Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act in addition to and amendment of an Act, entitled, “An Act to regulate the Appointment of Collectors, and other Officers of Impost and Excise.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1823 | This is an addition to an act first passed in 1806, which consolidates the role of tax collection in Halifax to one person, and specifies how this person is to be appointed as well as their various responsibilities. The current amendment allows the executive council to redefine districts or ports for which each collector of impost is responsible. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1823 | This is a continuation 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 authorising the Lending a Sum of Money to the Governors of Dalhousie College, and for securing the re-payment thereof. | 4 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1823 | This act allows for a loan of five thousand pounds to the governors of Dalhousie College, to be paid back in five years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for amending, and reducing into one, the several acts, now in force, relating to the support and management of the Poor throughout the Province, excepting such parts thereof as relate to their support in the Town of Halifax. | 4 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1823 | This act consolidates and replaces several past acts regarding the support of the poor within the province of Nova Scotia, with the exception of Halifax which retains its past laws. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further preservation of Buoys, Beacons, or Sea Marks, set or placed by authority, in any Harbour, River, Creek or Bay, within this Province. | 4 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1823 | This act imposes a fine of up to ten pounds for the removal, destruction, or improper use of buoys, beacons, sea marks, or moorings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and continue an Act, entitled, “An Act to provide for the greater security of this Province by a better regulation of the Militia, and to repeal the Militia Laws now in force.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1823 | A continuation and amendment of an 1821 act, which consolidated all past militia laws in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act imposing a Duty on Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported from the United States of America, and for appropriating the same. | 4 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1823 | This act specifies the duties to be charged on all goods imported from the United States. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for encouraging the Fisheries of this Province. | 4 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1823 | This act places a bounty on dried cod fish which is of good enough quality to sell in European markets in order to encourage the fishery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the service of the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-three; and for appropriating such part of the Supplies granted in this Session of the General Assembly, as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. | 4 George IV – Chapter 1 | 1823 | This act allots various parcels of money for a number of purposes and to various individuals throughout the province, for infrastructure projects and in reimbursement for services rendered to the government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Trade between His Majesty’s Possessions in America and the West Indies, and other Places in America and the West Indies. (Passed 24th June, 1822.) | 3 George IV Chapter 44 | 1823 | This act regulates trade between British colonial possessions. It was appended to the legislative acts of the assembly of Upper Canada of 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |