Halifax Corporation Act 1902
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CHAPTER
cxxiv.
.hi
Act to
cstwtl
the
\wnntlai-ics
of
tlic coulity l)orougll
of
AD.
1902.
U_
I
ldifils
n~itl
to
c~ipo~er
the
Corlmratioii
to
coll.;rrnct,
atlditioid
traniways
street
11
iclcniiigs
aiid
itiiproi-eiiienis
to coi1fi.r
fill
tliei.
pow(~i~
n-itli
respect
to
tlicir
sen-erage
waterwor1;h
ant1
electricity
~intlortakiiigs
ant1
in
rcigard
to
streets
nntl
buil(liiip
mcl
fi)r
tlic healtli
local
goreriiment
nnd iliiproT-eiiient
of'
tlie
Im.orig11
am1
fhr
oiliei.
1)urposcs.
[
221itl
?July
I
!)02.]
,
L
+,lis
the county 1)oroiigli of IInlifax in the West Riclitlg
to
as
'(
tlie
I)oroiigli
''1
is
a niiinicipal
horougli
under the
goreim-
ment
of
tlie niayor altlermeii ant1
lmrgesses
thereof (in this Act
referia1
to as
''
the C'oqmation
")
:
,hid
whereas
cxteiisivc powcrs with
regartl
to the supply of
gas
ant1 olectricity
tlie
construction of trainwayh
and
with
regard
to the iniyrovemeiit and goveriinicnt of the
borougli
liavo ljeen
conferred upon tlie Corporation
Iy
the recited Acts
:
And
whereas
it is expedient that the limits of the existing
borough 1)e extended
so
as
to include tlie
area
described in the
First Schedule to this Act
:
And whereas by
the
Act of
1897
the Act of
1898
ancl the Order
of
1899
ancl the Act
of'
1900
the Corporation
were
authorised to
lay down within
ancl
beyond tlie borough the tramways
in
thosc
Acts and Order nieiitioiiecl
ancl
the powers tliereiii contained
were
conferred
on
the Corporation
in
respect
of
the said tramways
:
And whereas it
is
expedient that
the
Corporation should be
empowered to construct ancl niaintaiii
the
additional tramways
in this Act described aiid that further provisions should
be
made
as
in
this
Act mentioned in regard to the motive power to be
used
on
the Corporation tramways
ancl
as
to the working by the
Corporation of those traniways
:
w
H
of
F1'
the coiiiity
of
York (liei*cin-nftcr in this Act referred
6
I+?.(
I'
4s.
3d.l
*I
1
[Ch.
cxxiv.]
Hu/!fi.t-
Cor1)wutim
Act,
1902.
[2
Enw.
7.1
And whereas
it
is expedient that the Corporation should be
authorised
to
make and maintain the street improvements and
works
in this .4ct authorised and
to
acquire lands for the purposes
thereof
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that the Corporation should be
empowered to appropriate and use for the
purpose
of the treat-
ment and disposal
of
sewage the lands described in che Second
Schedule to this Act
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that furtlaer powers should be
conferred upon the Corporation with reference to streets buildings
sewers and drains parks and recreation grounds technical school
refuse destructor and markets
aid
fairs within the borough and
furthor provision made for the health local government and
improvement
of
the borough
:
And whereas it
is
expedient
to
confer further powers upon
the Corporation with respect to the more uniform assessment and
collection of rates within the borough
:
And whereas the Corporation
had
on
the
1st
day
of
July
1899
borrowed under the Public Healt,h Act
1875
sunis amounting to
nearly two years’ assessable value
of
the borough and
it
became
necessary to raise money for the following purposes (that
is
to
say)
:-
A.D.
iwy.
~
$125,830
Electric lighting. undertaking
;
60,000
Gas works
;
10,000
4,975
2,800
Permanent wood paving
;
4,147
6,404
Laid
for
the protection of the waterworks under-
taking
of
the Corporation in the daainage areas
;
Land for street improvements
;
Land for sewage disposal works
;
Parks
and recreation grounds including purchase
of lands in connexion therewith
;
584
Small-pox hospital
;
and
7,660
Town hall
:
And whereas such sums
are
properly chargeable
to
capital and
the Corporation did between the
1st
day
of
July
1899
aid the
31st
day of December
1901
defray that expenditure by means
of
temporary loans from their bankers
:
And whereas the margin of borrowing power of the Corporation
is
insufficient to allow those
sums to be raised under that Act
:
And whereas estimates have been prepared by the Corpora-
tion in relation to the following purposes
in
respect
of
which
I
2
[2
KI)\V.
7.1
mykr
6'oT*J)oHlfii~~~
n~f,
1902.
[Ch.
cxxitp.]
they
are
by
this Act authorised
to
raisc money wliicli are as
A.D.
190-3.
follows
:
-
For
the purposes of their tramway undcrtaking eighty-t
wo
For the purposes of electricnl cyuipnient in colinexion with the
And whereas
tlie
scveral
urorks
ant1 1)urposes mentioned in such
estimates are l)eriiinnciit works within
tlic
nieaiiing
of
section
234
of
the Public: Tlealth .\ct
IS;.?
:
Ant1 wherens it is cspedicnt tlitit the Ooi*l)oratioii should
be
authorised to raisc moneys for
the
1)urposes afores:iitl
ancl
to repay
tlie above-nientionetl sunis
liorrowetl
as
aforesixid
:
And whereas the C'orporatioii reqnirc
to
1
or row
moneys for
the follo.rving piwpos(~ iia~ii~ly street improvements new streets
aiid
street worlts private strect expenses permanent wood pave-
ment sewage disposal works filter beds and new sewers the
electric lighting unclertaliing small-pox and fever hospitals refuse
destructor town's yard tecliiiical
school
and for laiid in coniiexion
with any of such purposes ancl for the purchase of land in the
drainage areas of the waterworks undertaking
and
for drainage
and
otlicr works
111
colinexion therewith for the extension
of
mailis in connexioii with the water undertaking for the extension
of
niaiiis and works
of
the
gas
undertaking parks
aid
recreation
grounds
town
hall aiicl tlie
establishment
of
a
telephone system
and it is expedient that the Corporation
bs
empowered to borrow
for those
purposrs
such
sunis
as
the Local Governnient
Board
may sanction
:
And whereas plans and sectious showing the lines and levels
of
the works authorised
hy
this lZct
and
plans
of
the lands which
the Corporation
may
acquire under this Act
ancl
books
of
reference
to
such
plans containing the
iiaiiies
of
the owners and lessees or
reputed owmrs and lessees
and
of
the occupiers of the lands
required and which may be taken uiicler the powers of this Act
have been cleposited with the clerk
of
the peace for the West
Riding of the county of York wliich plans sections
and
books of
reference are in this
Act
respectively referred
to
as
the deposited
plans sections
and
books
of
referenee
:
And whereas
the
objects aforesaid cannot be eEectec1 without
the authority
of
Parliament
:
And whereas an akoli~te majority of the whole number of the
council
at
a
meeting held on the thirtieth day of October one
thousand iiinc: Iiunclrccl
aiid
one
aitcr
ten
clear
clays'
notice
by
public advertismlent of
the
meeting aiid of tlie purpobe thereof
in
the Halifax Guardian
a
local
newspaper published and circuiating
-
thousancl
pounds
;
Corporation trnniways scvonteen thousand pounds
:
A2
3
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