| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the more easy recovery of Debts against Co-Partners and Joint Debtors.” |
6 George IV – Chapter 14 |
1825 |
A continuation of an act first passed in 1811, which makes it easier to proceed against debtors who hold debt jointly, whether they be in province or out of province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the fifty-second year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act in further addition to the Act relating to Wills, Legacies and Executors, and for the settlement and distribution of the Estates of Intestates.” |
6 George IV – Chapter 13 |
1825 |
The continuation of an act passed in 1812, which allows for the estates of debtors to be distributed to creditors against the estate. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts respecting the Liverpool Light-House. |
6 George IV – Chapter 12 |
1825 |
A continuation an act first passed in 1812 which imposes a duty on ships entering Liverpool Harbour in order to support a lighthouse on Coffin's Island. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein. |
6 George IV – Chapter 11 |
1825 |
A continuation of an act passed in 1798, which creates procedures which foreign residents and newly-arrived foreigners are to follow in order to gain permission to continue inhabiting the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” |
6 George IV – Chapter 10 |
1825 |
This is a continuation and amendment of an act passed in 1822, which specifies the minimum amount of debt which can be held by a creditor in order to pursue their debtor in court, and specifies the various fees which can be charged by various court officials for judicial action. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act to amend an Act, passed in the fortieth year of His late Majesty, to amend an Act, passed in the first year of His said late Majesty’s Reign, for the repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets; and for appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships of this Province.” |
6 George IV – Chapter 9 |
1825 |
A continuation of an act passed in 1824, which amends past acts concerning the mandatory labour required of residents to maintain roads, highways and bridges. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act relating to the Court of Commissioners at Halifax.” |
6 George IV – Chapter 8 |
1825 |
A continuation of an act passed in 1824, which pertains to the method by which the court of commissioners can be replaced in case of death, resignation or removal from office, fees which can be charged by said commissioners (with an included table of fees), and various other matters. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, the several Acts, now in force, for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets; and for appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province.” |
6 George IV – Chapter 7 |
1825 |
A continuation of an amendment passed in 1824, concerning the method to follow in order to clarify title to lands which commissioners overseeing highway projects have identified for new road construction in cases where the owner of these lands are unclear or disputed. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and make permanent a certain Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the fifty ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George in the Third, entitled “An Act to repeal the several laws now in force relative to levying and collecting rates and assessments in this Province, and further to provide for the more equal and general assessment of Lands and other ratable property throughout this Province,” and to render more effectual the several laws of this Province, imposing rates and assessments by providing under certain restrictions for the levying such rates and assessments by the sale of a portion of the lands on which the same are changed. |
6 George IV Chapter 7 |
1825 |
This act regulates in detail how property is to be assessed for tax rates. It also outlines rules and regulations for the selling of land when its taxes are in arrears. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly, for raising a Revenue to repair the Roads throughout the Province, by laying a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed to keep Public Houses and Shops, for the Retail of Spirituous Liquors. |
6 George IV – Chapter 6 |
1825 |
A continuation of several past acts which impose taxes on public houses in order to pay for road repair across the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |