An Act to continue an Act from 1802 until 1811. The former Act outlined the rules police in localities throughout the province must abide by, including that laws must be announced before they are enforced and that financial penalties cannot exceed five pounds, except in the circumstances described.
This act consolidates the role of tax collection in Halifax to one person, and specifies how this person is to be appointed as well as their various responsibilities.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, and which had been amended several times prior. This amendment involves expanding the number of firewards in Halifax, and extends the exemption from working on highways to engine men.
A continuation of an act first passed in 1794, which placed a duty on certain goods imported into the province in order to fund schools in the district of Halifax.
A continuation of an act first passed in 1794, which placed a duty on certain goods imported into the province in order to fund schools in the district of Halifax.
An Act to repay the sum of money forwarded by His Majesty's Treasury in order to build Houses of Correction and to repair the Gaol of Montreal, which was damaged by fire.
An Act that names several men who have petitioned to establish a hotel, coffee house and assembly room. The Act establishes the Union Company of Quebec for that purpose, to be composed of the men who made the petition. The Act dictates the price for shares, when are where general meetings of the Union Company should take place, procedures for land purchases, and other such details.
An Act to prevent the Caterpillar Arpenteuse (looper caterpillar) from infesting apple trees within the Parish of Montreal by smearing infected trees with tar eight times per apple season. The Act goes on to outline fines for people with apple trees that do not do so, and an expiration for the Act.
An Act for the construction of new common jails in the districts of Quebec and Montreal occasioned by the insufficient space in existing jails. The Act sets a budget for construction costs, and instructions for how the construction will be approached. The Act also requires that auctioneers within the province must be licensed and imposes new duties upon them.
This act gives local Commissioners of the Highways the authority to organize and pay workers to clear roads in the parishes of Magerville, Sheffield, and Waterborough.