Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for the Security and Protection of Certain Islands in the River Saint John. | 31 George III Chapter 11 | 1791 | This act give York County Justices of the Peace the power to declare the waters surronding an island in the Saint John river to constitute a legal fence. | Acts of the General Assembly of his Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1791. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1791. |
| An Act, in further Addition to, and Amendment of an Act made in the Second Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for appointing Firewards, ascertaining their Duty, and for punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire.” | 31 George III Chapter 8 | 1791 | This Act amends and adds to the 1762 Act, "An Act for appointing Firewards, ascertaining their Duty, and for punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire," as amended in 1782, 1783, and 1790. This Act provides for the appointment of nine engine men for the town of Halifax above those already provided for by the former Acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times of holding the Supreme Court in the County of Annapolis, King’s County and the County of Hants. | 31 George III Chapter 7 | 1791 | This Act alters the times at which court is to be in the counties of Annapolis, Hants, and King's County in the months of May and September and specifies when writs and other process issued from the clerk's office are returnable in each county. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an Act entitled, “An Act for Regulating Juries and Declaring the Qualification of Jurors.” | 31 George III Chapter 6 | 1791 | This addition to a 1786 act stipulates that local sheriffs are to annually make a lists of qualified jurors in their districts, and shall recieve compensation for their efforts. | Acts of the General Assembly of his Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1791. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1791. |
| An Act to regulate the Times of holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace in the District of Colchester, and to enable the Grand Juries in the said District to assess Monies for the purpose of erecting a Court House and Goal in said District, and for ascertaining the Boundaries for the said District. | 31 George III Chapter 5 | 1791 | This Act explains that court for the district of Colchester is to take place at Onslow every first Tuesday of April and every first Tuesday of January at Walmsley. The Act outlines the bounds of the district and makes provision for the court house and jail to be erected within it. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Recovery of Small Debts. | 31 George III Chapter 4 | 1791 | This act takes away the power to enforce small debts from county clerks and gives it to Justices of the Peace, and stipulates how the Justice shall conduct trials on this matter. | Acts of the General Assembly of his Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1791. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1791. |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of an Act entitled “An Act for Laying Out, Repairing, and Amending Highways, Roads and Streets, and for appointing Commissioners and Surveyors of Highways within the several Towns and Parishes in this Province.” | 31 George III Chapter 3 | 1791 | This act amends a 1789 act, making new provisions for, among other things, how highway surveyors are appointed, hire workers, and report their finances to the government. | Acts of the General Assembly of his Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1791. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1791. |
| An Act, to provide for the future Maintenance of the Poor now maintained at the Province Expence. | 31 George III Chapter 2 | 1791 | This Act makes provision for the poor formerly maintained at the province's expense to be supported by the town of Halifax and grants the town a yearly sum of fifteen hundred pounds for this purpose. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act entitled, “An Act to authorize the erection of Fences and Gates across certain Roads in the several Counties in this Province where the same shall be found necessary.” | 31 George III Chapter 1 | 1791 | This act extends an act passed in 1789 until 1797. | Acts of the General Assembly of his Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1791. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1791. |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act, intitled, “an Act for establishing a public Market House in Halifax, and for regulating the same,” also in Amendment of an Act, intitled, “an Act for building a public Slaughter House in the Town of Halifax, and for regulating the same.” | 30 George III Chapter 15 | 1790 | This Act amends the 1760 Acts, "An Act for establishing a public Market House in Halifax, and for regulating the same," and "An Act for building a public Slaughter House in the Town of Halifax, and for regulating the same," relating to how individuals, their servants, or their agents, are permitted to bring livestock into Halifax to butcher and sell. This Act is to remain in force until July 1791. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for reviving and continuing in Force the several Acts herein after mentioned. | 30 George III Chapter 14 | 1790 | This Act lists several recently expired acts, largely relating to the justice system or infrastructure, which are to be revived and remain in force until July 1791. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, intitled, “An Act for appointing Commissioners to superintend and direct the Maintenance and Support of certain Poor Persons known by the general Appellation of Transient Poor.” | 30 George III Chapter 12 | 1790 | This Act ends certain provincially-funded provisions made for the poor, including the work house in Halifax, and enacts that each town is to maintain their own poor. The processes by which each town should maintain their poor and processes for the transition from provincial to local are outlined, including how transient persons are to be removed from Halifax. This Act is to remain in force until July 1791. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intitled, “An Act for the raising Money by Presentment on the several Counties in this Province, for the defraying certain County Charges therein mentioned.” | 30 George III Chapter 9 | 1790 | This Act amends the 1765 Act, "An Act for the Raising Money by presentment on the several Counties in this Province, for the Defraying Certain County Charges therein mention’d," to define how Clerks of the Peace should be paid for certain services. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering and adding to the Times appointed for holding the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the Town and County of Shelburne. | 30 George III Chapter 6 | 1790 | This Act amends the times at which the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace are to take place in Shelbourne. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise certain Commissioners to dispose of the Building wherein the General Assembly now fits; and also to adjust the Debt due from the Province to the Public School at Halifax. | 30 George III Chapter 4 | 1790 | This Act makes provision for a former assembly house to be sold and the funds from the sale to be used to pay part of a debt owing to the public school at Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act, intitled, “An Act for appointing Firewards and ascertaining their Duty, and for punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire,” and also in Amendment of the several Acts made in Amendment or Addition to said recited Act, and to extend the several Provisions therein contained to the Town of Shelburne. | 30 George III Chapter 1 | 1790 | This Act amends the 1762 Act, “An Act for appointing Firewards and ascertaining their Duty, and for punishing Thefts and Disorders at the Time of Fire,” as amended in 1782. The Act reduces the fine imposed on persons who neglect to sweep their chimnies and makes provision for several more firewards to be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for appropriating and disposing of the public Monies. | 29 George III Chapter 9 | 1789 | This act awards public money to several persons for service to the province. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1789. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1789. |
| An Act for reviving and continuing and amending sundry Laws that have expired and are near expiring. | 29 George III Chapter 8 | 1789 | This act renews several acts passed in 1786 and 1787 | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1789. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1789. |
| An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Town Plot of Dartmouth to use and occupy the Common Field, granted them by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, in such way as they may think most beneficial to them. | 29 George III – Chapter 6 | 1789 | This act grants common use of a field adjacent to the town plot of Dartmouth. The act specifies how the common space can be used, and how it is to be administered. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for establishing the Times of holding an Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in the Township of Yarmouth. | 29 George III – Chapter 5 | 1789 | This act changes the time at which the general court of sessions in the town of Yarmouth will be held, to the first Tuesday of April and the last Tuesday of October of every year. | Early Canadiana Online |