Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 License to keep Public Houses and Shops, for the retail of Spirituous Liquors. | 4 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1823 | 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 |
| An Act to continue an Act for Establishing a Bridewell or House of Correction for the County of Halifax, and for providing a Police Office in said Town, with proper Officers to attend the same. | 4 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1823 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1815, which established a bridewell in Halifax, a type of jail for offenders who commit petty crimes. | 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.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1823 | A continuation of an act passed in 1822, 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 for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar, used in the Manufacture of Refined Sugar within the Province, and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. | 4 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1823 | This Act continues an Act allowing a drawback on duties on sugar to be manufactured within the province, which act is to remain in force until 25 March 1824. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. | 4 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1823 | This act continues several past acts which impose duties on goods imported into the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts for raising an Additional Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. | 4 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1823 | This act continues several past acts which impose duties on goods imported into the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the appointment of Commissioners of Sewers, prescribing their power and authority, and for repealing the Acts now in force relating to that Office. | 4 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1823 | This act allows for the appointment of commissioners to assure the maintenance and care of diked marshlands (former Acadian aboiteaux), and specifies provisions for cases where a part of a dike or marshland requiring maintenance is located on private property. This act replaces all past acts regarding the maintenance of diked marshes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an Act, passed in the fifty-eighth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to empower the Lieutenant-Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, to issue Treasury Notes.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1823 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1818, which makes provision for commissioner to issue five pound notes, two pound notes, and one pound notes, and outlines penalties for those found to counterfeit treasury notes. The current increases the amount which can be issued to five pound notes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter an Act, passed in the thirty-second year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the further increase of the Revenue by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1823 | An amendment and continuation of an act first passed in 1792, which imposes duties of two pounds ten shillings on every one hundred pounds worth of goods imported into the province. The processes by which this duty is to be enforced are outlined as well as exceptions to it. The current amendment pertains to penalties for shopkeepers who do not possess the correct certificates for imported goods. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act, passed in the fifty-ninth year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to authorise a Drawback of certain Duties, and to regulate the manner of obtaining the same.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 10 | 1823 | A repeal of an act first passed in 1819, which specifies which articles are exempt from drawbacks when being imported from the United States, the amount of the drawbacks, and the procedures to be followed by importers to obtain said drawbacks. | Early Canadiana Online |