| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intitled, “An Act for encouraging the establishment of Schools throughout the Province.” |
56 George III – Chapter 8 |
1816 |
This Act continues a former act for establishing schools in Nova Scotia for an additional three years. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to receive and continue an Act passed in the forty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person Administering the Government of this Province, to appoint one or more Additional Port or Ports, Place or Places of entry within this Province, and to appoint one or more Collectors of the same respectively.” Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 8 |
1816 |
This act continues for four years an act first passed in 1802 which allows the chief administrator of the province to create additional ports of entry for merchandize coming from the United States. No clauses are repealed or modified. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain the Acts, concerning Marriage and Divorce, passed in the thirty-second year of His late Majesty’s Reign, and the first year of His present Majesty’s Reign. |
56 George III – Chapter 7 |
1816 |
This act clarifies the allowable reasons for divorce, entitlements for wives divorced of bed and board, and the conditions upon which divorced persons can remarry. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making further and more ample provision for the Adjutant-General of the Militia of this Province. Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 7 |
1816 |
This act increases the amount of money which can be transferred to the adjutant-general of the province's militia, for a period of four years. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Act for punishing Criminal Offenders. |
56 George III – Chapter 6 |
1816 |
This act makes it lawful for criminal offenders to be sentenced to hard labour and outlines certain restrictions on the types and duration of labour assigned. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for a limited time for the appointment of a Provincial Aid-de-Camp within this Province. Passed 22d of March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 6 |
1816 |
This act allows for the appointment of a provincial "Aid-de-Camp" for the remainder of Lieutenant-Governor Gore's term. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the preservation of Snipes and Woodcocks. |
56 George III – Chapter 5 |
1816 |
This act bans killing snipes or woodcocks during their breeding period and sets penalties for those found to have killed, sold, or bought snipes or woodcocks between March and September. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Court of Requests. Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 5 |
1816 |
This act allows residents of the province to claim debts smaller than five pounds through the Court of Requests, so long as those debts were not incurred at a venue which sells spirits or through gambling. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, passed in the second year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the Exportation of Fish, and the Assize of Barrels, Staves, Hoops, Boards, and all other kind of Lumber, and for appointing Officers to Survey the same;” and also of an Act, passed in the thirty-second year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to revive and amend an Act, for establishing the standard weight of Grain, and for appointing proper Officers for measuring Grain, Salt and Coals, and ascertaining the standard size of Bricks, and the quantity of Lime to be contained in a hogshead.” |
56 George III – Chapter 4 |
1816 |
This Act makes amendments to former procedures around trade in cord wood, coal, salt, and grains in response to abuses arising from former policies. The act describes the rates measurers should be paid as well as what was to be done with rotted or crooked wood. |
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 4 |
1816 |
This act continues every clause of an act first passed in 1793 which made it law for the chief administrator to appoint returning officers for every county, riding, division, or town in the province. No clauses are modified. |
Early Canadiana Online |