A continuation of an act passed in 1809, which itself was an amendment to an act first passed in 1801. The original act divided the town of Halifax into wards for the purposes of repairing and maintaining roads. The amendment requires residents to keep the streets and gutters in front of their houses clean of any sort of filth or nuissance. The 1801 act, and subsequent amendments, have been continued, extended, and amended many times between 1801 and the present continuation.
This act amends an 1801 act which originally only applied to Halifax, extending the reach of the original act to also apply to the town of Windsor (excepting a few named clauses). The 1801 act has been amended to extend to other towns within Nova Scotia in a similar fashion prior to this amendment, namely in 1821 when the act was extended to Digby and Yarmouth.
This act amends past acts concerning the mandatory labour required of residents to maintain roads, highways and bridges. The amendment concerns residents of islands in the province, clarifying that island residents are only required to work on the roads of the island on which they reside, and mainland residents are not required to travel to islands for their mandatory road service.
This Act allows the Justices of the Peace in the Midland District to borrow the necessary funds to build a new courthouse and gaol in Kingston, and provides guidelines for the repayment of the loan.
This Act decrees that the survey line determined by Lewis Grant, Esquire, Deputy Provincial Surveyor, be considered the official boundary line "between the Second and Third Concessions of the Township of Osnabruck," thereby settling any disputes over said boundary.