Lincoln Corporation Act 1915

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5.] Lincoln Corporation Act, 1915. [Ch. lxxvii.]
CHAPTER lxxvii.
An Act to authorise the mayor aldermen and citizens of A.D. 1915.
the city of Lincoln to acquire and extinguish the rights
of the freemen of the city and others in or in respect
of the commons in and adjoining the city and to make
provision for the management thereof to provide and
work trolley vehicles and motor omnibuses to make
further provision with regard to the supply of gas and
electricity and with regard to the health local government
and improvement of the city and for other purposes.
[29th July 1915.]
W
HEREAS the city of Lincoln (in this Act called "the
city") is under the government of the mayor aldermen
and citizens of the city (in this Act called " the Corporation"):
And whereas the Corporation are lords of the manor of the
city of Lincoln and lords of the manor of Canwick and as such
claim to be seized of or otherwise entitled to the inheritance
in fee simple of and in the soil and freehold of the South or
Canwick Common and the West or Carholme Common in the
city and the common known as the "Cow Paddle" partly
within and partly outside the city:
And whereas the freemen of the city who are for the time
being resident and inhabiting within the city the householders of
the city for the time being resident and inhabiting within the
city and certain other persons claim to have respectively rights
of common over the South or Canwick Common the West or
Carholme Common and the Cow Paddle or some or one of those
commons:
And whereas it is expedient that all rights of common and
other rights over the said commons should be extinguished as
by this Act provided:
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[Ch. lxxviL] Lincoln Corporation Act, 1915. [5 & 6
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5.]
A.D.
1915. And whereas parts of the West or Carholme Common have
been used for the purposes of a racecourse for a period of more
than one hundred years and by the Act 43 George III. cap. 120
the Corporation were empowered from time to time to erect a
stand and any other buildings whatsoever upon the said common
which they should judge convenient or proper for the purposes
of the meeting for the public races held there :
And whereas it is expedient to authorise the Corporation to
provide and work vehicles moved by electrical power transmitted
thereto from some external source and motor omnibuses within
and beyond the city and to confer upon the Corporation all
necessary powers with regard thereto:
And whereas the Welton Eural District Council have con-
sented to the running of such vehicles as are herein-before referred
to on the route authorised by this Act in their district:
And whereas the Corporation are empowered to supply gas
and electricity within the city and gas in certain places in the
neighbourhood of the city and it is expedient to extend the
limits within which the Corporation may supply gas and that
the further provisions with regard to the supply of gas and
electricity set forth in this Act should be enacted:
And whereas it is expedient to make further provision with
regard to the holding of markets and fairs in the city and with
regard to the streets and buildings in the city and that the
powers of the Corporation in relation to the health local govern-
ment and improvement of the city be enlarged as by this Act
provided:
And whereas certain parts of the city are liable to flooding
and it is expedient that the provisions with regard to the pre-
vention of flooding and the carrying away of flood waters set
forth in this Act should be enacted:
And whereas it is expedient to empower the Corporation to
establish a fund for the granting of superannuation and other
allowances to officers and servants of the Corporation and of the
overseers of the parish of Lincoln:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act be enacted:
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be effected
without the authority of Parliament:
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And whereas estimates have been prepared by the Corpora- A.a 1915.
tion for the purposes herein-after mentioned and such estimates
are as follows:
For the provision of the trolley vehicles authorised £
by this Act - - . . io5200
For the provision of the electrical equipment for
the trolley vehicles authorised by this Act -
5,500
For omnibuses - - - . 10,800
For the construction of buildings for the purposes
of the trolley vehicles and omnibuses autho-
rised by this Act .... 2,300
For the construction of buildings and the pur-
chase of plant and machinery in connexion
with the extension of the electrical generating
station authorised by this Act - - - 43,000
And whereas the several works included in such estimates
respectively 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 the approval of the Local Govern-
ment Board has been obtained:
And whereas plans showing the lands required or which
may be taken for the purposes or under the powers of 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 such lands were duly deposited with the clerk of the peace for
the county of the parts of Lindsey and the clerk of the peace
for the county of the parts of Kesteven and are in this Act
respectively referred to as the deposited plans 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
Avith 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.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Lincoln Corporation Act Short title
1915.
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