Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for granting to His Majesty an additional Revenue to defray the expense of the War; and to appoint Commissioners to borrow Money for the use of the Province. | 52 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1812 | This act places an additional duty on wine, rum, and other liquors in order to cover the expense of defending the province during wartime. Provisions regarding the collection of these duties and the borrowing of further funds if the tax increase should not suffice are also included. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the expenditure of Monies hereafter to be appropriated, for the service of Roads and Bridges. | 52 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1812 | This act better defines how contractors and commissioners in charge of supervising the building of roads and road repairs are to disburse the funds allocated to them for road work, how to keep track of expenses and people paid and charged for various types of work, and how contracts for road work are to be agreed upon. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act declaratory of the time at which the enrollment of the Militia shall take place during the present year. (19th May, 1812) | 52 George III Chapter 2 (S1) | 1812 | An act to clarify that men liable to serve in the militia during the present year is to present themselves for enrollment within ten days from the passing of this act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower the Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint Commissioners to issue Treasury Notes. | 52 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1812 | This act permits the issuance of treasury notes from the province. It defines the format of these notes, how they are to be paid out, how many of each denomination are to be printed, who is responsible for paying out said notes, and various other rules governing the issuing of provincial treasury notes. | 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 Twelve; 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 the Acts of the Province. | 52 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1812 | An act regarding the disbursement of government funds. NOTE: Only one article of the act published (article 12); act is incomplete. |
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| An Act to continue, for a limited time, and amend an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province and to repeal certain Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned.” (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 1 (S1) | 1812 | An act to continue and amend a former act originally passed in 1803. The original act declares that all men between the ages of eighteen and sixty are to be militia men, bound to serve in their division's militia. This act amends the maximum age from sixty to fifty. The act also outlines who is to be excepted from this law, how order is to be maintained, and how these men are to be enrolled and trained. The act is to expire in 1814 or at the end of the war, should one be declared. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.” | 51 George III – Chapter 26 | 1811 | A amendment of an act first passed in 1763, which outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement of Inland Navigation. | 51 George III – Chapter 25 | 1811 | This act grants the right to the named individuals to form a company with the goal of creating a canal system between Forchu Harbour and Lake George for the purpose of easing transportation between the settlements and to more easily transport lumber. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to, and amendment of, the several Acts for the choice of Town Officers, and regulating of Townships. | 51 George III – Chapter 24 | 1811 | An amendment of an act first passed in 1765; the amendment allows for the election of a greater number of town officers than allowed by the prior act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an act passed, in the forty-ninth year of the reign of His present Majesty, entitled, “An Act to encourage the raising of Bread Corn on new Lands.” | 51 George III – Chapter 23 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |