Customs Duties, the Roads, and
the payment of the Assembly and its officers. There was no change in
the matters legislated upon, worthy of note, with the exception that
Cornwall, Johnstown, Newcastle, York, Niagara, Queenston, Fort Erie
Passage, Turkey Point, Amherstburgh, and Sandwich were declared to be
Ports of Entry, collectors being appointed by the Governor to receive a
salary of L50 per cent on duties, till the same amounted to L100, above
which sum there was to be no advance, and having the privilege of
appointing their own deputies; the Governor was authorized to appoint
Flour and Ashes Inspectors, who were to receive three pence for every
barrel of flour they inspected, and one shilling for every cask of pot
and pearl ashes; and an Act was passed preventing the sale of
spirituous or intoxicating drinks to the Moravian Indians, on the River
Thames. The third Session of the third Parliament met on the 25th of
May, 1802, when five Acts only were passed. Titles of lands were to be
better ascertained and secured; the administration of justice in the
Newcastle District was provided for; the rates which the Receiver
General should take and retain for his own use out of the monies
passing through his hands, subject to the disposition of the Province,
was to be declared and ascertained; one or more ports of entry were
established, and one or more collectors of Customs appointed; and an
Act for applying L750 to encourage the growth of hemp, and L84 0s. 8d.
for stationery for the Clerks of Parliament was adopted. On the 24th of
January, 1803, the Parliament being again assembled for the despatch of
business, an Act was passed, allowing time for the sale of lands and
tenements by the Sheriff; a fund was established for the erection and
repair of light-houses; the rights of certain grantees of the waste
lands of the Crown were declared; married women were enabled to convey
and alienate their real estate; attornies were enabled to take two
clerks and "no more," the Attorney and Solicitor General excepted, as
they could take three each, and "no more;" the swine and horned cattle
restraint Act was extended; members of Parliament, having a warrant
from the Speaker of attendance, were, for their own convenience,
enabled to demand from justices of the peace, ten shillings a day, to
be levied by assessment. After this, Parliament was prorogued, unless
it be that a second fourth Session of the Parliament was held, which is
not ver