| An Act to amend the Act, intitled, “An Act for appointing Firewards and ascertaining their Duty, and for punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire,” and also in Amendment of the several Acts made in Amendment or Addition to said recited Act, and to extend the several Provisions therein contained to the Town of Shelburne. |
30 George III Chapter 1 |
1790 |
This Act amends the 1762 Act, “An Act for appointing Firewards and ascertaining their Duty, and for punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire,” as amended in 1782. The Act reduces the fine imposed on persons who neglect to sweep their chimnies and makes provision for several more firewards to be appointed. |
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| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Services of the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty-nine, and for appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of General Assembly, and for funding the Province Debt. |
29 George III – Chapter 17 |
1789 |
This act puts in place measures to not only pay the expenses of the government for the year, but also to pay off part of the provincial debt. |
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| An Act for continuing in Force the several Acts herein after mentioned. |
29 George III – Chapter 16 |
1789 |
This act continues three separate acts and the acts which relate to them. |
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| An Act to provide for the Support of His Majesty’s Government in this Province by amending and continuing the several Laws for raising a Revenue as are herein after particularly mentioned and expressed. |
29 George III – Chapter 15 |
1789 |
This act continues several past act specifying duties and taxes to be charged on wine, spirits, and molasses, and amends some of the rules concerning who is liable to pay these duties as well as who is responsible for collecting them. |
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| An Act for the better support of the Poor in the respective Counties within this Province by laying an Impost Duty on all Articles imported into this Province form the United States of America. |
29 George III – Chapter 14 |
1789 |
This act places a ten percent tax on all items being imported from the United States, and directs the money collected from this tax to support the poor of the province. |
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| An Act for continuing and amending the several Acts for supressing unlicensed Houses, and for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed. |
29 George III – Chapter 13 |
1789 |
This is an amendment to an act that has been amended and renewed numerous times. The changes in this amendment pertain to the amount each licensed seller will pay to their local clerk on a yearly basis, and the maximum number of taverns to be permitted per district. |
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| An Act to provide for the better Support of the Puisne Judges of His Majesty’s Supreme Court. |
29 George III – Chapter 12 |
1789 |
This act grants an annual salary of 400 pounds to the puisne judges of the supreme court. |
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| In 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. |
29 George III – Chapter 11 |
1789 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, which set various regulations on how fish could be exported, including the regulations on the barrels it is to be shipped in. |
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| An Act, in Amendment of an Act made in the third Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to prevent Frauds in the selling of Flour and Biscuit or Ship Bread in Casks.” |
29 George III – Chapter 10 |
1789 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which placed a regulatory weight on beef, pork, flour, biscuit, and ship-bread being sold by the barrel in the province. |
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| An Act, in Amendment of the several Acts passed in the Thirty-second and Thirty-fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, and in the First, Fifth and Twelfth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty; relative to the registering of Deeds and Conveyances made of, or which may affect Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments. |
29 George III – Chapter 9 |
1789 |
An amendment to various acts and their amendments relating to the prevention of frauds in land purchases and title transfers. |
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