Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No.6) Act 1909
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1909 c. clxii |
[9
EDW.
7.] Local
Government
Board's
[Ch. clxii.]
Provisional Orders
Confirmation
(No. 6) Act, 1909.
CHAPTER clxii.
An Act
to
confirm certain Provisional Orders
of the
Local
A«D-190y-
Government Board relating
to
Batley
and
Dewsbury.
[25th November 1909.]
W
HEREAS
the
Local Government Board have made
the
Provisional Orders
set
forth
in the
schedule hereto under
the provisions
of the
Local Government
Act
1888:
51
&
52
Vict.
c. 41.
And whereas
it is
requisite that
the
said Orders should
he
confirmed
by
Parliament:
Be
it
therefore 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:—
1.
The Orders
as
altered and
set out in the
schedule hereto
Orders in
shall be and the same are hereby confirmed and
all
the provisions
^^J^
thereof shall have full validity
and
force.
2.
This Act may
be
cited
as the
Local Government Board's Short title.
Provisional Orders Confirmation (No.
6) Act
1909.
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3*.
6d.] A
t;
[Ch.
cbtii.]
Local Government Board's [9
EDW.
7.]
Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1909.
A.D.
1909. SCHEDULE.
BOROUGH OF BATLEY.
Batley
Order.
Provisional Order made in pursuance of Sections 54 and 59 of
To the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of
Batley; —
To the Justices of the Peace for the said Borough; —
To the Justices of the Peace for the County of the West Riding
of Yorkshire in Quarter Sessions assembled; —
To the County Council of the West Riding of, Yorkshire; —
To the Urban District Council of Soothill Upper; —
To the Council of the Borough of Dewsbury; —
To the Guardians of the Poor of the Dewsbury
Union;
—
To the Overseers of the Poor of the Township of Batley and of
the Parish of Soothill Upper; —
And to all others whom it may concern.
51
&52Vict. WHEREAS by Section 54 of the Local Government Act 1888 die.
c' ' Local Government Board are empowered to make a Provisional Order
for altering the boundary of any Borough and by such order to divide
or alter any electoral division;
And whereas the Borough of Batley is a Borough widiin the
meaning of the Local Government Act 1888 and the inhabitants are a
body corporate by the name of the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of
the Borough of Batley and act by the Council of the said Borough
which now consists of the Mayor (who is also a Councillor) six Alder-
men and seventeen other Councillors and the said Borough is for the
purposes of the election of Councillors divided into three wards;
And whereas the said Borough is co-extensive with the Township
of Batley and is an Urban District of which the Mayor Aldermen and
Burgesses acting by the Council are the Urban District Council;
And whereas the said Borough has a separate commission of the
peace;
And whereas in pursuance of the Education Act 1902 the Council
of the said Borough are the local education authority for the purposes
2
2 Edw. 7.
C.42.
[9
EDW.
7.] Local Government Board's [Oh. clxLi.]
Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 6) Aet, 1909.
of Part HI. of that Act and the County Council of the West Riding of A.D. 1909.
Yorkshire are the local education authority for the other purposes of Bathylkder.
that Act;
And whereas the unrepealed provisions of the Local Acts specified
in Part I. of each of the Schedules A. and B. to this Order and of
the Confirmation Acts specified in Part II. of each of the said
Schedules so far as the last-mentioned Acts relate to the Orders
specified in those Schedules are in force in the said Borough;
And whereas the Urban District Council for the said Borough
have adopted the provisions of—
(A)
The Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act 1890; 53
&
54 Vict.
(B)
The Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890; 53 &'54 Vict.
(o) The Notification of Births Act 1907; 7Edw. 7.
and those provisions are accordingly in force in the said Borough; c- 40-
9 & 10 Vict. c. 74.
And whereas the Baths and Washhouses Acts 1846 to 1899 and JJiSv&Su:
the Public Libraries Acts 1892 to 1901 are in force in the said w&eovictio.M'.
T> -L 62 4 63 Vict. c. 29.
Uorougn;
55 & m
vict.
c.
53.
56
Vict.
c.
11.
And whereas the Council of the said Borough are the authority for 1 Edw- '•c-19>
the execution of the Burial Acts 1852 to 1906 within the Borough;
£&"
T^**.85"
And whereas the Urban District of Soothill Upper in the County
of the West Riding of Yorkshire immediately adjoins the said Borough
and is co-extensive with the Parish of Soothill Upper and is subject
to the jurisdiction of the Urban District Council of Soothill Upper;
And whereas the Urban District Council of Soothill Upper have
adopted the provisions of—
(A)
The Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act 1890; 53
&
54 Vict.
c. o4.
(B)
Part HI. of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890; and 53
& 54
Vict.
c 59
(c) The Museums and Gymnasiums Act 1891; 5'4 &'5S yicfc
and those provisions are accordingly in force in the Urban District of c- 22-
Soothill Upper;
And whereas the said Township of Batley and the said Parish of
Soothill Upper are included in the Dewsbury Union and four guardians
are elected for the Township of Batley and one guardian is elected for
the Parish of Soothill Upper;
And whereas in pursuance of the Education Act 1902 the said
Parish of Soothill Upper forms part of the area of the County Council
of the West Riding of Yorkshire as the local education authority;
And whereas two County Councillors for the County of the West
Riding of Yorkshire are apportioned to the said Borough and the said
Borough has accordingly been divided into two Electoral Divisions
termed respectively the Batley Northern Electoral Division and the
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