Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to prevent Boys and others from Coasting and Sliding down the Hills in the Streets of Halifax. | 51 George III – Chapter 22 | 1811 | This act imposes fines on the families of boys who coast or slide down the hills of Halifax during winter, possibly causing accidents when they slide into the road. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further amendment to an Act, made in the third and fourth years of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 51 George III – Chapter 21 | 1811 | This Act amends the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," already amended several times. The present amendment concerns fines imposed by assessors, and the appointment of said assessors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to relieve certain Persons who have now on hand a quantity of Pickled Fish, packed in Barrels under the size appointed by Law. | 51 George III – Chapter 20 | 1811 | This act allows merchants to export any pickled fish that they have had in their possession for a specified amount of time without a certificate from an inspector, in order to clear out a backlog of inventory. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, and in addition to, and amendment of, the several Acts of the General Assembly, for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. | 51 George III – Chapter 19 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and continue an Act, passed in the fiftieth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to encourage the Fisheries of this Province.” | 51 George III – Chapter 18 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting a Common Gaol with its dependencies in the District of Three-Rivers, and to provide the means for defraying the expences thereof. | 51 George III Chapter 17 | 1811 | An Act for the construction of a new common jail in the District of Trois-Rivières occasioned by the insufficient space in existing jails. The Act establishes the processes by which Commissioners, the Treasurer, and Clerk will be appointed and sets a budget for construction costs. Instructions for how the construction will be approached are outlined, including how workers will be contracted. The funds, not exceeding ten thousand pounds, are to be taken out of unappropriated funds collected under the 1805 Act "“An Act for erecting of a Common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively and the means for defraying the expences thereof." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to 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 or Shops for the retail of Spirituous Liquors. | 51 George III – Chapter 17 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting another sum of money to finish the building of the Common Gaol for the District of Montreal. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 16 | 1811 | An Act to provide an additional sum not exceeding six thousand six hundred pounds to finish building a common gaol in the District of Montreal, as the former Act passed in 1805 "An Act to provide for the erecting of a common Goal in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively, and the means of defraying the expences thereof," was insufficient to cover the expenses. The Commissioners for the District of Montreal are required to report on the expenditure of these funds. The former 1805 Act is continued except as altered by this Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, for granting to His Majesty certain duties on Wine, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee, and Brown Sugar. | 51 George III – Chapter 16 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of insane persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein mentioned. (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 15 | 1811 | An Act to provide support to people of "deranged Intellect," incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief, as the most recent act for the purpose (passed 1808) was to expire. This Act grants a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds per annum for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. The Act also makes it lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings of a proper age as apprentices. The Act is to expire in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |