This act amends previous legislation regulating fire fighting in Saint John to allow firemen to be except from other civic duties, save militia duties, to allow them to more effectivly fight fires.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, and which had been amended several times prior. This amendment involves the regulation of equipment used by firewards.
An act to repeal a former act from 1808 "An Act for repairing and ameliorating the ancient Castle of Saint Lewis," the Governor of the Province's residence. A fund of seven thousand pounds was created for this purpose under the 1808 act. The duties imposed by this act are repealed. An amount in the order of seven thousand, nine hundred and eighty pound, nineteen shillings and one penny farthing is to be paid from any unappropriated monies to make good on the expenses not covered by the seven thousand pounds originally allotted for the repairs, in addition to the five thousand and ninety one pounds, sixteen shillings and eleven pence, three farthings required to fulfill the original funds granted.
This act gives authorities in Saint John, city and county, the power to raise funds finish building a county jail and pay off the debts already incurred in its construction.
This act makes provisions for the modification of the road from Fort Massey to the exercising ground in Halifax, which takes into consideration the fact that a part of the old road needs to be closed off.
This act, passed by virtue of an under the authority the 1805 act "An Act to provide for the erecting of a Common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal, respectively, and the means of defraying the expences thereof" grants a further six thousand five hundred pounds for the construction of the Common Gaol for the District of Quebec. The act gives instructions for how the construction will be approached and how a clerk and treasurer for the gaol are to be appointed.
This act gives the local authorities in Charlotte County the power to raise revenues to both pay down the county debt and to complete and maintain its county jail and court house.
An act to amend a former act from 1811 to provide temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières until permanent facilities can be established. The original act set a budget for each district's temporary gaol and replaced the sentences of "punishment by transportation," "burns in the hand," or "death without the benefit of Clergy," with sentences in the House of Correction at the discretion of the Judges or Justices. This act provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described in the 1811 act. This act is to expire in 1814.
This act establishes an assize of bread in Fredericton and Saint Andrews (important garrison towns), regulating the prices of bread, so as to prevent wartime price gouging.