The Acts of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island: 1773-1852

XV. An Act relating to the office of Surrogate and Judge of Probate of wills, and for granting letters of administration,

XVIII. An Act to reduce the penalty imposed on certain offences by an Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled " An Act for punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters,"

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2d Victoria, 1839.

FIRST SESSION.

II. An Act for further continuing an Act intituled "An Act to regulate the fisheries of this Island,'

SECOND SESSION.

IX. An Act to amend a certain Act therein mentioned, relating to pounds,

3d Victoria, 1840.

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383

XII. An Act to regulate the floating of logs, scantling, deals, and other kinds of wood, down the rivers and lesser streams in this Island, XV. An Act to authorize the sale in certain cases of vessels, boats, goods, wares and merchandise, and other things, seized as forfeited, under any revenue law of this Colony,

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392

XVI. An Act to prevent the bringing persons convicted of felonies and misdemeanors to this Island, from the Island of Newfoundland, or elsewhere in America,

XXI. An Act to authorize the erection of a Building near Charlottetown, as an Asylum for insane persons, and other objects of charity, and to provide for the future maintenance of the same,

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394

XXVII. An Act to establish the salary payable by this Island to the
Colonial Secretary and Registrar, and Clerk of the Executive
Council,

396

4th Victoria, 1841.

VIII. An Act to authorize the appointment of Coroners in Prince and
King's Counties,

401

X. An Act to amend an Act of the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act intituled An Act for the limitation of actions, and for avoiding lawsuits,' so far as the same relate to actions concerning real estate, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof." "

402

5th Victoria, 1842.

I. An Act to confirm and render valid certain proceedings of the Executive
Government of this Island,

405

XII. An Act to prevent the taking and carrying away of boats, canoes or flats, without the consent of the owners thereof, and to repeal an

Act formerly passed for that purpose,

XV. An Act to repeal part of an Act made and passed in the third year of Her present Majesty's reign, to authorize the erection of a Building near Charlottetown, as an Asylum for insane persons, and other objects of charity, and to provide for the future maintenance of the same, and to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof,

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410

6th Victoria, 1843.

II. An Act to compel persons appointed to the office of Constable, to serve as such,

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415

VIII. An Act to amend the Marriage Law,

IX. An Act to amend the Act regulating the floating of logs, scantling,
deals, and other kinds of wood, down the rivers and lesser streams
in this Island, and for other purposes therein mentioned,
XIV. An Act relating to the fisheries, and for the prevention of illicit
trade in Prince Edward Island, and the coasts and harbors thereof,
XIX. An Act to amend the Act relating to distress for rent, and to
regulate the practice of the Supreme Court in cases of replevin,

XX. An Act relating to landlord and tenant,

XXVI. An Act to repeal an Act made and passed in the twenty-first year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled "An Act relating to wills, legacies, and executors, and for the settlement and distribution of the estates of intestates," and to make other provisions in lieu thereof,

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425

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430

7th Victoria, 1844.

XIII. An Act in further amendment of the laws for making lands and
tenements liable for the payment of debts, and for other purposes,
XX. An Act to alter the Act authorizing the erection of an Asylum for
Insane persons,

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455

8th Victoria, 1845.

III. An Act to make new provisions for the support of lighthouses, buoys and beacons

460

VI. An Act to explain and amend two Acts therein mentioned, relating to distress for rent and replevins,

465

X. An Act to dispense with convictions in form as now required, in certain cases, heard before Justices of the Peace,

XIV. An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force regarding Appren-
tices, and to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof,
XVII. An Act to confirm the titles to lands purchased under the several
Acts for levying an assessment on lands in this Island,

XX. An Act for the regulation of the mackerel fishery,

9th Victoria, 1846.

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468

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476

III. An Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts relating to dogs, and the taxation thereon,

480

VI. An Act to render the militia more efficient, and to repeal certain parts of an Act therein mentioned,

XI. An Act to amend and explain an Act made and passed in the eighth
year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to
repeal the several Acts now in force regarding Apprentices, and to
substitute other provisions in lieu thereof,"

XIII. An Act relating to certain surplus moneys arising from the sales
of land proceeded against for land tax, and to provide for the repay-
ment of the same, when legally claimed by the owners thereof,
XIV. An Act for enabling Courts to abstain from pronouncing sentence
of death in certain cases,

XVI. An Act for authorizing the apprehension of persons in any County
or place upon warrants granted by Justices of the Peace of any
other County,

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488

XX. An Act relating to the meridional line,

491

XXI. An Act for the better regulation of business in the public treasury of this Island,

491

XXVII. An Act to make provision for the regulation of seamen shipped on board of any ship or vessel owned in or belonging to Prince Edward Island, while such ship or vessel shall be within the precincts of the said Island.

494

10th Victoria, 1847.

IV. An Act to repeal certain duties and customs set forth in a certain Act, passed in the session of parliament, holden in the eighth and ninth years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to regulate the trade of the British possessions abroad," so far as the same relate to this Colony,

X. An Act to abolish deodands,

XII. An Act to authorize the calling in of all treasury notes now in circulation, and the reissue of the amount thereof from plates of a new design, and to explain and amend the Acts therein mentioned, XIII. An Act to extend the provisions of the Act relating to the establishment of township boundary lines,

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XVII. An Act to prevent the failure of justice, by reason of variances

between records and the evidence produced in support thereof,

XIX. An Act for compensating the families of persons killed by accident,

XXI. An Act for doing away with the oath of abjuration, heretofore

imposed on Roman Catholics,

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