This Act states the funding, location, and purpose of an Alms and Workhouse built in the County of Northumberland, as well as the officers in charge of overseeing said workhouse.
This act institutes a program whereby poor settlers are established in agriculture instead of becoming dependents of the state. This includes fishermen who are not making enough to support their families.
This Act budgets the funds of the provincial government to the different areas of expense, including public printing, the court system, and provision for the disadvantaged within the province.
This act makes financial provisions for wives and children abandoned by husbands and parents, and defines the penalties for those who should so abandon their wives and/or children.
This act amends an 1860 act establishing an Alms House and Work for the Parish and Town of Woodstock, Carleton County, altering how their Commissioner can be appointed and some of his duties.
This act incorporates the St. John's Association in aid of the Colonial and Continental Church Society, under the named individuals, and legislates the rules under which the association is to be governed.
This act authorizes the receiver general to raise loans not exceeding five thousand pounds to build and establish an asylum for the poor and destitute of St. John's.