Bedford Corporation Act 1964
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1964 c. xxxiii |
Bedford Corporation
Act
1964
CH.
xxxiii 1
ELIZABETH II
1964 CHAPTER xxxiii
An Act to confer further powers upon the mayor, aldermen
and burgesses of the borough of Bedford; to make further
provision with regard to lands and for the improvement
and local government of the said borough; to provide for
the transfer to the said mayor, aldermen and burgesses
of the estate of the guardians of the poor within the
town of Bedford in the county of Bedford and the
dissolution of those guardians; and for other purposes.
[31st July 1964]
TT7HEREAS—
(1) The borough of Bedford (hereinafter referred to as " the
borough ") is a borough under the local government and manage-
ment of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough
(hereinafter referred to as " the Corporation "):
(2) It is expedient that further and better provision should be
made with reference to lands and streets and the health, local
government and improvement of
the
borough and that the powers
of the Corporation in regard thereto should be enlarged and
extended as in this Act provided:
(3) By the Act 34 Geo. Ill c. xcviii (in this Act referred to as
" the Act of 1794 ") all persons inhabiting the parishes of Saint
Paul, Saint Mary, Saint John, Saint Peter and Saint Cuthbert
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within the town of Bedford and qualified as therein mentioned
were incorporated by the name of " The Guardians of the Poor
within the Town of Bedford, in the County of Bedford " (in this
Act referred to as " the guardians") and provision was made for
the appointment of twelve directors (called " Directors of the
Poor within the Town of Bedford in the County of Bedford ")
(hereinafter referred to as " the directors ") who were empowered
to put into execution the powers and authorities of the Act in
manner therein provided and the mayor for the time being of the
borough was thereby constituted an additional director:
(4) By an order dated 1st September, 1835 (in this Act referred
to as " the order of 1835 "), and made by the Poor Law Commis-
sioners for England and Wales in exercise of the powers vested in
them by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834, other parishes were
added to the said parishes of Saint Paul, Saint Mary, Saint John,
Saint Peter and Saint Cuthbert for the administration of
the
relief
and for the general management of the poor of the said parishes
and added parishes and it was provided that the union as so
altered should be known as the Bedford Union:
(5) The order of 1835 provided for the constitution of a
board of guardians for the said union who should rent of the
guardians or of the directors the Poor House at Bedford called
" the Bedford House of Industry" together with the several
courts, yards and garden and other lands therein referred to at
the net annual rent of two hundred and eighty pounds and further
provided that the directors should cease to act or intermeddle as
such directors in the management and government of the poor
within the said parishes and that the said poor and the poor
within the said added parishes should be managed and governed
by the said board of guardians:
(6) The order of 1835 further provided that nothing therein
contained should be construed to deprive the guardians or the
directors from using and exercising all the powers and authorities
given to or vested in them by the Act of 1794 so far as the same
should not relate to the relief or management of the poor of the
said parishes:
(7) In accordance with the provisions of the order of 1835 the
relief of the poor in the borough was administered by the board
of guardians constituted by that order and by virtue of the
Local Government Act, 1929, the functions of the said board of
guardians were transferred to the county council of the adminis-
trative
county,
of Bedford (in this Act referred to as " the county
council"):
(8) By the National Assistance Act, 1948, the said functions
were transferred to the National Assistance Board and by that
Act, as subsequently amended, certain discretionary powers for
the relief of the poor were conferred upon the Corporation:
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