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History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fisheryReeves, John

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History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery

Name: History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery
Author: Reeves, John

Reeves, John

Fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Newfoundland, Island of; Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.) -- Politics and government

The pretences urged by the merchants against the court were seen through
by his majesty’s servants; but it appearing to the law-officers, that
the governor had not authority under the words of his commission before
observed upon, to institute that, or any other court, for civil causes;
and it appearing to the committee of council for trade, that _a court of
civil jurisdiction_ ought to be established there, they recommended to
his majesty to appoint or to authorise the governor, by proper words,
to appoint one; and this court, they recommended, should proceed in a
summary way. The opinion of the board on this matter will be better seen
in the _representation_ they made to his majesty, which was laid before
the house of commons, and has been printed by their order.

[Sidenote: An Act passed for a Court of Civil Judication.]

However, no court was then established; and the court of common pleas,
instituted by the governor, continued, during the year 1790, to
proceed as before. The subject was taken up by the committee of trade
in the year 1791; and a bill was presented to parliament, under their
direction, for instituting a court of the sort they had recommended in
the representation made in 1790. This bill passed into a law; and being
intended as an experiment of a new judicature, it was to endure for one
year only. The result of that experiment was to propose another bill in
the sessions of 1792, for instituting a court somewhat different from
that of the preceding bill. This also was only for a year.

It is now for the consideration of parliament finally to determine what
courts are to be established in the island for the administration of
justice in future.

                                                            _April 1793._

APPENDIX:

CONTAINING

The STATUTES relating to

NEWFOUNDLAND.

CONTENTS.

    Stat. 10 & 11 _Gul._ III. Cap. 25.         p. i.

    Stat. 15  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 31.             xvi.

    Stat. 26  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 26.            liii.

    Stat. 28  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 35.          lxxxiv.

    Stat. 29  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 53.             xci.

    Stat. 31  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 29.            xcix.

    Stat. 32  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 46.             civ.

APPENDIX.

10 & 11 _Gul._ III. Cap. 25.

    _An act to encourage the Trade to ~Newfoundland~._

[Sidenote: Preamble. King’s subjects to have free trade to
_Newfoundland_. No alien to bait or fish in _Newfoundland_.]

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History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fisheryReeves, John

History

History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery

Reeves, John

Fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Newfoundland, Island of; Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.) -- Politics and government

The pretences urged by the merchants against the court were seen through
by his majesty’s servants; but it appearing to the law-officers, that
the governor had not authority under the words of his commission before
observed upon, to institute that, or any other court, for civil causes;
and it appearing to the committee of council for trade, that _a court of
civil jurisdiction_ ought to be established there, they recommended to
his majesty to appoint or to authorise the governor, by proper words,
to appoint one; and this court, they recommended, should proceed in a
summary way. The opinion of the board on this matter will be better seen
in the _representation_ they made to his majesty, which was laid before
the house of commons, and has been printed by their order.

[Sidenote: An Act passed for a Court of Civil Judication.]

However, no court was then established; and the court of common pleas,
instituted by the governor, continued, during the year 1790, to
proceed as before. The subject was taken up by the committee of trade
in the year 1791; and a bill was presented to parliament, under their
direction, for instituting a court of the sort they had recommended in
the representation made in 1790. This bill passed into a law; and being
intended as an experiment of a new judicature, it was to endure for one
year only. The result of that experiment was to propose another bill in
the sessions of 1792, for instituting a court somewhat different from
that of the preceding bill. This also was only for a year.

It is now for the consideration of parliament finally to determine what
courts are to be established in the island for the administration of
justice in future.

                                                            _April 1793._

APPENDIX:

CONTAINING

The STATUTES relating to

NEWFOUNDLAND.

CONTENTS.

    Stat. 10 & 11 _Gul._ III. Cap. 25.         p. i.

    Stat. 15  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 31.             xvi.

    Stat. 26  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 26.            liii.

    Stat. 28  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 35.          lxxxiv.

    Stat. 29  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 53.             xci.

    Stat. 31  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 29.            xcix.

    Stat. 32  _Geo._ III.  Cap. 46.             civ.

APPENDIX.

10 & 11 _Gul._ III. Cap. 25.

    _An act to encourage the Trade to ~Newfoundland~._

[Sidenote: Preamble. King’s subjects to have free trade to
_Newfoundland_. No alien to bait or fish in _Newfoundland_.]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery

History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery

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