Accrington Corporation Act 1928
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1928 c. xcv |
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5.] Accrington [Ch. XCV.]
Corporation
Act, 1928,
CHAPTER xcv.
An Act to extend the boundaries of the borough
A.D.
1928.
of Accrington to empower the Corporation to
provide and work trolley vehicles and omnibuses
to acquire lands and execute street works to
make further provision with respect to their
tramways trolley vehicles omnibus and elec-
tricity undertakings and the health local
government and improvement of the borough
and for other purposes. [3rd August 1928.]
W
HEREAS the borough of Accrington in the
administrative county of Lancaster is a
municipal borough under the government of the mayor
aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Accrington
(in this Act called " the Corporation ") and the
Corporation acting by the council of the borough are the
sanitary authority for the borough with the powers and
obligations of an urban sanitary authority :
And whereas the unrepealed provisions of the local
Acts specified in the First Schedule to this Act are in
force in the borough :
And whereas the parish of Huncoat in the rural
district of Burnley is situate in the administrative
county of Lancaster and adjoins the borough :
And whereas it is expedient to alter and extend the
boundaries of the borough so as to include within the
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[Cli„.XC.v.] Accrington [1.8 & 19
GEO,
5.]
Corporation Act, 1928.
A.D.
1928. borough as extended by this Act the said parish of
— Huncoat:
And whereas—
(a) the Haslingden Union includes the parish of
Accrington which is co-extensive with the
borough; and
(6) the Burnley Union includes the said parish of
Huncoat;
and it is expedient to extend the boundaries of the
parish of Accrington so as to include therein the said
parish of Huncoat:
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of and
are working a system of tramways within the borough
and certain places adjacent to the borough and it is
expedient to confer further powers upon them with
regard to*the provision and working of trolley vehicle's
along; authorised tramway routes
:
. .
- And whereas it is expedient to empower the Cor-
poration to provide and work omnibuses. within and
beyond
the.
borough:. ._
"--And whereas it is expedient
to.
make further provi-
sion with respect to the tramway trolley vehicle and
omnibus undertakings of the Corporation as. in this Act
s provided : .. _.,. • ,. ._ ;'•
.. And whereas it is expedient that the Corporation
'should be empowered to construct street widenings and
improvements and a new street in the borough and
acquire lands for those purposes and that further powers
should be conferred upon them with respect. to the
acquisition of lands;.
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of the
markets undertaking within the borough and it is
expedient that further powers should be conferred, upon
them with regard to that undertaking and to the fairs
held within the borough
:
".,.-••
And whereas it is-expedient to make further and
better provision with regard to the health local govern-
ment and. improvement of the borough and that the
powers .of" the Corporation in regard' thereto should be
enlarged; as is provided in this Act:
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5.] Accrington [Ch. XCV.]
Corporation Act, 1928.
And whereas it is expedient to make further provi- A.D. 1928.
sion with regard to the finances of the Corporation
:
—:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provi-
sions contained in this Act be enacted :
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament:
And whereas estimates have been prepared by the
Corporation for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and
such estimates are as follows (that is to say):— £
For the provision of trolley vehicles - 40,000
For the provision of electrical equipment
and the construction of other works '
necessary for working the trolley
vehicles authorised by this Act - 10,000
For the provision of omnibuses - , - 25,000
For the erection of buildings for the
purposes of the omnibuses of the
Corporation -----. 15,000
For the construction of the new street
and street widenings and improve-
ments by this Act authorised - - 28,601
And whereas the several works included in such
estimates are permanent works and it is expedient that
the cost thereof should be spread over a term of years :
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the Bill "
for this Act the requirements of the Borough Funds Acts
1872 and 1903 have been observed:
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines
and levels of the works authorised by this Act and also
a book of reference containing the names of the owners
and lessees or reputed owners and lessees and of the
occupiers of the lands required or which may be taken for
the purposes or under the powers of this Act were duly
deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county
palatine of Lancaster which plans sections and book of
reference are in this Act respectively referred to as the
deposited plans sections and book of reference :
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be
enacted and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent
Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords
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