The following Act was passed by the New Brunswick Assembly in 1832 and is reproduced from:
The Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick from the Twenty Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third to the Sixth Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth. George F. S. Berton, Editor. John Simpson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. Fredericton, 1838. pp 562-3.The footnote, square bracketed note, and formatting are from Berton. Berton's marginal notes have been omitted.
| b An Act to empower the owners of the Saw Mill at the
rolling dam on the River
Digdeguash, in the County of Charlotte, to erect a Boom for the securing of saw logs on the said River. Passed 27th February, 1832.
I. BE it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That
from and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the owners of the saw mill at the rolling dam on the river Digdeguash, in the County of Charlotte, to erect piers in the channel of the said river at the rolling dam afore- said and there to lay such boom or booms as may be necessary for stopping and securing such logs as may by the owners thereof be intended to be sawn at the said mill : Provided always, that the said boom and erections shall not include more than two thirds of the channel of the said river : And provided also, that there shall be left a convenient passage sufficient for the floating down past the said mill of all saw logs and timber of whatever description that may by the owners thereof be intended to be floated down the said river : And provided also, that the owners of the said saw mill shall furnish the necessary hands as nearly as may be in proportion to the quantity of saw logs which they may own in any drive of timber or saw logs, to assist in assorting, securing or sluicing the same, as the case may be, at all times when the owners of such logs and timber as may be intended to be floated down the said river may think proper to attend the sluicing and driving the same. II. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall continue and be in force for two years. [Continued by 4, W. 4, C. 10, to 1st February, 1840.] b Refer to 45 G. 3, C. 14, for the regulation of
Booms in Charlotte, and to 8 G. 4, C. 15, regulating the
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