Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Amendment Act 1849
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1849 c. xxvi |
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Ail Act'f(^r bfettei- siipplying with Watei; 'the Bortto
xqtMacclesJield in, the County of-Chester, and for
other Purposes connected with the said Borough.
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[26th June 1849.]
HEREAS an Act was passed in the Eleventh Year of the
•"Reign of His Majesty King George • the'Fourth, 'intituled
" : An Act for better supplying the Inhabitants of the Borough 11 G.
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of Macclesfield in the County o/'Chester with Water, and to establish lW.4-.ai24
the-Rates'payable for the same, whereby Rafter reciting that the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Burgesses of
the*
said; .Borough were* theOiwners or
reputed lO'Wiiers-tof] diVers!>Springsnof Water situate: within .'.the i'same
Borough*! and had for^k- considerable' -Number bf
Years'
then last past,
and at much Expense;, supplied th$Inhabitants.itjiereof \y:itJ;rWater, to
their.great Accommodatipn and Benefit, iPpvyers are given for extend-
ing the Works of the ,said Mayor,. ;AJ£lermsn, ,and Burgesses, and
•which.- have: accordingly been e.\tenided,i so as
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afford;,an. additional
.Supply.of..Water as.therein mentioned : :And \yhereas at the..Time of
the.passing of :the:said recited Act tlie:Borough 'of Macclesfield was
coextensive with the Township of Macclesfield. oj\\jt9 ,but.",(under the
Provisions-of the Act passed in the1 Session of Parliament held in the
Fifth, and Sixth Years of the Reign .of King\JVilUmh>xthe Fourth,
intituled Art, Act to provide, for
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the Regulation of Municipal Corpo- 5
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rations in, Endand and Wales, certain Parts,' of tth"eladioinina: Town- c 76.
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12° & 13° VICTORIA, CV.xxvi.
ships of Sutton and Hurdsjield were for Municipal Purposes added to
and now form Part of the Borough of Macclesfield: And whereas it
is expedient that the said recited Act of the Eleventh Year of the
Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth should be repealed,
and that the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the said Borough
should be enabled to construct additional and more extensive Works
for better supplying the said Borough with Water, and that Powers
should be given for regulating the Markets and Fairs now held in the
said Borough, and for establishing other Markets and Fairs therein,
and for other Purposes relating to the Government of the said
Borough, but the same cannot be effected without the Authority
of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be
enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'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
Recited Act by the Authority of the same, That the said recited Act passed in
repealed. the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the
Fourth shall be and the same is hereby repealed from and after the
Twenty-ninth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine, but without Prejudice to any Acts or Proceedings previ-
ously had, done, or transacted under or pursuant to the said Act.
Commence- II. And be it enacted, That this Act shall commence and take
mem of Act. effect from and after the Twenty-ninth Day of September One
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
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Iuterpre- III. And be it enacted, That the following Words and Expressions
tation of in this Act and any. Act or Part of any Act incorporated therewith
lerms.
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]iave
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Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be
something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction;
(that is to say,)
Words importing the Singular Number shall include the Plural
Number, and Words importing the Plural Number shall include
the Singular Number :
Words importing the Masculine Gender shall include Females :
The Word " Person " shall include a Corporation, whether aggregate
or sole :
The Word "Lands" shall include Messuages, Lands, Tenements,
and Hereditaments of any Tenure : \
The Word "• Street" shall extend to and include any Road, Square,
Court, Alley, and Thoroughfare within the Limits of this Act:
The Word " Month" shall mean Calendar Month :
The Ekpiression " Superior Courts" shall mean Her Majesty's
Superior Courts of Record at Westminster :
The Word "Oath" shall include Affirmation in the Case of
Quakers, and any Declaration, lawfully substituted for an Oath
in the Case of any other Person allowed by Law to make a
Declaration instead of taking an Oath :
The Word "Justice" of the Peace shall mean Justice of the Peace
acting for the Place where the Matter requiring the Cognizance
of any. such justice arises; and where any Matter is authorized
or required to be done by Two Justices, the Expression " Two
Justices "
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