. A View of the rise, progress, and present state of the Newfoundland fishery [microform] : with some observations on its government, civil establishment, revenue and expenditure. Fisheries; Pêches. iccSj ^vlli^(I Hs however (tilers in the ?en tlie i\>\\' il to jjcrplex ear 1750 a I issued for I of sending' f the island without any ' vears; and itli the com- ppointed by s, and held f complaint, )vernor uas judicial pro- pen made to rhaps under ?r ajisheri/j )vernor also mine causes Dvernor and i-Ad mi rally nor's courts 782, and in as instituted ted; heavy ist the pro- Mice a Bill in the vc
. A View of the rise, progress, and present state of the Newfoundland fishery [microform] : with some observations on its government, civil establishment, revenue and expenditure. Fisheries; Pêches. iccSj ^vlli^(I Hs however (tilers in the ?en tlie i\>\\' il to jjcrplex ear 1750 a I issued for I of sending' f the island without any ' vears; and itli the com- ppointed by s, and held f complaint, )vernor uas judicial pro- pen made to rhaps under ?r ajisheri/j )vernor also mine causes Dvernor and i-Ad mi rally nor's courts 782, and in as instituted ted; heavy ist the pro- Mice a Bill in the vcar 15 1791, for instituting a court of civil jurisdiction, to continue in force for one year as an experiment, and the result was the passinj,' another Bill in the year 1792, for establishiny: a court some\\hat different from that of the precedi/ig- year. By this lisst act power was given to the Governor, with the advice of the chief justice,"to institute courts of civil jurisdiction to be called siarof/ate courts in dilferent ])arts of the island as occasion shall require," with power to hear and determine in a summary way all suits and complaints of a civil nature. And in this way the judicature of the island was conducted until the year 1824, when an Act for the better adminir*"a- tion of justice in Newfoundland and for other purposes was passed, under tlie authority of which a superior court of judicature was instituted, to be held by a chief judge and two assistant judges to be appoiut^jj by His Majesty. ' " : The civil establishment under the former form of naval government, did not exceed in Hs expences, the revenue of the island, amounting to about ^13000 per annum, arising from the duties on importation of wine, spirits, and molasses, the Crown rents, and from licenses; the estimate annually voted by Parliament was about jei2,000. The appointment of a civil Governor and the creation of judges and officers by the establishment of the new court of ju
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