Northampton Extension Act 1931
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5.] Northampton [Ch. xxix.]
Extension Act, 1931.
CHAPTER xxix.
An Act to extend the boundaries of the borough A.D.
of Northampton and for other purposes.
[11th June 1931.]
W
HEREAS the borough of Northampton (in this
Act referred to as " the borough ") is a municipal
borough subject to the Acts relating to municipal cor-
porations and is a county borough within the meaning
of the Local Government Act 1888 and is subject to the
jurisdiction of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the
borough (in this Act referred to as " the Corporation "):
And whereas the borough now comprises the parishes
of Northampton and Far Cotton :
And whereas the parishes of Weston Favell Duston
and Dallington in the rural district of Northampton
the parish of Hardingstone in the rural district of Hard-
ingstone and the parishes of Boughton and Moulton
Park in the rural district of Brixworth all in the adminis-
trative county of Northampton adjoin the borough :
And whereas it is expedient that the boundaries
of the borough should be extended so as to include
therein parts of the said parishes of Weston Favell
Duston Dallington Hardingstone Boughton and Moulton
Park:
And whereas it is expedient that the said existing
parishes of Northampton and Far Cotton and the areas
so to be included within the borough should be amal-
gamated to form the parish of Northampton :
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Extension Act, 1931.
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And whereas the unrepealed provisions of the
— several Acts and Provisional Orders specified in the
First Schedule to this Act are immediately prior to the
passing of this Act in force within the borough and it is
expedient that those Acts and Orders as amended by
this Act should (subject as in this Act provided) apply
throughout the borough as extended by this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other powers
contained in this Act should be conferred :
And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be
attained without the authority of Parliament:
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the
Bill for this Act the requirements of the Borough Funds
Acts 1872 and 1903 as amended by the Local Government
(County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 have
been observed :
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may
be enacted and be it enacted by the Bang'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 (that is to say):—
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Northampton
Extension Act 1931.
Interpreta- 2. In this Act unless the subject or context other-
tion. wise requires the expressions—•
" The appointed day " means the first day of April
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two;
" The existing borough " means the county borough
of Northampton as it exists at the passing of
this Act ;
" The borough " means until the appointed day the
existing borough and thereafter the existing
borough as extended by this Act;
" The parish " means the parish of Northampton
as constituted by this Act;
" The council " means the council of the borough;
" The Corporation" means the mayor aldermen
and burgesses of the borough acting by the
council;
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5.] Northampton [Ch. xxix.]
Extension Act, 1931.
" The town clerk" and " the treasurer" mean A.D. 1931.
respectively the town clerk and the treasurer —
of the borough and include any person duly
authorised to discharge temporarily the duties
of those officers respectively;
" The general rate fund " and " the general rate "
mean respectively the general rate fund and
the general rate of the borough;
" The borough map" means the map marked
" Map of the borough of Northampton as
" extended by the Northampton Extension Act
" 1931 " and signed in triplicate by the Right
Honourable the Earl of Donoughmore the
Chairman of the Committee of the House of
Lords to whom the Bill for this Act was referred
one copy of which has been deposited in the
Parliament Office of the House of Lords one
in the Committee and Private Bill Office of the
House of Commons and one with the town
clerk at his office;
" The ward map " means the map marked " Map
" of the wards of the borough of Northampton
" as extended by the Northampton Extension
" Act 1931 " and signed in triplicate by the
Right Honourable the Earl of Donoughmore
the Chairman of the Committee of the House
of Lords to whom the Bill for this Act was
referred one copy of which has been deposited
in the Parliament Office of the House of Lords
one in the Committee and Private Bill Office
of the House of Commons and one with the
town clerk at his office;
" The county" means the administrative county
of Northampton;
" The county council" means the county council
of the county;
" The Northampton district " " the Hardingstone
district " and " the Brixworth district " mean
respectively the rural districts of Northampton
Hardingstone and Brixworth and " the North-
ampton Council " " the Hardingstone Council"
and " the Brixworth Council" the respective
rural district councils of those districts respec-
tively;
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