| An Act relative to the Right of Tythes within this Province. (The Royal Assent to this Bill was promulgated by Proclamation bearing date 20th day of February, 1823.) |
4 George IV – Chapter 39 |
1823 |
This act concerns the tithes to which the protestant clergy of the province are entitled. |
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 38 |
1823 |
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 continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in addition to and amendment of an Act, passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for repairing, cleansing and paving, the Streets, in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, and for removing Obstructions therein;’” and also the act in amendment thereof, passed in the forty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign. |
4 George IV – Chapter 37 |
1823 |
A continuation of an amendment to an act first passed in 1801, which divided the town of Halifax into wards for the purposes of repairing and maintaining roads. The amendment requires residents to keep the streets and gutters in front of their houses clean of any sort of filth or nuisance. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision for the Administration of Justice in the County of Cape-Breton. |
4 George IV – Chapter 36 |
1823 |
This act allows for the appointment of a chief justice for Cape Breton, following the criteria stated within the act. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the time of holding the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, in the County of Cumberland. |
4 George IV – Chapter 35 |
1823 |
This act changes the day on which the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace are held in Cumberland county, from the last Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday in November, to the last Tuesday of June and the first Tuesday in January. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and continue the several Acts of the General Assembly, for granting to His Majesty, certain duties on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee and Brown Sugar, for the support of His Majesty’s Government, and for promoting the Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, of the Province. |
4 George IV – Chapter 34 |
1823 |
This Act continues a number of past acts relating to the collection of duties to support the government |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 places for holding of the said Inferior Court and General Sessions of the Peace in and for the said County. |
4 George IV – Chapter 33 |
1823 |
This act 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. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the Accommodation and Billeting of His Majesty’s Troops, or of the Militia, when on their March from one part of the Province to another, and also the Acts in amendment thereof. |
4 George IV – Chapter 32 |
1823 |
This Act continues an act making provision for militiamen to be billeted when marching from one part of the province to another for one year. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act more effectually to secure the payment of the Provincial Duties of Excise, and to prevent Frauds in the collection of the Provincial Revenue.” |
4 George IV – Chapter 31 |
1823 |
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 to amend and continue the several Acts, now in force, for regulating the Expenditures of Monies for the service of Roads and Bridges. |
4 George IV – Chapter 30 |
1823 |
A continuation of several past acts regarding the funding of road maintenance in the province. Included are a few amendments pertaining to wagons which may impede the road either by leaving debris or using chains on their wheels. |
Early Canadiana Online |