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An Act to continue and Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to amend an Act, passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for establishing a Public School in the Town of Halifax.’” 58 George III – Chapter 6 1818 This Act continues an act establishing a public school in Halifax for an additional 7 years. Early Canadiana Online
An act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned. 58 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 3) 1818 Act not published in this version of the published acts. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue, repeal part of, and amend an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act for granting to His Majesty Duties on Licences to Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapman, and other Trading Persons therein mentioned," and to extend the provisions of the same. Passed 1st April, 1818. 58 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) 1818 An amendment to an act first passed in 1816, making it illegal for wandering traders and pedlars to operate without a license, and specifies the penalties faced by those who should practice such trade without being first licensed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to facilitate the trial of controverted Elections, or returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly. (1st April, 1818.) 58 George III Chapter 5 1818 Under this Act, the House of Assembly is allowed to appoint three commissioners for the purpose of examining witnesses instead of bringing them to the bar in all trials of controverted Elections or returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The duties of these Commissioners are described. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue and amend 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 this Province. 58 George III – Chapter 5 1818 This Act continues two acts relating to trade duties on certain articles, which are to remain in force until 18 March 1819, and amends that drawbacks are not to be given on articles exported to other provinces. Early Canadiana Online
An act to empower the commissioners of the peace for the Eastern district, in their court of general quarter sessions assembled, to establish and regulate the time for holding a market in the town of Cornwall, in the said district. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 3) 1818 This act empowers the local government of Cornwall to establish a town market, and specifies how the taxes and fees from the said market are to be distributed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to regulate the Costs in certain Cases in the Court of King's Bench. Passed 1st April, 1818. 58 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) 1818 This act gives greater clarity to who is responsible for paying the charges associated with bringing matters to court. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to ratify and confirm the Provisional Articles of Agreement entered into by the respective Commissioners of this Province and of Upper-Canada, at Montreal on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, Relative to Duties, and for carrying the same into effect. (1st April, 1818.) 58 George III Chapter 4 1818 An act to confirm and ratify the agreements between commissioners appointed on behalf of the Lower Canada and Upper Canada. The act outlines these articles pertaining to duties on trade between the provinces. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and continue the several Acts, imposing a Duty on Articles to be imported from the United States of America, and for appropriating the same. 58 George III – Chapter 4 1818 This Act continues a former Act imposing duties on goods imported from the United States, as well as an act that continued it, and introduces several duties on livestock imported from the States. Early Canadiana Online
An act for the better division of the county of Glengarry into townships. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 3) 1818 This act creates the townships of Lochiel and Lancaster by grouping specified parcels of land in the county of Glengarry. Early Canadiana Online