An act to extend the provisions of c15 of 1761 relating to Trespasses, to the Town of Pictou and the Town Plot of Dartmouth, 1818 c23

To extend the provisions of c15 of 1761 relating to Trespasses, to the Town of Pictou and the Town Plot of Dartmouth, 1818 c23

See. 3, Geo. IV. Cap. 32, Sec. 8

An ACT to extend the provisions of an Act, passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, entitled, An Act for preventing Trespasses, to the town of Pictou, and the Town Plot of Dartmouth.

Preamble:
WHEREAS, it has been found necessary to provide some more effectual means for preventing Swine and Goats from going at large in the streets, lanes, and highways, of the said Towns :

Act 1st Geo. III. extended to Pictou and Dartmouth:
I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Govenor, Council and assembly, That, from and after the publication hereof, the said Act, passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled; An Act in addition to and amendment of an Act, entitled, An Act for preventing Trespasses, and all the several matters and things therein contained, shall be, and the same is hereby extended to the Town of Pictou, including all the streets, lanes, and highways, from David Patterson’s East line on the West, to the West line of the lot formerly Alpin Grant’s on the East of the said Town; and to the Town Plot of Dartmouth, bounded on the North by the Common, on the South and West by Halifax Harbour, and on the East by Mill Brook, and after the payment of the third part of the value of all such Swine or Goats as may be forfeited by the said Act to the prosecutor, the remainder shall be paid to and for the use of the Poor of the said Towns respectively, within the said limits.

“An act to extend the provisions of c15 of 1761 relating to Trespasses, to the Town of Pictou and the Town Plot of Dartmouth”, 1818 c23