Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to repeal the Laws now in force for appointing Firewards, and the better extinguishing of Fires, so far as the same relate to the Town of Fredericton, and to make regulations more suitable to the said Town. Passed 11th March, 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 5 | 1824 | This act replaces exisiting laws concerning fire fighting in Fredericton and creates new rules and regulations for those charged with fire prevention. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act to continue an Act, intituled, “An Act for the more effectual punishment of Persons who shall be guilty of the Trespasses therein mentioned, in the City of Saint John.” Passed 11th March, 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 4 | 1824 | This act continues an 1819 act for punishing tresspassers in Saint John for an additional five years. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act for erecting and maintaining a Light-House upon one of the Islands or Rocks near the South-East Coast of the Island of Grand Manan. Passed 11th March, 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 3 | 1824 | This act provides a legislative framework and funding scheme to build a lighthouse off Grand Manan. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act to continue an Act, intituled, “An Act to regulate the Herring Fisheries in the Parishes of West Isles, Campo Bello [Campobello], Pennfield, and Saint George, in the County of Charlotte, and an Act to extend the provisions of the said Act to the Parish of Grand Manan.” Passed 11th March 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 2 | 1824 | This act extends an 1819 and 1822 act, both regulating the Charlotte County herring fishery, for an additional three years. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act to regulate and increase the number of Times for holding the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Sydney. | 4 George IV – Chapter 37 | 1824 | This act changes the times of year as well as the frequency of the court of common pleas and general sessions in various towns located in the county of Sydney and along the shores of the gulf of Saint Lawrence. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of John Putman Clement. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 36 | 1824 | This act makes provision for John Putman, an immigrant who has not been able to access his property rights according to acts passed in prior years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace of the District of Johnstown to Erect a New Gaol and Courthouse, or Repair the Old One, and to Erect New Bridges over Yonge and Irish Creeks. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1824 | This act makes provisions and appropriates funds for the building of a jail in Johnstown, or the repairing of the old jail. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in addition to and amendment of an Act, passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for repairing, cleansing and paving, the Streets in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, and for removing obstructions therein;’” and also the Act, in amendment thereof, passed in the forty-second year of His present Majesty’s Reign. | 4 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1824 | A continuation of an amendment to an act first passed in 1801, which divided the town of Halifax into wards for the purposes of repairing and maintaining roads. The amendment requires residents to keep the streets and gutters in front of their houses clean of any sort of filth or nuisance. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant a certain sum of money therein-mentioned, towards aiding the Society of Education of Quebec. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 34 | 1824 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds to the Society of Education for the District of Quebec to support the school established by them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Alter, Amend, and Repeal part of an Act passed in the fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Provide for the Erection of a Gaol and, Courthouse in and for the Home District.” Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 33 | 1824 | This act revises an act from a prior year which sees to erect a jail in the Home district, as the timeline set forth by the prior act has been found unpractical. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Authorise the Justices of the Peace of the Midland District to Loan a further Sum of Money for the purposes therein mentioned. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 32 | 1824 | This act authorises the loan of one thousand pounds to the local authorities of the Midland district. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money therein-mentioned, towards the support of the Emigrant Hospital, established in Quebec. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 32 | 1824 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding six hundred pounds to the Hospital established for the relief of Indigent Sick Emigrants from the United-Kingdom in Quebec City. Under this Act, the hospital is to be open to Indigent Sick of any denomination labouring under contagious diseases in addition to emigrants. The hospital is to be under the superintendence and direction of six senior Justices of the Peace and six of the eldest Physicians and Surgeons, as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Hiram Spafford. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 31 | 1824 | This act makes provisions for Hiram Spafford, an immigrant who has so far been unable to access certain rights to property guaranteed by prior legislation. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make more ample Provision for Regulating the Police of the Town of Kingston. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 30 | 1824 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1816, and replaces it with new clauses relevant to the powers of local magistrates in Kingston, and the appointment of police. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to partition the Common of the Seigniory of Varennes, among the Co-proprietors thereof. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 30 | 1824 | Under this Act, the Common of Varennes is to be divided among Co-proprietors of the Common. The processes by which this is to be done are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money for the purposes therein mentioned. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 29 | 1824 | This act grants money to several districts who are in dire need of new roads and road repair. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the permanent establishment of two Public Market Places in the Town of Three-Rivers. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 29 | 1824 | An Act to define the lots used as Public Market Places in the Town of Trois-Rivières and to confirm that these are to be reserved for that purpose. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of James Carrol. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 28 | 1824 | This act provides for a pension for the said James Carrol, a former militia man, who contracted a disease while in the service of the militia which rendered him completely blind, therefore making him unable to provide for himself. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of money therein-mentioned for the relief of Insane, Infirm and sick persons, and towards the support of Foundlings and for other purposes. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 28 | 1824 | An Act to grant several sums to the Districts of Quebec and Trois-Rivières to defray expenses incurred for the care of Insane, Infirm and sick persons, and towards the support of Foundlings by several groups including the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital, near Quebec, the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital, in Montreal, the Religious Ladies of the Hotel Dieu, at Montreal, and to aid the Corporation of the General Hospital at Montreal. Some of these funds are also to be put towards purchasing supplies, including new sheets and utensils. Additionally, it is made lawful for commissioners to bind out foundlings as apprentices as they deem fit. The manner in which the sums provided in this Act are expended are to be reported to the Legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Common of Yamaska. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 27 | 1824 | Under this Act, the Inhabitants of the Seigneurie of Yamaska are allowed to hold an election to elect the Chairman and Trustees for their Common, having failed to do so as outlined in the 1823 Act “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Seigniory of Yamaska, to provide for the better regulation of the Common of the said Seigniory.” | Early Canadiana Online |