| 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. |
40 George III – Chapter 10 |
1800 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the Thirty-seventh year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “an Act to revive, and continue an Act, passed in the Thirty-third year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entitled, ‘an Act in amendment of, and addition to, an Act, made in the Thirty-third year of the reign of His late Majesty, entitled, an Act for regulating, and maintaining, a Light House on Sambro Island,’ and in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the Twenty-eight year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating, and maintaining, a Light House at the entrance of the Harbour of Shelbourne.’” |
40 George III – Chapter 9 |
1800 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to prevent harbouring run-away Seamen, to repeal certain parts of an Act or Ordinance therein mentioned, and for other purposes. (29th May, 1800) |
40 George III Chapter 8 |
1800 |
This act makes it illegal for seamen to leave their ships before the end of their term. In order to aid in the application of this law, this act also makes it illegal to harbour a runaway seaman, and specifies various penalties for those who should attempt to harbour them, from innkeepers to ship's captains. |
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| An Act to alter, amend, and continue, an Act, made and passed in the thirty-second year of His 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.” |
40 George III – Chapter 8 |
1800 |
This act expands the number of goods covered by an act first passed in 1792 which imposed taxes on certain imported goods. |
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| A Declaratory Act respecting Actions for Criminal Conversation. (29th May, 1800.) |
40 George III Chapter 7 |
1800 |
This act allows wives to sue their husbands for damages without first having to prove their husbands guilty of adultery in a court of law. |
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| An Act for providing Pounds in the several Townships in this Province. |
40 George III – Chapter 7 |
1800 |
This act replaces an act first passed in 1779, which specified how money was to be raised in order to build enclosures for stray animals. |
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| An Act for erecting a Bridge over the River Jacques Cartier. (29th May, 1800.) |
40 George III Chapter 6 |
1800 |
This act authorises the building of a bridge over the Jacques Cartier river. It appoints commissioners to oversee the construction of the bridge, including the surveying of the banks to determine the best location for the building project, and specifies toll rates that will be charged once the bridge is completed in order to offset the construction costs. |
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| An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act made and passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the sale of the Glebe Land in the Township of Granville, and for purchasing another Estate, as a perpetual Glebe for the resident Minister of the Established Church in said Township.” |
40 George III – Chapter 6 |
1800 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, this act executes the sale of glebe land in Granville by reverend Archibald Paine Inglis, and approves the appointment of church wardens elected by the congregation to manage further church affairs. |
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| An Act to give further Powers to the Executive Government to prevent the introduction or spreading of infectious or contagious Diseases in this Province. (29th May, 1800) |
40 George III Chapter 5 |
1800 |
This act empowers the Port Masters or other persons appointed by the government to quarantine ships who have arrived from areas that are known to have outbreaks of contagious diseases in order to prevent outbreaks of those diseases within the province. |
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| An Act for the better regulating the manner of holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace, in the County of Annapolis. |
40 George III – Chapter 5 |
1800 |
This act changes the time and place of the court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace for Annapolis county. The place is changed to the town of Digby, where it will be held four times a year, on the days stated. |
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