Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for altering the time of holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace, at Digby, in the County of Annapolis. | 56 George III – Chapter 18 | 1816 | This Act changes the time at which courts are to be held in Digby each year to the first Tuesday of July. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of, and to alter and amend the Laws now in force for granting Pensions to Persons disabled in the Service and the Widows and Children of Persons who may have been killed in the Service, and to extend the Provision of the same. Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 18 | 1816 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1813 which was intended to provide for militia men who were wounded in service, as well as their widows and children, but which has been found insufficient. It contains clauses which are meant to replace the prior act, widening the definition of who is eligible, and the definition of being wounded during service. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act providing an Annual Pension for Judge Monk, on his retiring from office. | 56 George III – Chapter 17 | 1816 | This Act makes provision for George Henry Monk, Esq. to receive a yearly pension after his retirement. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue an Act passed in the thirty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for the appointment of Returning Officers of the several Counties within this Province. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 17 | 1816 | This is a continuation of an act first passed in 1793 which permits for the appointing of returning officers in various districts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, An Act for the encouragement of Inland Navigation. | 56 George III – Chapter 16 | 1816 | This Act amends an earlier act in order to allow the Yarmouth Lock and Canal’s proprietors to meet and vote without the two-thirds attendance in person or by proxy required by the former act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford Relief to Persons holding or possessing Lands, Tenements of Hereditaments in the District of Niagara. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 16 | 1816 | In order to rectify the potential problems set into motion when town records recording land deeds and ownership were burnt during the War of 1812, this act allows for the appointment of five commissioners who will be in charge of re-defining deeds, wills, mortgages, leases, and all other legal documents lost or destroyed during the war. The act specifies the authority of these commissioners, how the replacement legal documents will be recorded, and how current land owners can register their properties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act imposing a Duty on articles to be imported from the United States of America, and for appropriating the same. | 56 George III – Chapter 15 | 1816 | This Act continues an act placing import duties on articles from the United States which is to remain in force until 18 March 1817. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the contingent Expences of Both Houses of Parliament during the last Session, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 15 | 1816 | This act specifies certain sums of money to be paid to people who have filled roles and performed jobs for the Legislative Assembly and the province in the past year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province now in force relating to a Militia. | 56 George III – Chapter 14 | 1816 | This Act continues several acts relating to the militia which are to remain in force until 18 March 1817. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Extend the Limits of the Town of Niagara, in the District of Niagara. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 14 | 1816 | This act extends the boundaries of the district of Niagara, specifying where the new boundaries are to begin and end. | Early Canadiana Online |