| 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 Majesty’s Reign. |
60 George III – Chapter 21 |
1820 |
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 nuissance. |
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| An Act to revive and 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 Licensed to keep Public Houses, and Shops, for the retail of Spirituous Liquors. |
60 George III – Chapter 20 |
1820 |
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 to encourage persons engaged in the Lumber Trade; and authorising Courts of Session to make regulations for preventing obstructions in bringing the same, with other articles, down the several Rivers of the Province; and also, the Act, passed in the fifty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, in addition to and amendment thereof. |
60 George III – Chapter 19 |
1820 |
A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1818 which makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the time being, to appoint Commissioners to Issue Treasury Notes, to an amount not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pounds. |
60 George III – Chapter 18 |
1820 |
This Act makes provision for the appointment of three commissioners who will have the power to issue treasury notes, and outlines the procedures and regulations surrounding their issue. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for raising an additional Duty of Excise upon all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, imported into this Province. |
60 George III – Chapter 17 |
1820 |
This act imposes duties on several goods and continues a former act relating to the same. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, "An Act to revive and continue an Act respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein." |
60 George III – Chapter 16 |
1820 |
This act continues a former act relating to immigration into the province for an additional year. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts respecting the Liverpool and Cranberry Island Light-Houses. |
60 George III – Chapter 15 |
1820 |
This act continues two former acts to support two light houses for an additional year. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An act for the Summary Trial of Actions;” and also, the Act in addition to and amendment thereof. |
60 George III – Chapter 14 |
1820 |
This act continues an act providing for the summary trial of actions for one year. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act 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. |
60 George III – Chapter 13 |
1820 |
This act continues an act establishing a night watch in Halifax for one year. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act to revive and continue the several Acts for regulating the Summary Trial of Actions, before His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax.” |
60 George III – Chapter 12 |
1820 |
This act continues a former act providing for and regulating summary trials in Halifax for one year. |
Early Canadiana Online |