Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for altering and continuing the several Acts, relating to the Duty on licensed Houses. | 13 George III Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act alters the processes by which persons can be licensed to operate houses of public entertainment and the duties imposed on them. Licenses granted heretofore are to expire on December 31, 1773. This Act and the former Acts listed are to remain in force until the end of 1775. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of, and for continuing the several Acts of the General-Assembly of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors and Wines therein mentioned. |
13 George III Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act further amends acts relating to impost and excise duties on beer, rum, wine, and other spirituous liquors to prevent frauds committed by relanding liquor after it was cleared for exportation. This Act discontinues drawbacks on rum or other distilled spirituous liquors. This Act and the several former Acts listed are to remain in force until the end of 1774. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent for a limited Time the Exportation or Shipping of Wheat, Rye, Barley, Flour, Meal, and Pease, from any of the ports or places in this Province, within the Bay of Fundy. | 13 George III Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act limits the shipping of grains out of the province between September 1773 and April 1774 to prevent shortages thereof, and sets penalties for persons who offend against this Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further explain and amend an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of his late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts.” | 13 George III Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act amends and clarifies the 1758 Act, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts.” The Act makes provision for femes covert, persons non compos mentis, imprisoned, minors, and persons out the province, who were not accounted for by the former Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Regulating the Fishery within the Harbour of Halifax. | 13 George III Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act limits the times that persons can using fishing nets in the harbour of Halifax. Fines for persons who offend against the terms of this Act are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until the end of 1773. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further 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.” | 13 George III Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act amends the 1761 Act, "An Act for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province," relating to the ways that forfeitures should be recovered. Persons sixty years old or upwards exempted from the labour required under the former Act are, under this Act, still required to send their teams or trucks to assist. A fine is also imposed on persons who block roads or streets. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for amending and continuing an Act, made in the Twelfth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for raising a Fund for the Purpose of making and repairing Bridges and Roads of Communication thro’ the Province.” | 13 George III Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act amends and continues the 1772 Act “An Act for raising a Fund for the Purpose of making and repairing Bridges and Roads of Communication thro’ the Province,” which is to remain in force until 1774. The rates and taxes outlined in the former Act are to be collected from every householder and owner of lands in the Province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the rating and levying the Expences attending the executing Writs of Partition. | 13 George III Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act makes provision for the surveying and distributing of writs of partition in the province, which sums are to be levied from the land proprietors. The processes by which sums are to be collected if the proprietor refuses to pay them are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for further continuing the several Acts relating to the Duty on licensed Houses. | 13 George III Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act continues the 1768 Act, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed houses, and for granting to his Majesty a duty on persons hereafter to be licensed,” as amended by another former Act, which is to remain in force until 1773. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to issue other Notes in Exchange for such Notes as have been issued heretofore, in Virtue of the several Loans Acts made by the General-Assembly of this Province, and are defaced and worn. | 13 George III Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act makes provision for notes that are defaced or worn to be exchanged, as well as for notes for small sums to be exchanged for larger ones. The processes by which this is to be carried out, as well as the forms required to do so, are given. | Early Canadiana Online |