| An Act to confirm certain Marriages therein mentioned. (2d. May, 1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 11 |
1804 |
An Act to declare marriages performed by Ministers of the Church of Scotland, Protestant Dissenting Ministers, or Justices of the Peace legitimate under law. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the place of sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and the Court of |
44 George III – Chapter 10 |
1804 |
This act changes the place at which the inferior court of common pleas sits for the district of Colchester to Truro. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for appointing Commissioners to treat with Commissioners appointed or to be appointed on the part of Upper-Canada, for the purposes therein mentioned. (2d. May, 1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 10 |
1804 |
This Act appoints commissioners to represent Lower Canada and who are empowered to meet, treat, consult, and agree with commissioners from Upper-Canada. The commissioners are also authorized to establish and regulate trade duties between the provinces. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to relieve a certain description of persons from sundry inconveniences, arising from an Act, passed in the Thirty-second year of the reign of His present Majesty, entitled, “An Act to prevent the Windsor and Hammond Plain Road being injured by heavy loaded carriages,” and to extend the said Act, and this Act in amendment thereof, to the Township of Windsor. |
44 George III – Chapter 9 |
1804 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1792, which limited the traffic allowed on the road from Windsor to Hammond Plain. The amendment places further regulations on the width of felloes which can be used on the road, and imposes penalties for those who should damage the road by carrying loads which are overweight or by using wheels deemed too narrow. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Curing, Packing and Inspection of Beef and Pork to be exported from the Province of Lower Canada. (2d. May,1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 9 |
1804 |
This Act outlines the regulations pertaining to quantity, inspection, packaging to be placed on exports of beef and pork. The Act directs how inspectors should be appointed and how penalties will be applied. The Act also distinguishes between grades of beef and pork. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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.” |
44 George III – Chapter 8 |
1804 |
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 for further encouragement of the Culture of Hemp in this Province. (2d. May, 1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 8 |
1804 |
An Act to provide financial encouragement for people in the province to start growing hemp. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, made and passed in the Twenty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the better support of the Poor in the respective Counties of this Province, by laying an Impost Duty on articles imported into this Province from the United States of America.” |
44 George III – Chapter 7 |
1804 |
A continuation of an act first passed in 1789, which placed a ten percent tax on all items being imported from the United States. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy administration of Oaths to Witnesses before the Grand Jury. (2d May, 1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 7 |
1804 |
An Act to make the Foreman of the Grand Jury empowered and required to administer oaths to witnesses. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the Thirty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province;” and, also, the Act, in amendment thereof, passed in the forty-first year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to alter, amend, and continue, an Act, made and passed in the thirty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province.’” |
44 George III – Chapter 6 |
1804 |
A continuation of an act published in 1793, along with its subsequent amendment in 1801, imposing import duties on certain goods. |
Early Canadiana Online |