mother and father are deceased, and states that the guardian appointed may deduct a "reasonable sum" of money from the estate of said minor to apply towards expenses. It gives the guardian the power to make all decisions regarding to education, apprenticeship, and management of estate until the age of 21 (or until marriage in the case of women), and although there are no limits applied to what the guardian can do with their ward or the ward's estate, there is a procedure laid out in the act which details how a ward can lodge a complaint with the government against their guardian. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further increase of the Revenue of the Province, by continuing an Act of the General Assembly, for raising a duty of Excise, as amended in the last Session of the General Assembly. | 8 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1827 | An amendment and continuation of an act passed in 1826, which was itself a continuation and amendment of past acts which impose duties on goods imported into the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Continue and Amend the Law now in force for the Trial of Controverted Elections. Passed 17th, Feb. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1827 | A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1823, which details how the province's electoral officials shall resolve issues around contested elections. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and continue the Acts now in force, to provide for the support of His Majesty’s Government in this Province, and for promoting its Agriculture, Commerce, and Fisheries, by granting Duties of Impost on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee and Brown Sugar. | 8 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1827 | This Act continues several acts relating to the collection of duties to support the government. Several amendments are made regarding the tax rate per gallon for liquor imported to the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to require the Magistrates of the several Districts of this Province, to publish a Statement of their District Accounts. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1827 | This act requests that all districts send in a detailed report of their finances to the provincial legislature, as well as printing a copy in local newspapers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Acts for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar, used in the Manufacture of Refined Sugars, within the Province, and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. | 8 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1827 | This Act continues an Act allowing a drawback on duties on sugar to be manufactured within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Laws regulating the Practice of Physic, Surgery, and Midwifery in this Province. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1827 | An amendment to an Act passed in 1819, repealing the second and third clauses of said act, which state that no physician trained by a university in the empire or by His Majesty's naval or military service shall be restrained from practice in the province. Physicians trained elsewhere are to be subject to harsher licensing practices including examination by a provincial board, and penalties should a physician attempt to defraud the governing body into licensing him. It also states specifically that these practices are not to be used to bar women from being midwives. | Early Canadiana Online |