This Act outlines and provides for the provincial government's expenses for 1791, mainly the salaries of various government employees or sums owing for services rendered.
This Act continues and amends several acts relating to raising revenue, including acts regarding impost and excise duties, and relating to the number of collectors in each county and their salaries. This Act is to remain in force until July 1792.
This Act imposes several new taxes and duties to raise the revenue necessary to defray the province's expenses, including on certain professionals or persons depending on salary, and explains how these sums are to be collected and accounted for. This Act is to remain in force until the debt is paid off.
This Act amends the 1765 Act, "An Act for the Raising Money by presentment on the several Counties in this Province, for the Defraying Certain County Charges therein mention’d," to define how Clerks of the Peace should be paid for certain services.
This act continues several past act specifying duties and taxes to be charged on wine, spirits, and molasses, and amends some of the rules concerning who is liable to pay these duties as well as who is responsible for collecting them.
This Act lists several sums to be distributed to cover the sums owing for certain services, salaries, or other expenses as listed. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined.
This Act increases the toll for bolting in order to cover the costs of erecting and repairing bolting machines to the rate of one quart per bushel, in accordance with the 1770 Act, “An Act for Establishing the Toll to be taken at the several Grist Mills in this Province.”
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives the assembly the power to levy taxes and duties on certain items, and licence fees to sell liquor, to raise provincial revenues.
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives local officials the power to raise money to build jails and courts houses and oversee their construction.
This Act lists the sums required to pay the salaries for staff of the government and justice system and makes provision for these salaries to be paid for the next year. The Act also makes provision to cover the expense of repairing several roads and the governor house . The several bounties and premiums now collected are to continue to be collected during 1787.