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 in Addition to, and Amendment of, an Act, made in the Eleventh Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act for altering and amending an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures. | 15 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1775 | This is an amendment to a 1771 act, which was itself an amendment to the 1758 Act, "An Act relating to the Assize of Breads and for Ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures," relating to the frequency with which bread is to be assized and the prices that can be charged for it. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of the several Laws, relative to the summary Trial of Actions. | 15 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1775 | This is an amendment to a 1765 act which made provision for the summary trial of causes of action with a sum total not more than ten pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, made in the First Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act to prevent the spreading of contagious Dispers. | 15 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1775 | This is an amendment to a 1761 act, which further permits authorities in Nova Scotia to quarantine individuals who have been proven to come into contact with contagious diseases, until such a time as they are no longer contagious. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act made in the Eighth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for granting to his Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax.” | 15 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1775 | An amendment to a 1768 act, which allows for the collection of a duty on wheel carriages to be used to maintain the streets and public highways on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to the several Acts of this Province, made for regulating the Militia, and more particularly an Act made in the Second Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act for the better regulating the Militia on actual Service in Time of War. | 15 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1775 | This act adds further regulations to past acts regarding the militia. Apprentices and indentured servants are specified as individuals who cannot be enlisted as members. Commanding officers are given forty-eight hours to muster once they have received orders to do so, under a penalty of twenty pounds. Penalties for militia members who fail to muster are also specified. Rates of pay are and provisions are to be paid weekly, and the manner of collecting fines specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act to prevent Waste and Destruction of Pine or other Timber Trees on certain reserved and ungranted Lands in this Province.” | 15 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1775 | Although the act states this is an amendment to an act passed in the fifteenth year of George III, it is in fact referring to an act passed in 1774, the fourteenth year of George III - "An Act to prevent Waste and Destruction of Pine or other Timber Trees, on certain reserved and ungranted Lands in this Province." The original act set aside tracts of land along the Wolastoq (St. John's River) and on Cape Breton to provide a perpetual supply of masts and ship timber to the royal navy, while the amendment allows for the use of wood as shall be necessary in Cape Breton for the use of the fishery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable John Morris, Deputy Surveyor of Lands, to recover of the Inhabitants of the Township of Clare, the Charges he has been at, in Surveying and laying out Lands to the said Inhabitants. | 14 George III Chapter 17 | 1774 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for farming the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, and Wines, Sugar and Melasses at the several Districts therein mentioned. | 14 George III Chapter 16 | 1774 | This Act makes provision for farming out the collection of duties of impost and excise on liquors, brown sugar, and molasses to farmers in several districts between 31 March 1775 and 31 December 1776 by the processes outlined. The duties and responsibilities of the farmers are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of, and in Addition to an Act, made in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 14 George III Chapter 15 | 1774 | This Act amends the 1765 Act, "An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions," which was amended in 1767, 1771, and 1773, relating to extending the powers of the Justices of the Peace for the recovery of small debts. Penalties for persons who cannot pay sums they owe are also outlined. A form of summons is also provided. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent for a limited Time the Exportation of Wheat, Rye, Barley, Flour, Meal and Pease from this Province. | 14 George III Chapter 14 | 1774 | This Act implements restrictions on the exportation of grains from the Province and penalties for those found to offend against these restrictions which are to remain in force until January 1, 1776. The processes by which this Act will be enforced are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |