This act puts in place measures to repay the loans taken by the government to build the colonial building and market house in St. John's, with interest.
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.
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1844, which established an academy in St. John's. The amendments pertain mainly to the number of board members who belong to specific denominations, masters of the school, and salaries.
This Act improve the water supply and sewer system, authorizing the issue of Debentures, placing new fire hydrants, and appointing a director to manage this.