Part 2 — CHAPTER X.
Reading edition
CHAPTER X.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN QUEENSLAND.
First Municipality Established.—Brisbane Bridge Lands.—Grant for Town Hall.—Consolidating Municipalities Act.—Provincial Councils Act.—Government Buildings not Rateable.—Brisbane Bridge Debentures and Waterway Acts.—Municipal Endowment.—Local Government Act of 1878.—Divisional Boards Act of 1879; Success of the Act.—Local Works Loans Act.—Two Pounds for One Pound Endowment Repealed.—Rating Powers Extended by Local Authorities Act of 1902.—Cessation of Endowment. —Valuation and Rating Act.—Decline in Land Values. —Unequal Incidence of Rates Levied.—Efficiency of Local Authorities 69-77