Goole Urban District Council Act 1899
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1899 c. clxxxi |
| Year | 1899 |
[62
CP;
63
Vic‘r.]
Goolc
Urban
District
Cozincii!
[Ch.
c1xxxi.l
Act,
1899.
CHAPTER
clxxxi.
An Act
to
authorise the Urban District Council of Goole
AB.
1Rm.
-
in the West Riding of the County
of
York to construct
additional waterworks to borrow moneyfor
the
purposes
thereof and of their
gas
and water undertakings and
for
other
purposes.
[lst
August 1899.1
BEREAS
by
the Goole and District Gas and Water Act
1881
44&45
Vict.
w
(herein-after called
‘*
the Act
of
1881”)
tlic
Goole
ancl
c.*xxx*
District
Gas
and Water Company was incorporated and authorised
to maintain and construct gasworks and waterworks and
to
supply
gas and water within the township
of
Goole and other townships
and places mentioned
in
the said
Act
aoci
by
the same Act the said
company were authorised
to
sell and transfer to the local hoard
of
Goole (now the urban district council
of
Goole and herein-after
called
‘‘
the Council
”)
and
tlie
local board
were
authorised with
the consent
of
the Local Government
Board
tu
ptrrchase the
undertaking
of
the
said
company upon such tcriiis
as
niiglrt he
agreed upon between tlic local
board
and
the
company and it
was
providocl
by
tlic
Act
of
lS8Z
that
froin
ancl after
suoli
purcliase
the
local
\)oarti
might nianufacturc and supply
clas
and supply water
for
public and private purposes within the limits
OF
the Act
of
1881
ancl
sliould
have exercise and enjoy
all
the powers rights privileges
and autliorities and
bc
sulljcct to
all
the
ohligations
of
the said
conipmy
under
thc: Act
of
1881
in
rcfcrciicc
to
such
supply
:
And
wlicrcas
in
tlic
year
oiic
tlious5niitl
riglit
hriiidrctl
and
ninety-three the local
I~ORF~
purclrased
t
lie
undertaking
of
the
said
company with the consent
of
the
Local
Government Board and the
same
was
transferred
to
them
and
is
now
rested
in the Council
:
And
wlrereas
by
the
Goole
Order
1896
confirmed
by
tlie Local
Government Board’s Provisional
Orders
Confirmation
(No.
4)
Act
1806
(herein-after called
’;
tlie
Orcler of
1896
”)
certain
provisions
of
tlie Act
of
IS81
relating to the period
of
repaymelit
of
iiioney
?
[Piice
1s.
3d.J
A
1
A.D.
1899.
[Ch.
clxxxi.]
Goole
Urban
District
Council
[62
&
63
VLCT.)
Act,
1899.
borrowed by the local hoard
for
the purchase
of
the undertaking
of
the said company
and
other purposes
an3&
to the provision
of'
a
sinking fund and other matters were repealed and other regulations
suhstitnted in lieu thereof
:
And whereac the present water supply
of
the Council
is
inaclequate and it is expedient that the Council should
be
authorisod
to construct tlie additional waterworks herein-after described
for
the hetter supply
of
their area
of
supply and to borrow further
money
for
the purposes
of
such construction and for the
improvement
of
their
gas
and water uiidertnkings
:
And
whereas estimates have been prepared showing
that
the
Council will
or
may require to
borrow
for
the above-iiientioiicd
purposes
the
su:ii
of twenty-five thousand pounds
:
Ancl wlicrens tlic several works referred to in such estimates
arc
perniaiient works within the nieaning
of
sestion
234
of
the Public
:
And
whereas
it
is
expedient
that
the Act
of
1881
should
be
amended in certain respects
:
And ~vliereas thc objects
of
tliis Act cannot be attained without
the authority
of
Parliament
:
And whereas an absolute majority
of
the whole nuniber
of
tllc
Council at
a
meetiiig held on tlie fourteenth day
of
I)cccmber
one
thousand eight hundred ancl ninety-eight after ten clear
days
notice
by
public ndvertisement of tlic meeting and of the purpose thereof
in
the
Goolc
Weekly Herald
axid
the
Goolc
Times being local
newspopcw puldislied and circulating in the district
of
the Council
such notice being in acldition to the ordinary notices required for
summoning such meetiiig resolved that the expense in relation
to
proiiioting tlic Bill for this Act should be charged on the district
fund and general district rate
:
And
whereas
such
resolution
was
published twice
in
the said
Goole
Weekly Herald and Goole Times and
has
received the
approval
of
the Local Govenunent Board
:
And whereas the propriety
of
the promotion
of
tli~
Bill for this
Act
mas
confirmed
by
an
absolute majority
of
the
wllolc
iiuiiiber
of
the
Council at
a
further special meeting held in pursllancc
of
a
similar notice
on
the first clay
of
February ono thousant1 cigllt
hundred and ninety-nine being not less
than
foLirtecn
&,vs
after
the
deposit
of
the Bill in Yrtrliament
:
And whereas the
owners
and ratepayers
of
the.
dint,rict
by
resolutioii in
the
maniior
provided in the
Tliird
Schcclulc
of
tllc
Pulilic
Iltlaltli
Act
1575
consented
to
tlic proniotioil
of
the
Bill
for
this
Act
:
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