| An Act to continue the Act, passed in the third year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to revive and continue, alter and amend, an Act, made and passed in the fifty-seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, ‘An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.’” |
4 George IV – Chapter 29 |
1823 |
A continuation of an amendment passed in 1822 to an act first passed in 1817 which outlines how a court of five people is to be appointed and operate for the purpose of trying cases in a summary way. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to 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 the act now in force in addition thereto. |
4 George IV – Chapter 28 |
1823 |
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 to continue the several Acts respecting the Liverpool Light-House. |
4 George IV – Chapter 27 |
1823 |
A continuation and amendment of 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 extend an Act, passed in the forty-first year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for repairing, keeping in repair, cleansing and paving, the Streets in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax,” to the Towns of Pictou and Annapolis Royal. |
4 George IV – Chapter 26 |
1823 |
This act amends an 1801 act which originally only applied to Halifax, extending the reach of the original act to also apply to the towns of Pictou and Annapolis Royal. The 1801 act has been amended to extend to other towns within Nova Scotia in a similar fashion prior to this amendment, in both 1821 and 1822. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the preservation of His Majesty’s Rights in Coal Mines. |
4 George IV – Chapter 25 |
1823 |
This act makes it illegal to dig for coal without a permit issued by the provincial government, including individual members of the public. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend to the Town of Pictou, an Act, passed in the second year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for appointing Firewards, ascertaining their duty, and for punishing thefts and disorders at the time of Fire;” and also several Acts and Clauses of Acts since passed, in amendment and alteration thereof. |
4 George IV – Chapter 24 |
1823 |
This act extends a past act appointing firewards in the town of Halifax, applying it to the town of Pictou. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent disorderly Riding, and to regulate the driving of Carriages on the Streets of Halifax, or other Towns, or on the Public Roads of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts therein mentioned. |
4 George IV – Chapter 23 |
1823 |
This act specifies various rules to be followed by vehicles and horseback riders while using the public roads. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Proprietors of Land, in the Rear Blocks or Divisions of Land in the Township of Guysborough, to open roads through the same. |
4 George IV – Chapter 22 |
1823 |
This act makes provisions for a road to be built through a number of private lots in the township of Guysborough. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, alter and amend, an Act, passed in the third year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for the support of a Light-House erected on Cranberry Island, near the entrance of the Gut of Canso.” |
4 George IV – Chapter 21 |
1823 |
A continuation and amendment 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 continue an Act, entitled, “An Act for the better preservation of the Property of the Inhabitants of the Town of Halifax, by Providing for a sufficient Watch at Night.” |
4 George IV – Chapter 20 |
1823 |
A continuation of an act passed in 1818, which provides for the establishment of a night watch to police the town of Halifax to protect its inhabitants’ property. |
Early Canadiana Online |