This Act amends and adds to the 1760 Act, “An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers,” in order to make more sufficient provision for the recovery of sums set for repairing or building dykes and drains.
This act places a tax on residents of Halifax in order to support the poor of the city, and provides for the appointment of a overseer in order to collect and distribute the funds.
This Act provides a sum not exceeding eight hundred and fifty pounds for purchasing grain for relief of the poor, for digging a well and building an oven at the workhouse at Halifax, and for purchasing a loom and copper.