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 to amend an Article of the Code Civile with its Derogations, as it hath been usually received in this Province, which directs and fixes the Degrees of affinity and consanguinity of Witnesses in Civil Suits. (8th April, 1801) | 41 George III Chapter 8 | 1801 | This Act amends the degrees removed permitted to stand as witnesses in civil matters to Cousins German where parties to the degree of third cousin had formerly been allowed. | 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 support of the Grammar School in Halifax, and for other public purposes therein contained.” | 41 George III – Chapter 8 | 1801 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend certain Forms of Proceeding in the Courts of Civil Jurisdiction in this Province and to facilitate the Administration of Justice. (8th April, 1801) | 41 George III Chapter 7 | 1801 | This Act repeals the practice of getting a writ of summons from a judge to the practice of obtaining said summons from a clerk or prothonotary of the court, and directs the processes of civil court trials. The Act also outlines the due processes in the event that the defendant fails to appear or oppose the decision of the court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, and continue, an Act made in the thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to encourage the killing of Wolves, Bears, Loup Cerviers, and Wild Cats.” | 41 George III – Chapter 7 | 1801 | This act continues an act first passed in 1796, which granted a bounty on wolves, bears, wild cats, and lynx. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Insane Persons and for the Support of Foundlings. (8th April, 1801) | 41 George III Chapter 6 | 1801 | This Act grants a sum not exceeding one thousand pounds per annum for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better management and relief of the Poor of Halifax. | 41 George III – Chapter 6 | 1801 | This act appoints the commissioners named to oversee the relief of the poor within the town of Halifax. Their responsibilities are specified by the act, along with the various types of employment which can be undertaken by those residing in the poor-houses of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to ratify and confirm certain Provisional Articles of Agreement entered into by the respective Commissioners of this Province and of Upper Canada, at Quebec, on the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, relative to Duties, and for carrying the lame into effect; and also to continue an Act passed in the thirty seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign. (8th April, 1801.) | 41 George III Chapter 5 | 1801 | This Act ratifies several articles agreed upon by commissioners who negotiated trade agreements between Upper and Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the repairing, keeping in repair, cleaning and paving, the streets in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, and for removing obstructions therein, and also to suspend the power and authority vested in the Surveyors of Highways within the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, after the first day of August next, during the operation of this Act. | 41 George III – Chapter 5 | 1801 | This act divides the town of Halifax into wards for the purposes of repairing and maintaining roads, and allows for the appointment of commissioners to determine the work that needs to be done for each ward, the budget which will be required, and sets out penalties for those who impede the work of the commissioners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend the Law respecting Last Wills and Testaments. (8th April, 1801) | 41 George III Chapter 4 | 1801 | This Act clarifies certain parts of British inheritance law and brings it more in line with French inheritance practice. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Persons holding Lands or immoveable Property of His Majesty, En roture, upon which Lots et Ventes, or Mutation Fines are due. (8th April, 1801) | 41 George III Chapter 3 | 1801 | This Act outlines provisions to be made for those who are owing lots et ventes on their land to the crown, detailing how they are to be paid, and how the appointed commissioners are to collect it. It also states that anybody who had property damaged or destroyed in the defence of the city of Quebec is to have their lots et ventes discharged. | Early Canadiana Online |