Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into one Act, the several Laws now in force, relating to the Duties of Excise on Rum and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors sold in this Province. | 7 George III – Chapter 11 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for prolonging an Act, made and passed in the fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 7 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act continues the 1765 Act, "An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions," which is to remain in force for ten years. This Act also limits the costs allowable in cases brought before the Justices of the Peace. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing so much of an Act made in the fifth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “an Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee, and Playing Cards, sold within this Province, and of an Act made in the sixth Year of His said Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for altering, amending, and prolonging an Act made in the first year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entitled, an Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee and Playing Cards, sold within this Province, as relates to an Excise on Wines, and Playing Cards, sold within this Province.’” | 7 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” | 7 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act adds to the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," as amended in 1759 and 1761 and outlines the penalties for any person found destroying stone walls, fences, bars, gates, not being the land's proprietor or authorised by the proprietor. The Act also provides that horses are not to be allowed to wander at large on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of an Act, made in the Thirty Third Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for establishing a Public Market at the Market House in Halifax and for regulating the same.” | 7 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act amends the 1760 Act, "An Act for establishing a Public Market at the Market House in Halifax and for regulating the same," as amended in 1766, to enable persons with perishable goods to sell to be allowed to do so in the streets of Halifax at any time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief, to grant Warrants on the Treasury, for a Sum not exceeding One Thousand Six Hundred pounds, bearing interest, for securing the Payment of the Expences of Government. | 7 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act authorises the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief to grant warrants on the treasury for a sum not exceedings one thousand six hundred pounds to pay the interest on loan warrants and treasurers receipts not paid off by the government's revenues. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Times and Places for holding the several Courts of Justice therein named. | 7 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act sets the times that the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas are to be held in Annapolis, Lunenburg, Liverpool, Horton, and Cumberland each year as well as when the Supreme Court will be held in Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend the several Acts of this Province, relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures. | 7 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1767 | Under this Act, all fines or forfeitures incurred relating to the assize of bread or standard weights and measures are to be applied between the clerks of the market or informer and the poor of the town where the offence was committed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, in addition to an Act, entitled, “an Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax.” | 7 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made in the Fourth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 7 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act amends a section of the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," to provide for townships with less than fifty families resident. | Early Canadiana Online |