ANNO DECIMO NONO GEORGII III. REGIS. 1779. T. DESBRISAY, At the General Assembly of His Majesty's Island of SAINT JOHN, begun and holden at CHARLOTTETOWN, the Eighth day of October, Anno Domini 1779, in the Nineteenth Lt. Governor." year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, President of King, Defender of the Faith: Being the First Session of the Third General Assembly convened in the said Island. P. STEWART, Council. D. HIGGINS, CAP. I. An Act for continuing sundry Laws that are near expiring. Expired. CAP. II. An Act for imposing a Duty of four pence per gallon on Rum and other Spirituous Liquors, and for regulating the conduct of Tavern-keepers, and for altering and amending an Act made and passed in the fourteenth year of His present Majesty's reign, imposing a duty on Retailers of Rum and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors. CAP. III. Virtually re pealed by 25 G. 3, c. 4, s. 1. An Act for regulating Weights and Measures, and the conduct Expired. of Storekeepers. ANNO VICESIMO GEORGII III. REGIS. year 1780. W. PATTERSON, Governor. At the General Assembly of His Majesty's Island of SAINT JOHN, begun and holden at CHARLOTTETOWN, the Eighth day of October, Anno Domini 1779, in the Nineteenth of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, T. DESBRISAY, King, Defender of the Faith: President of And from thence continued, by prorogation, to the thirteenth W. BERRY, day of March, 1780, and in the twentieth year of His Speaker. said Majesty's reign; being the second Session of the third General Assembly convened in the said Island. CAP. I. An Act to prevent forestalling the Market. CAP. II. Expired. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the fourteenth year Expired. 14 G. 3, c. 5. CAP. III. An Act empowering the Justices of the Peace for this Island to inquire into and regulate the Prices of all sorts of Provisions, and the rates of entertainment in Public Houses or Inns. Expired. CAP. IV. by 21 G. 3,c. 11. Made perpetual An Act ascertaining the privileges of the Members of the General Assembly, their Servants, and the mode of general and partial Elections, &c. Disallowed by His Majesty, 29th June, 1781 Amended and made perpetual by 21 G. 3, c. 11 Penalty of 20s. for Stone-Horyear old, being at large between 15th ses above one March and 1st November. If found at large, may be impounded. Persons impounding, to give notice thereof. Owners of hor An Act for preventing the running at large of Stone-Horses or Stallions, and the killing of Partridges at improper seasons. HEREAS the improving the breed of Horses is of great importance to this Island; and as the same has been degenerating for some time past, occasioned by the general and uninterrupted custom of allowing Stone-Horses or Stallions, exceeding one year old, to roam about at large:-For remedy whereof, I. Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That from and after the publication hereof, no Stone-Horses or Stallions, exceeding one year old, shall be allowed to roam at large between the fifteenth day of March and the first day of November in each and every year, under the penalty of twenty shillings for each offence. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any inhabitant of this Island, who may find any Stone-Horse or Stone-Horses, Stallion or Stallions, exceeding one year old, roaming at large within the time above limited, to impound or confine the same: and as soon as the proprietor or proprietors of such Stone-Horse or Stone-Horses, Stallion or Stallions, can be conveniently notified of such impounding or confinement, the person or persons so impounding or confining, is or are hereby required to give such notice to him or them respectively: and if the said proprietor or proprietors do not thereupon, as soon as may be, take away all such Horses or Stallions, that then and in such case the person or persons who shall or may impound or confine the same, shall have full remedy, by applying to any one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in this Island, who is hereby empowered, upon proof being made to his satisfaction of the said offence, to grant a Warrant to levy by distress and sale made of the goods and chattels of the proprietor of such Horse or Stallion, to the amount, in money, of the above mentioned Application of penalty, and also such damages as may have been sustained, with costs of suit; one half of the said penalty to be paid to the informer or prosecutor, and the other half to be applied to the use of His Majesty's Government in this Island. ses neglecting, after notice, to take them away, how to be proceeded against. penalty. |