14 February 1812

Petition of Isaac Smith and other inhabitants on the west side of Shubenacadie River, asking for £100, "which sum together with a spirited subscription which hath been made & will be obtained from the people with their statuate labour will enable the commissioner to compleat the Road, build a Bridge over Rines’s crick etc." Signed with 14 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 34

14 February 1812

Copy of summons sent by the House to the Sheriff of King’s County and other witnesses to appear on the part of Jared Chipman and David Burdon, petitioners against the election for Kings County.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 35

15 February 1812

Petition of George Baine and 33 other inhabitants of Digby township asking for assistance for the road over the North Mountain to Broad Cove, stating that they have cut out the road leading to Grand Passage, but cannot afford to make it passable, and asking for about £100 for that purpose. Signed with 34 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 36

17 February 1812

The account of the Province with John George Pyke, Quarter Master General of the Militia, for carriage of arms, etc.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 37

17 February 1812

Petition of George Mordaunt Haliburton, Halifax merchant, asking for the drawback of duties paid on prize goods exported by him, enclosing two certificates.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 38

17 February 1812

Petition of Charles R. Prescott, William Lawson and Joseph Allison, Halifax merchants, asking to be relieved, for the present, of paying for the duties on large quantities of sugar etc. imported by them and stored, and intended to be re-exported.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 39

17 February 1812

Petition of Rufus G. Taylor and John Osborn asking for a return of the duty paid on sunken coffee exported under special circumstances to Great Britain. Enclosing certificates and letters as to the truth of the petitioner’s statements.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 40

17 February 1812

Petition of Thomas Lynds and others of Onslow Township stating the great need of making an alteration in the road from North River to Truro, and asking for a grant for that purpose. Signed with 28 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 41

24 February 1812

Petition of Henry Taylor, owner of a Halifax distillery, asking the House to remit the duties on sugar long since imported from the West Indies, so that he may distill it into rum. Unless the duties are removed there is no possibility of the sugar being sold.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 42

20 February 1812

Petition of Robert Thomson and other inhabitants of Hammond’s Plains in the parish of Sackville, Halifax County, asking for a grant to help them repair the road leading through the settlement and the bridge. Signed with 19 names. Certified by the Justices of the Peace, William Sabatier and Benjamin Gerrish Gray.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 43

21 February 1812

Report of the joint committee on the public accounts and attached schedule of monies appropriated for the militia.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 44

21 February 1812

Resolution that member for Truro be given until 3 March to produce evidence in his own favour with regard to the election. Compare with final resolution, Journal p. 29.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 45

25 February 1812

Draft minutes of the Assembly for 21-25 February.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 46

22 February 1812

Resolution and division on the legality of John Johnston’s vote in the township of Truro. Although deaf and dumb, he is adjudged to be capable of voting because he is in possession of his other senses and can communicate his meaning by signs.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 47

24 February 1812

Certificate and recommendation by Thomas Roach, Henry Purdy, Jonathan Crane and Edward Baker, that a sum be paid out of the Casualty Vote of Money for repairs of Maccan Bridge after the storm of 1811.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 48