| An Act to Repeal an Act passed in the Forty-Fourth Fear of His Late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Promulgate the Provincial Statutes, and also to Repeal so much of an Act passed in the Forty-First Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty as relates to Printing the Journals;” and to provide more adequate Remuneration for Printing Annually the Statutes of this Province. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. |
4 George IV – Chapter 14 |
1824 |
This act repeals an act passed in 1804 and passes a new clause which stipulates that the printer of the journals of the Legislative Assembly will forward the bill and be reimbursed the costs, rather than being allotted a pre-determined budget. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts relating to the Light-House erected on Cranberry Island, near the entrance of the Gut of Canso. |
4 George IV – Chapter 13 |
1824 |
A continuation of an act first passed in 1822 which establishes a duty to be collected at all harbours adjacent to the gut of Canso to support the Cranberry Island lighthouse. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the proceedings against the Estate and Effects of Debtors, in certain cases. (9th March, 1824.) |
4 George IV Chapter 13 |
1824 |
An Act to facilitate the judgement of debtors who conceal themselves or depart the province, outlining how court dates should be announced and the processes by which debtors should be tried in the event that they fail to appear. The Act clarifies that the Estate, Debts and Effects of all and every person or persons residing out of this Province, shall also be subject and liable to be taken, seized, proceeded against and sold for the payment and satisfaction of their debts. This Act is to expire in 1828. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Prohibit Banks from Carrying on Business in this Province, that do not return their Notes in Specie within the same. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. |
4 George IV – Chapter 13 |
1824 |
This act prohibits banks or anybody acting on behalf of banks who do not use the provincial currency from operating within the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of His late Majesty George the Second, entitled, “An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.” |
4 George IV – Chapter 12 |
1824 |
A continuation of an amended 1759 act passed in 1809, which restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend a certain Act therein-mentioned, relating to Voluntary Sheriff’s Sales, (Décrêts Volontaires). (9th March, 1824.) |
4 George IV Chapter 12 |
1824 |
An Act to amend an Act passed in 1823, “An Act to render Voluntary Sheriffs’ Sales, (Décrêts Volontaires,) more easy and less expensive.” Under this Act, Sheriffs are not entitled to a fee, Commission, or Poundage in the case of voluntary sheriff's sales. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Compensate the Services of the Commissioners of Customs. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. |
4 George IV – Chapter 12 |
1824 |
An act providing for the payment of ten shillings per day of collection to the commissioners of customs by the Inspector General of the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue an Act, made and passed in the thirty-eighth year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act, passed in the eighteenth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act to prevent forestalling, regrating and monopolizing, of Cord Wood, in the Town of Halifax,’” and also an Act, now in force, in addition thereto. |
4 George IV – Chapter 11 |
1824 |
The continuation of an act first passed in 1778 and amended in 1798, which prevented the sale of cord wood for any price over fifteen shillings per cord. The amendment loosens the restrictions around the sale of cordwood in the town of Halifax. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making further provision with respect to persons to be hereafter appointed Inspectors of Pot and Pearl Ashes. (9th March, 1824.) |
4 George IV Chapter 11 |
1824 |
Under this Act, all Licences or Commissions heretofore issued to any Inspector or Inspectors of Pot and Pearl Ashes in this Province are nullified. The processes by which the Board of Examiners from the City of Montreal is to be appointed are outlined, including their oaths. This Act is to expire in 1828. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal an Act passed in the forty-first year of His Late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for Granting to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to and for the uses of this Province the like Duties on Goods and Merchandize brought into this Province from the United States of America, as are now paid on Goods and Merchandize imported from Great Britain, and other places;” and also an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Explain and Amend an Act passed in the forty first year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for granting to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to and for the uses of this Province, the like Duties on Goods and Merchandize brought into this Province from the United States of America, as are now paid on Goods and Merchandize imported from Great Britain and other places,’ and to Provide more effectually for the Collection and Payment of Duties on Goods and Merchandize coming from the United States of America into this Province; and also to Establish a Fund for the Erection and Repairing of Light-houses,” and to make more effectual Provision for the due Collection of Duties on Goods Imported into this Province. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. |
4 George IV – Chapter 11 |
1824 |
This act repeals and amend several past acts regarding the collection of duties on goods brought in from the United States and Great Britain. |
Early Canadiana Online |