This act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1818, which makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. It should be noted that the title referred to in the present act is incorrect; the correct title of the 1818 act is, "An Act to encourage Persons concerned in the Lumber Trade, and authorising Courts of Sessions to make regulations for preventing Obstructions in bringing the same, with other Articles, down the several Rivers in this Province." The title, "An Act to encourage Persons engaged in the Lumber Trade" etc. refers to an 1820 amendment.
This act makes perpetual an act regarding the regulation of the Lunenburg Common. It should be noted that the act refers to the title, "An Act for regulating the Common belonging to the Township of Lunenburg," an act which was passed in 34 Geo II (1760), but the regnal year referred to within this act is 58 Geo III, indicating they are probably referring to an amendment to the original act, "An Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, 'An Act for regulating the Common belonging to the Township of Lunenburg'" (1818).