An Act to Provide for the Liquidation of a certain Debt contracted by the Colony for the Making and Widening of the Streets and Firebreaks of St. John's, and for the Permanent Improvement thereof. (Passed 10th May, 1858.)

  • Province
    Newfoundland (1833-1867)
  • Chapter
    21 Victoria Chapter 15
  • Year
    1858
  • Concepts
    Infrastructure
    Financial Regulation
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Local
  • Number of Articles
    12
  • Description
    This act places a new land tax on the Central District in order to pay off a sixty thousand pound debt incurred by the provincial government, when expropriating the land of those who owned properties adjacent to streets that were being widened in order to create firebreaks in St. John's.
  • Source
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