Birmingham Corporation Act 1922

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Citation1922 c. lxxvi
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GEO.
5.] Birmingham
Corporation
[Ch. Ixxvi.J
Act, 1922.
CHAPTER lxxvi.
An Act to empower the lord mayor aldermen
A.D.
1922.
and citizens of the city, of Birmingham to
construct additional waterworks and to pro-
vide and run trolley vehicles and to make
further provision in regard to their several
undertakings and to the health local govern-
ment and improvement of the city and for
other purposes. [4th August 1922.]
W
HEREAS in pursuance of powers contained in the
Birmingham Corporation (Consolidation) Act 1883
and divers other Acts the lord mayor aldermen and citizens
of the city of Birmingham (in this Act called "the
Corporation") are supplying water within their city and
certain places in the neighbourhood thereof and it is
expedient to empower the Corporation to construct the
additional waterworks mentioned in this Act and to make
further provision in regard to their water undertaking :
And whereas it is expedient to empower the Cor-
poration to provide and run mechanically propelled
vehicles adapted for use on roads without rails and moved
by electrical power transmitted thereto from an external
source and to confer further powers upon them in regard
to their tramway undertaking :
And whereas it is expedient to make further and
better provision in relation to the health local government
and improvement of the city and that the powers of the
Corporation in regard thereto should be enlarged as
provided in this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act be enacted:
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Act, 1922,
A.D.
1922. 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 :
For and in connexion with the pur- £
chase of lands and easements for and
the construction of the works autho-
rised by Part III. (Water) of this Act
and for other purposes of the water
undertaking of the Corporation - 498,632
For the provision of trolley vehicles - 36,000
For the provision of electrical equip-
ment and the construction of other
works necessary for working trolley
vehicles 3,100
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
books 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 clerks of the peace for the city
and for the counties of Warwick and Worcester respec-
tively and 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
Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present
Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same
as follows (that is to say):
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
Short and
1.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the Birmingham
collective Corporation Act 1922.
titles.
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Birmingham Corporation
[Oh.
lxxvi.l
Act,
1922.
(2)
The
Acts mentioned
in
Part
I. of the
first A.D. 1922.
schedule
to
this
Act and the
Orders mentioned
in
Part
II.
of that schedule
and so
much
of the
confirmation Acts
therein mentioned
as
relates
to
those Orders
and
this
Act
may be
cited
as the
Birmingham Corporation Acts
1876
to 1922.
2.
This
Act is
divided into Parts
as
follows (that
is
Division of
to say):
Part I.-
Part II.-
Part III.-
Part IV.-
Part V.-
Part VI.-
Part VII.-
Part VIII.-
Part IX.-
Act into
TX,
v
Parts.
—Preliminary.
—Lands.
—Water.
—Trolley Vehicles Tramways and Omni-
buses.
—Streets Buildings Sewers and Streams.
—Public Weighing Machines.
—Sale of Coke.
—Finance and Rating.
—Miscellaneous.
3.
The
following Acts
and
parts
of
Acts
(so far as
Incorpora-
the same
are
applicable
for the
purposes
and are not
tionof Acts.
inconsistent with
the
provisions
of
this
Act) are
hereby
incorporated with this
Act
(namely):
(1)
The
Lands Clauses Acts with
the
following
exception
and
modification:
(a) Section
127 of the
Lands Clauses Con-
solidation
Act 1845
(relating
to the
sale
of
superfluous lands)
is not
incorporated with this
Act;
(&)
The
bond required
by
section
85 of the
Lands Clauses Consolidation
Act 1845
shall
be under
the
corporate seal
of the
Corporation
and shall
be
sufficient without
the
addition
of
the sureties mentioned
in
that section
:
(2)
The
Waterworks Clauses Acts
1847 and 1863
except
(a)
The
words
"
with
the
consent
in
writing
"
of the
owner
or
reputed owner
of any
such
" house
or of the
agent
of
such owner
" in
section
44 of the
Waterworks Clauses
Act
1847;
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