Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to render perpetual an Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Towns in this Province, to raise Monies for the sinking of Wells, supplying the same with Pumps, and for keeping them in repair. | 48 George III – Chapter 24 | 1807 | This act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1769, which allows the inhabitants of various townships to vote on the use of money required to construct wells and pumps, and to maintain wells and pumps for their respective townships. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making perpetual an Act to regulate the Packing and Inspecting of Salted Beef and Pork for Exportation. | 48 George III – Chapter 23 | 1807 | This act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1794 which specifies regulations on how salted beef and pork is to be packed for export, and the standards to be met before these products are exported. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making perpetual an Act, made in the thirty-sixth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to regulate the assize of Bread.” | 48 George III – Chapter 22 | 1807 | This act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1796, which regulates the weights, measures, and prices of different types of bread, based on the type of flour or meal used. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for extending throughout the Province, the provisions of an Act, made in the thirty-second year of the reign of his late Majesty, entitled, “An Act to prevent unnecessary firing of Guns, and other Fire-Arms, in the Town and Suburbs of Halifax.” | 48 George III – Chapter 21 | 1807 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1758, which imposed penalties on anyone who unnecessarily fired any fire arm in the town or suburbs of Halifax. The amendment extends the provisions of this act to the entire province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, made and passed in the thirty-fourth year of his late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the ascertaining damages on Protested Bills of Exchange.” | 48 George III – Chapter 20 | 1807 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1760. The amendment changes the interest rate charged on bills of exchange held by persons outside the jurisdiction of the crown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render perpetual an Act, in addition to an Act, for the raising Money, by presentment, on the several Counties and Districts in this Province, for the defraying certain County Charges therein mentioned. | 48 George III – Chapter 19 | 1807 | This act makes perpetual an act passed in 1796, which was itself an amendment to an act first passed in 1765. The original act made it lawful for the grand juries in each county to make presentment upon all sums necessary for the construction or repairing of jails, courts, session houses, stocks, pillories, or pounds, and for providing bolts, shackles, and the conveying of persons to the county goal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making perpetual an Act, in addition to and amendment of an Act, to prevent Nuisances, by Hedges, Wears, and other Incumbrances, obstructing the passage of Fish in the Rivers of this Province. | 48 George III – Chapter 18 | 1807 | This act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1763 prohibiting persons in the province from building fish weirs, hedges, fish garths, or other obstructions that may prevent fish from spawning. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further amendment of an Act, made in the second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the exportation of Fish, and the assize of Barrels, Staves, Hoops, Boards, and all other kinds of Lumber, and for appointing Officers to survey the same.” | 48 George III – Chapter 17 | 1807 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, which sets several regulations on how fish can be exported, including the regulations on the barrels it is to be shipped in, and sets the standard sizes of lumber to be traded. The amendment primarily concerns the size of barrels to be used to export fish and the markings to be used by inspectors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the time of holding the Supreme Court in the Districts of Pictou and Colchester. | 48 George III – Chapter 16 | 1807 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act to revive a Law for empowering the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to prohibit the exportation of Gunpowder, Arms and Ammunition, or Saltpetre, or carrying the same Coastways. | 48 George III – Chapter 15 | 1807 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |