15 February 1815

Petition of James Charlton and other inhabitants of a settlement in the township of Granville, asking for a grant to help them maintain the road running along the foot of the mountain and the cross-road leading to the main road. On the cross-road there are no inhabitants, and the expenses of keeping up both roads are beyond the means of the inhabitants. Signed with 10 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 34

16 February 1815

Petition of Wentworth Taylor and others of Dorchester, Sydney County, detailing the advantages that would accrue to them and to the Halifax market if a road were made from Dorchester to the head of the tide of St. Mary’s River, and praying for a grant of £300 for effecting it. Signed by 53 persons.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 35

16 February 1815

Memorial of the Sessions, Grand Jury and Overseers of the Poor, asking for a division of the district of Pictou into townships, so that the laws of the province for laying out new roads and providing for the support of the poor may be more properly executed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 36

17 February 1815

Petition of Benjamin Barnard, Joseph Norman Bond and others of Yarmouth and Argyle districts stating the bad condition of the public road leading up the west side of the Great Tusket River, and asking for a grant for repairing it from the lower Tusket falls to the head of Lake Vaughan. Signed with 115 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 37

17 February 1815

Petition of Richard Tremaine and the Commissioners of the Poor for Halifax, asking financial aid. (Printed in extenso in Journal p. 27)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 38

17 February 1815

Petition of Edward Rivers and other inhabitants of Rawdon, asking for a grant to make a road from the church by Bond's Mill to connect them with the main road leading from Rawdon to Halifax. Signed with 12 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 39

18 February 1815

Petition of William Sabatier and the other members of the Committee of Trade, Fisheries and Agriculture, asking the consideration of the House on the subject of the fisheries, and recommending that the bounty on imported salt be renewed. (Printed in extenso in the Journal, p. 36)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 40

20 February 1815

Petition of T. W. Hierlihy, the magistrates and other inhabitants of Dorchester, Sydney County, asking for a grant for making a bridge over the main Antigonish River at Indian Gardens. Signed with 82 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 41

20 February 1815

Petition of Valentine Troop and other settlers in Parker’s Cove, in Granville Township, on the Bay of Fundy, asking for a grant to help them make a road from their settlement to the town. 13 signatures.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 42

20 February 1815

Petition of Hugh Denoon and others of the town of Pictou, stating their fears that, due to the increase in the number of inhabitants and dwellings, fires may become more frequent. They ask that the provisions for firewardens. Also complaining about the number of swine running at large, and asking that Halifax regulations be extended to Pictou. Signed with 41 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 43

20 February 1815

Two resolutions for granting sums to Seth Coleman and the Secretary of the province to pay for vaccinating 423 poor persons in Dartmouth and Preston.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 44

21 February 1815

Resolution of the Committee of Supply for a grant of £25,000 for the service of roads and bridges throughout the Province.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 45

21 February 1815

Resolution of the House for a sum of £25,000 to be granted for the service of roads and bridges throughout the Province..

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 46

21 February 1815

Resolution of the House for the contingency sum be available should an accident occur on any bridge or a road be blocked.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 47

21 February 1815

Draft resolution of the committee of the House appointing a committee to inquire into the expenditures for the Windsor and Cobequid roads.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 48