This act allows the chief administrative officer of Upper Canada to appoint a lieutenant in every county with full authority to call, arm, train, and exercise local militia.
This Act outlines the processes by which civil actions or suits should be tried in the county of Halifax and the rotation of justices to serve. This Act is to remain in force for one year.
This Act amends the times at which the court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace are to be held in the District of Colchester and defines the boundaries of each country within the district.
This act allows justices of the peace to assemble and hold a court of requests within the limits of their respective divisions for the purpose of more easily settling small debts.
This Act limits the traffic allowed on the road from Windsor to Hammond Plain restricting based on the breath of the vehicle's felloes and imposes penalties for persons who fail to abide by this Act's terms.
This act makes it law for the magistrates of each district to appoint firefighters in any town or place in the province where there are forty or more buildings within a half square mile.
This Act amends the 1759 Act, "An Act for regulating and maintaining an House of Correction or Work-House within the Town of Halifax, and for binding out Poor Children," and extends some of its provisions to the rest of the province. It describes how work houses are to operate and how they will be funded. The keepers' roles and manner in which they should be regulated are outlined.
Cet acte interdit le transport de plus de cinq livres de poudre à tirer dans les navires pour assurer la sécurité des bâtisses qui se trouvent en proximité du port de Montréal.
This Act outlines and provides for the provincial government's expenses for 1791, mainly the salaries of various government employees or sums owing for services rendered.
This Act continues and amends several acts relating to raising revenue, including acts regarding impost and excise duties, and relating to the number of collectors in each county and their salaries. This Act is to remain in force until July 1792.
This Act amends that the inferior court of common pleas and general sessions for the county of Cumberland will be held in June and October instead of the former times in April which were found inconvenient.