Manchester Improvement Act 1844
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1844 c. xli |
ANNO
SI3TII110
&
OCTAVO
1594
2
&
3
w.
4..
c.
36.
66-7W.P.
c.
16.
7
TY.
4..
6
1
Vict.c.112.
2
&
3,Vict.
c.
2.
6
&
'7
L'ict.
c.
17.
7"
&
8"
VICTORIB,,
Cap.
xli.
was
passed
in
the Second
Year
of'the Reign
of'
His
late Majesty
King
T~%llkii~i
tlie Fourtli, intitriled
An
Act
,@r
~idexing
mid
ini1)rozVn.g
a
Part
of
Loudon
1to:id
in
the
Parish
of
Itlniicliester
mrl
Couizty
g-
Lancaster,
~iid
also
for
@ectz'rig I??ipror*cnieiits
in
the Streets
mid
other
Places rc'itliiii
the
Toaw
q/'
Manchester
:
And
whereas an Act
was
passed in the Sixth Year of'the Reign
of'
His late Majesty
King
tt.'iG
liani
the l'ourtli, iritituleci
Aft
Act to
enlarge
the
Powers
?j'seceral
Acts
for
Iniproaenients
in
the Streets aiid other
Plcrces
witlhi
the
Town
of'
Nancliestcr
:
Ancl whereas
ai1
Act
was
passed in the
First
Year
of'
the Reigii
of'
Her present Majesty Queen
Victoria,
itititriled
An
Act
Jh*
encibling
the Directors
oj'
the
Manchester
Gas
Works
to
piircJime
Luiid,
Buikdiiig,
aiid
Apparatus
~
jbr
the
Ezteiision
qf
their
M'orXs
:
Aiid
whereas
ail
Act
was
passed in the Second
Yvar
of
the
Reign
of'
Her
present Majest)r Queen
Victoria,
intituled
AI^
Act
ji~r
@?ctiiig'
I?,ij)~.o~e??ieiits~
iii
the
$%.eets
mid
other
Plnces
wz?hz'?i
mid
CO??-
tig
iioi(s
tu
tJre
2'owi
clf'
Manchester
:
And whereas the Comiiiissioiiers
acting itrider
tlie
stid recited Acts,
so
fir
as
the same related to
the
Towii
of'
,?llancJiester,
were
iiicorporatcd
uiider
the
Name
of
'6
The
Coiiiinissioners
fbr
cleausing, lighting, watching, and reguiating
the
Tow
of'
i13iiizcJicster,"
and
the Powers
conferred
by
tlie said Acts
\\ere
:iccording to tlie l'rovisious thereof' authorized to be
exercised
am1
carriel1 iiito effkct
by
the said Coininissioiiers and
by
a
13oarcl
of'
Directors
of'
the
~lfcriichcstei~
Gas
Works
appointed
by
ancl
out
of'
the
geiicral
Botlj
of'
tlie said Comimissioiiers, aiid also
by
a Conrinittee
of'
the said Coiiiiiiissioiiers, styled the Iinproveiiieiit Coininittee,
and
ui1der tlic Provisions
of'
tlic said Acts
or
some
of'
tliein
ccrtain
Ited
aiitl
I'crsoiial
Estates were vested
iii
and
belonging
to
the saitt
Coni-
niissioners
:
.2iid
whereas
Her
present Majesty Queen
Victoria,
by
tile
Advice
of'
Her
1'1
ivy
Couiicil,
by
certain Letters Patent
rliider
the
Great
Seal
of'
the
United Kingcioin
of'
Gretrt
Britaiii
ant1
Irelnid,
beariiig
Date
the
'lwciity-eighth
Lhy
of
Octobcr
One
thoiis:~nd
eight
hrintlixxl
antl
tliirty-c.iglit, gixiitecl
that
the Inliabitaiits
of
the l3oroiigh
of'
,lIuiic?~ester,
rcsideiit witliiii the District comprised within
the
Bound
aiks
of'
tlie 'row
nships
of
Mmclmter,
Clrorlton-z~poii-~~~~~Z~ocX-,
Hufmc,
Ard~ckX~,
Beszt~ick,
arid
Cheethunz
in
the
Couii
ty
l'alatine
of
J,rmx.vter,
aiici thcir SIICCCSSOI*S,
sliould
be for ever thereafter
a
Ihdy
I'olitic
aiid
Cotyorate
in
lleed, Fact,
antl
Name
;
and that the
said
Body
Corporate should \)e
called
"
The
Mayor,
Aldermen,
aiid
Bur-
ge&es
of the
Boiorigli
of'
AlmcJiester
iii
the Couiity
of'
Laizcaster,"
aiid
sliould
iia~
e
pei.petual Succc~ssiori
aiitl
:t
Com~iioii
Seal,
aiid
should
bc
goverriccl
1))'
;I
Council to
be
elected
in
the
Manner
tliereiii
nieti-
tionctl
:
Aiitl
wliereas
an
Act
was passed
in
the Sixth
Year
of'
the
Iteign
of'
Her
Bfajesty
Queeii
T'ictoi*ia,
intituled
An
Act
sur
traizsjEr-
?*i?ig
to
lJie
..i.M((yo?*,
Alderiw?i,
mid
Burgesses
of'the
Boroug
JL
oJ'
Mai~-
chestcs
c~rt([in
l'o'-ie'ers
mid
Properties
nom
vested
iii
the Coniniissioiiers
fur
cleansiq
,
fighting,
rkxtcJ&g,
071d
regidati?ig
the
Town
(If'
Mali-
chester,
wli(~by
it
\$
as
enacted, tliat on and
after
the Twenty-fourth
Day
of'
Jw~e
theii next the respective
Powers
and Duties
of
the
Coni-
niissioiiers
for
cleansing, atcliiiig, lighting,
and
regulating tlie
Town
of
,II(~~lie.stei*,
and
of'
tlic'
Gas
Directors and Improvement (:ominittee
undcr
the said bef'ore-recited 14cts
or
any
of
them,
sliould
cease
aiid
determine
;
aiid it
was
fui
tlier enacted, that the respective
Powel
5,
Provisions,
aud
Dircctioiis contained
in
the
said
several bef'ore-rccited
Acts
7"
&
S'JVICTORIIE,
Cup.
sli
Acts
for
or
in
relation to the Election, Appointtiwit,
and
Qualification
of'
the said Commissioners, Gas Directors, and Improvetnent,
Coni-
mittee, and
for
the Regnlatioii
of'
the Meetings
of'
the
said
respective
Bodies, and
of'
the Proceedings thereat,
should
bc
and
the same were
thereby repealed
as
to the Operation
and
I'fect thcreol.'
after
the
Twenty-fonrth Day
of'
,Jme
One thoiisand eight
lirlndiwl
atid
fbrty-
three
;
and it
was
further enacted, tliat
after
the
snit1
'hentJr-fodl
Day
of
,June
snch
of' the
said
I'owcrs,
Authorities,
and
Privileges,
nnd
the ILii$t
and
Obligation to carry into efect such
of'
t,lie
l'rovisioiis
respectively contained in the said
he fore-recited
Acts
as
~ere
tlien in
force, and were vested
in,
or
iniglit
if
that Act liad
not
been
p;issd
have been esercised, enforced,
or
carried into efect
by,
t,lie said
Coni-
missioners,
Gas
Directors,
atid
Improvement Committee respectively,
or any
or
either
of
those several
I2odies,
either alone or witli tlie Con-
currence
of'
nny others
or
othei.
of'
them,
or
in
or
by :my particillal. or
specified
Niiinber,
or
in
or
by
any
of'
tlie individu;il
Members
fbr
the
Time
being
of
tlie
same
Bodies
or
Body
respectively,
(save
only
ant\
except such
of'
the afbresaid Powers, Authorities, Privileges,
:tnd
Provisions as were thereby repealed,) should
be
and the
same
\vci'c
thereby transferred unto
a11d
vested
in
tlie
Mayor,
Aldernien,
ancl
Burgesses
of'
the
J3orough
of
,'llunc?/ester,
discliarged
froin
;my
Con-
ditio~~
or
Provision
for
the Consent,
Cotltrol,
Sriperititendence, Ilirec-
tioii, Request,
or
Ilecom~i~enc~atioii
of
ar1y
other
of'
tlle
same
Bodies
respectively
;
and
it
was by the said Act furthcr cilacted, tliat the said
Powers, Authorities, Privileges,
and
Provisions therein-befbrc tr:tiis-
ferred unto
or
vested
in
the said
Mayor,
Aldermen,
and
Ihii-gessec"
should be
fi.oni
Time
to
'I'ime
exercised
antl
carried into effect
bv
means
of
the
Town
Council
of
the
snitl
Bororigll,
or
any
Committee
6r
Committees,
wlio
fium
'rime to Tiiuc,
and
fbr
such
'I'ime
as
shoriltl
i)c
thought
fit,
sliorild
be
:ippoititecI
by
such
(huncil,
and
in the
smile
Manner
and
with the Benetit.
of'
ancl
subject
to tlie
same
Powers,
Autliorit.ies, Rules, llegrilations,
:iutl
l'rovisions as tlie general 13usiness
of'the
said
Horough
should
or
ouglit to
be
frotn
Time to 'I'iine carried
on
and
condricted,
but
the Expences
of'
aud
incichtal
to
the s;inic
should
be
ciefiayed
out
of'
tlie
respective
I'uncls
by
the said
sever:\l
Acts
niade
subject thereto,
:ind
not
orit
ot'tlie
Borough
Friiid
;
and
by
the said Act it
was
fiirllier enacted, that after tile
sald
'I'wertty-fburth
Day
of June
all
the
Messriaqes,
12uildings,
Gas
and
other
Works,
aiid
H
ered
i
tame
n
ts
of
w
11
atsoe
ve
r
'Tell
I
1
re
or
l>csc rip ti
01
I,
w
h
i
c
11
s
11
o
;
I
I
d
then belong to or be vested
in
the
said
Commissioners
for
all
or
any
of'
the Purposes
of'
the
said
recited Acts,
atid
also
all the Monies,
Bonds,
Covenants,
Debts,
Liabilities,
Deeds,
Rooks,
\\'ritings,
Maps,
Plans, and Personal Estate whatsoever, which
s11o11ld
then belong
t:)
or
be vested
in
the said Commissioners,
aiid
the
said
Gas
11irectoi.s
and Improvement Committee respectively, sllould
be
and the
same
were tliereby vestetl
in
the said
Mayor,
Aldermen,
antl
12urgesses
for
the like respective Estates, Rights, Interests,
and
Purposes,
and
in
iike Manner
as
the
mine
respectively
would
Iiave
reniained
or
bee:]
so
vested
iii
or would have belonged
to
the said Commissioners,
Gas
Directors,
and
Improvement Coininittee respectively if the said Act
had
not been
passed
;
and
that fiom
and
ah
the
said
'Twenty-hurt11
Uay
of'
June
all
Bonds, Debts, Monies, arid Securities which bcfbre
the passing
of'
the
said
Act
were
given, contracted,
atid
payable
by
the
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