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An Act to continue an Act made and passed in the Thirty-fourth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for the Grammar School in Halifax, and for other public purposes therein contained.” 47 George III – Chapter 7 1806 A continuation of an act first passed in 1794, which placed a duty on certain goods imported into the province in order to fund schools in the district of Halifax. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue in force the several Revenue Laws for the support of his Majesty’s Government in this Province. 47 George III – Chapter 6 1806 An act which continues a number of past acts and their amendments dealing with duties on imported liquor and sugar. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for granting a Bounty on Dry Cod and Scale Fish, exported to his Majesty’s Islands, Colonies, and Plantations in the West-Indies. 47 George III – Chapter 5 1806 This act grants a bounty to merchants who export fish to the British colonies in the West Indies. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to encourage the Fisheries of this Province, by granting a Bounty on the importation of Salt. 47 George III – Chapter 4 1806 This act regulates the price of salt and grants a bounty to those who import it into the province to help assure there is a steady supply for the fishery. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to encourage the raising Bread Corn on new Lands. 47 George III – Chapter 3 1806 This act sets a price per bushel for wheat and rye grown on land that did not grow wheat or rye prior to November 1806. The methods by which this amount can be claimed is specified within the act, as well as an oath to be taken by the sellers swearing that the grain has been grown on newly-cleared land. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to regulate the Expenditure of Monies, hereafter to be appropriated, for the Service of Roads and Bridges. 47 George III – Chapter 2 1806 This act specifies how commissioners who are appointed to oversee road construction and improvement projects are to handle the funds for hiring labour, buying supplies, and pay contracts. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the service of the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six, 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 Acts of the Province. 47 George III – Chapter 1 1806 This act allocates various sums of money from the provincial government's coffers for various purposes, from paying bureaucrats for their services to funding infrastructure projects. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for an omission respecting the Common of the Town or Borough of Three Rivers. (19th April, 1806.) 46 George III Chapter 7 1806 An Act detailing the process by which a Chairman and four Trustees of the Commons in Trois-Rivières [Three Rivers within the text] may be appointed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for applying a certain sum of Money therein mentioned, to make good certain Monies issued and advanced by his Majesty through the Lieutenant Governor, in pursuance of several Addresses. Passed 3d March, 1806. 46 George III – Chapter 7 1806 This act provides for the repayment of a loan made by the crown to the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the thirty ninth year of his Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province,” and also, an Act passed in the forty second year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the thirty ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.” (19th April, 1806.) 46 George III Chapter 6 1806 An Act to further continue an Act passed in 1799 and continued and amended 1802 "An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.” Early Canadiana Online