| An Act for fixing the Place and Time for holding the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace and Inferior Courts of Common Pleas in the County of Sunbury. |
23 George III – Chapter 8 |
1783 |
Under this Act, a General Sessions of the Peace and Inferior Court of Common Pleas are to be held in Maugerville every June and October. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Establishing the Times of holding an Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace in the Township of Shelburne. |
23 George III – Chapter 7 |
1783 |
Under this Act, an Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Sessions of the Peace are to be held in Shelburne every March and October. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the Second Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for appointing Fire Wards, ascertaining their Duty; and for Punishing Thefts and Disorders, at the Time of Fire.” |
23 George III – Chapter 6 |
1783 |
This Act makes provision for the appointment of 9 men to be firemen in Halifax who are charged with keeping the fire engine in good order. One of these men is to be empowered as a fire ward and is to have the power to command assistance as necessary. Sums necessary for the repair of the fire engine are to be levied from the inhabitants of Halifax. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of an Act made in the first Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for Appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province.” |
23 George III – Chapter 5 |
1783 |
This Act clarifies a former Act, “An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the first year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for Repairing Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for Appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province,’” relating to the allowable width of roads and highways. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Altering and Reducing the Terms of the Sitting of the Supreme Court at Cumberland in the County of Cumberland. |
23 George III – Chapter 4 |
1783 |
Under this Act, the courts held in Cumberland are to be held only once a year in August. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting the King’s Most Gracious Free Pardon to all his Subjects in this Province, for all Treasons, Misprison of Treasons, or treasonable Correspondence committed or done by them or any of them in adhering to, aiding or assisting, countenancing or abetting his Majesty’s late Subjects in the Thirteen Colonies during their Rebellion. |
23 George III – Chapter 3 |
1783 |
This Act pardons those charged with treasons for actions taken during the American Revolution. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of sundry of his Majesty’s Subjects in this Province, against whom Judgements have been recovered, on Account of Losses sustained by the Depredations of the Enemy. |
23 George III – Chapter 2 |
1783 |
Three commissioners are to be appointed in each county under this Act to take accounts of losses sustained by the depredations of the enemy during the late war. The processes by which this is to be done are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulating the Office of Sheriffs, and the Manner in which the Sheriffs, Clerks of the Crown, and Clerks of the Peace shall return and pass their Accounts of all Fines and Forfeitures, which shall be Imposed by their respective Courts, and which shall be levied by the Sheriffs for the Use of the Crown. |
23 George III – Chapter 1 |
1783 |
This Act amends the processes by which Sheriffs are to be appointed, reappointed, or replaced in the province and implements a new form of returns Clerks of the Supreme Court at Halifax are obliged to make every six months and every Easter term. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the support of the Puisne Judges of His Majesty’s Supreme Court. |
22 George III – Chapter 14 |
1782 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of Samuel Smith, an Insolvent Debtor, and Prisoner in His Majesty’s Goal at Halifax. |
22 George III – Chapter 13 |
1782 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |