1805-1806

Attendance of Members at the Sessions of 1805 and 1806.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 125

1806

Certificate that Alpheus Morse, commissioner, expended fifty pounds between River Philip and Amherst in 1802.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 126

18 January 1806

List of monies voted session 1805-6 and names of receipients.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 127

13 December 1805

Petition of Edward Whitman and 886 other inhabitants of Annapolis County suggesting the use of paper currency. They "have for some Years seriously felt the effects flowing from a Scarcity of a circulating Medium, by being cramped in their Commercial and Agricultural pursuits – Your Petitioners beg leave therefore to submit to this Honorable House the Propriety of their adopting a judicious System of Paper Credit to a certain extent, the utility of which Your Petitioners are fully confident would soon be diffused throughout the Province by enabling the Farmer to extend his improvements and the Merchant his Trade, in proportion to the real property and natural resources of the Country." (See committee report, 21 Dec.)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 128

1806

The sum of £50 to be paid to Henry Torrance for his services saving cargo from a shipwreck at Sable Island.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 129

10 November 1806

Petition of Robert Thomson for recompense for his services as Health Officer for the Port of Shelburne.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 130

3 January 1807

Report of the committee of the House on John Henderson’s petition recommending that £250 be paid him in compensation for his losses in contracting for the Sackville Bridge. Signed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 1

5 January 1807

Report of the committee on the health officers accounts, recommending certain sums be granted in compensation for each one’s services. (Draft)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 2

8 January 1807

Resolution of the House granting compensation for John Henderson, road commissioner. Signed. Not agreed to.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 3

8 January 1807

Resolutions for roads and bridges not agreed to by the Council. List.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 4

9 January 1807

Message from the Lt.-Governor recommending a grant of £2000 towards completing Government House. (Holograph)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 5

9 January 1807

Draft of report of committee on the roads and bridges and to answer the Governor’s message regarding the new Government House.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 6

9 January 1807

Report of the committee of the House for compensations and examination of road expenditures. Signed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 7

10 January 1807

Resolution that sum of £30 be granted and paid to James Gautier as Deputy Clerk of the Council. Signed James B Francklin.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 8a

10 January 1807

Resolution that sum of no more than £400 be granted regarding the Establishment at Sable Island. Signed James B Francklin.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 14 number 8b