Queen v. Town Council of Dartmouth
…brought before a Town Meeting; Act of Incorporation, section 42. (McDonald, J.—If they have no power to assess more than that, have we any right to compel them?) No. Have…
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An Act to incorporate the Town of Dartmouth, 1873 c17
…and shall have, within the Town, all the powers relating thereto, vested in the Sessions, Grand Jury, School Meeting and Town Meeting; and shall have and exercise within the Town…
Body politic, Body corporate — City limits
…vested in the Trustees appointed under this act… three trustees shall be annually thereafter appointed at each Annual Town Meeting of the Township… The Inhabitants, in Town Meeting, at any…
Local Government in Nova Scotia
…of Township Government: For a brief period the New England form of township government, with the direct democracy of the town meeting, was in operation in part of Nova Scotia….
Town Meetings under Martial Law
“Some townships in Nova Scotia had called town meetings to debate and resolve on several questions relating to the laws and government of the province. The governor and council (14th…
Annual Report 1888
…purpose of removing the inequality complained of, has been, or will be, omitted by the Council. The Towns Incorporation Act does not provide for the usual Annual Town Meeting of…
“The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land”
…the “old style” (New England) Town meetings in Dartmouth was held in 1902]. “The New England town meeting was and still is”, says Charles Francis Adams, “the political expressions of…
The Great Awakening in Nova Scotia, 1776-1809
…the government, or at least that group of enterprising men who held key positions in council. About the only power left to the town meetings was the care of the…
Place Names and Places of Nova Scotia (in Dartmouth Township)
…the Grand Jury, the Sessions (Local Courts), the Town meeting and the School meeting — certainly aligns with the disappearance of its progeny, Dartmouth as an incorporated Town and then…
An Act to divide the County of Halifax into Townships, and to confer certain Municipal Privileges upon the Inhabitants thereof, 1850, c5.
…now conferred by Law, the Rate-payers of such Townships at their Town Meetings, on the First Monday of November in every year, shall select a Warden and Four Councillors, who…