The Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia: Fifth Series

Nova Scotia

Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, Queen's Printer, 1884 - Law - 1602 pages

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REVISED STATUTES	1

Of the election of members of the House of Assembly	15

OF PROVINCIAL PROPERTY ITS REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT PAGE CHAPTER 6 Of the casual and territorial revenue	66

Of mines and minerals	68

CHAPTER	76

CHAPTER	93

CHAPTER	99

Of the regulation of mines	112

Of municipal assessments	467

TITLE XIV	486

Of subscriptions to public works	490

Of industrial and exhibition buildings	491

Of public markets	492

Of fires and firewards	493

Of boards of fire escapes	500

Of the protection of woods against fires	507

Of the crown lands	142

Of trespasses to crown property	149

Of the public records	153

Of the legislative library	154

TITLE IV	155

TITLE V	165

Of sheriffs	166

Of prothonotaries and clerks of the crown	175

Of coroners	176

Of special constables and preserving order	177

Of the protection of constables	179

Of jails and other county buildings	180

TITLE VI	185

Of religious congregations and societies	189

Of assessments for repairs of meeting houses	195

TITLE VII	197

Of the sale of drugs and medicines	206

Of boards of health and infectious diseases	211

Of nuisances	213

Of rabid animals	217

Of public instruction	218

Of the University of Halifax	248

Of the education of deaf or deaf mute persons	258

Of property granted in trust for hospital for insane	264

Of poor districts	271

TITLE X	281

TITLE XI	298

Of agricultural and land corporations	304

Of common fields	318

Of laying out roads other than certain great roads	325

Of highway labor	335

Of the preservation of roads	342

Of bridges and public landings	352

Of ferries	353

Of railways	354

Of arrangements between railway companies and their creditors	419

Of municipal aid in the construction of railways	421

TITLE XIII	425

Of controverted elections of municipal and town council lors and of corrupt practices	454

Of stray cattle and animals going at large	511

Of fences and impounding of cattle	513

Of the transportation and use of gunpowder	516

Of the conveying of timber and lumber on rivers and the removal of obstructions therefrom	518

Of sea manure	520

Of guide boards and roads over ice	521

Of public exhibitions	522

Of the regulation and inspection of provisions lumber fuel and other merchandise	523

Of mills and millers	530

TITLE XV	531

PART II	623

Of the property and civil rights of aliens	635

Of the descent of real and personal estate	643

Of the transfer of articles of indenture of apprenticeship	695

their appointment and privi	722

Of civil procedure in magistrates courts	728

CHAPTER 103	743

CHAPTER 104	807

Of the supreme court and procedure therein	961

Of the county courts and procedure therein	1145

Of juries	1167

Of witnesses and evidence	1179

Of barristers and attorneys	1188

Of judges justices and other judicial officers	1194

Of the limitation of actions	1196

TITLE XXV	1205

Of arbitration	1214

Of compensation to the families of persons killed	1220

Of estreats	1230

TITLE XXVI	1236

Of the sale of lands under foreclosure of mortgage	1247

Of tenancies and distress for rent	1255

Of escheating lands forfeited to the crown	1261

APPENDIXES	1521

S 17 12

amended 20

amended 26

ENACTMENTS NOT FORMING PART OF THE THIRD SERIES

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aforesaid agent or manager amount annual application appointed arbitrator assessment assessors bond bridge by-laws candidate certificate CHAP Chapter charge City of Halifax clerk Commissioner of Mines Commissioner of Public constable copy councillor Crown crown lands deemed deputy duties dykes entitled examination exceeding expenses fees fence forfeit gold Governor-in Governor-in-Council granted hereby House of Assembly hundred dollars insane Inspector judge justice lands lease lessee liable license manner meeting municipal council necessary neglect notice Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Hospital oath offence Order-in-Council overseers owner paid party payment peace penalty person poll clerk polling district poor prescribed presiding officer proceedings proprietors prothonotary Province Provincial Secretary purpose Queen's Printer railway company rates receive recovered regulations respect road schedule seal sheriff summary conviction Supreme Court surveyor therein thereof thereto town township trustees vote warden warrant

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia: Fifth Series
Author	Nova Scotia
Edition	5
Publisher	Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, Queen's Printer, 1884
Length	1602 pages

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