Stoke-on-Trent Extension Act 1929
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1929 c. xxvii |
| Year | 1929 |
Stoke-on-Trent Extension [Ch. XXVii.]
Act, 1929.
CHAPTER xxvii.
An Act to extend the boundaries of the city of
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Stoke-on-Trent and for other purposes. "
[26th July 1929.]
W
HEREAS the city of Stoke-on-Trent (in this Act
referred to as " the city ") is a municipal borough
subject to the Acts relating to municipal corporations
and is a county borough within the meaning of the
Local Government Act 1888 and is subject to the
jurisdiction of the lord mayor aldermen and citizens of
the city (in this Act referred to as " the Corporation "):
And whereas the city now comprises the parish of
Stoke-on-Trent in the Stoke and Wolstanton Poor
Law Union such parish being co-extensive with the
city:
And whereas the parish of Trentham in the rural
district of Stone in the administrative county of Stafford
adjoins the city and the parish of Barlaston in the said
rural district adjoins the said parish of Trentham on the
southern boundary of such last mentioned parish and
such parishes form part of the Stone Poor Law Union
and are already situate within the limits for the supply
of gas by the Corporation and the limits for the supply
of water by the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board of
which the Corporation are the predominant constituent
member :
And whereas the Corporation are constructing new
and important sewage works at Strongford and elsewhere
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1929. in the said parishes of Trentham and Barlaston in the
— said rural district:
And whereas it is expedient that the boundaries
of the city and of the parish of Stoke-on-Trent should be
extended so as to include therein the parts of the said
parishes of Trentham and Barlaston which are described
in this Act and are hereinafter referred to as " the
added parts of Trentham " and " the added parts of
Barlaston " respectively and together referred to as " the
added area " :
And whereas the unrepealed provisions of the
several Acts Provisional and other Orders specified in
the First Schedule to this Act arc immediately prior to
the passing of this Act in force within the city and it is
expedient that those Acts and Orders as amended by this
Act should apply throughout the city 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
Act 1872 have been observed:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may
be enacted and be it 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 (that is to say):—
Short title. \m This Act may be cited as the Stoke-on-Trent
Extension Act 1929.
Interpreta- 2. Subject to the provisions of this Act and unless
tion. the subject or context otherwise requires the several
words and expressions to which by the Acts wholly or
partially incorporated with this Act and by the Public
Health Acts meanings are assigned shall in this Act
have in relation to the relative subject matter the same
respective meanings And in this Act—
" The appointed day " means the first day of April
one thousand nine hundred and thirty;
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" The existing city " means the city of Stoke-on- A.D. 1929.
Trent as it exists at the passing of this Act; —
" The city " means until the appointed day the
existing city and theieafter the existing city
as extended by this Act;
" The parish " means the parish of Stoke-on-Trent
as extended by this Act;
"The council " means the council of the city;
" The Corporation " means as the context requires
the lord mayor aldermen and citizens of the
existing city or of the city acting by the council;
" The lord mayor " and " the town clerk " mean
respectively the lord mayor and the town clerk
of the city and the expression " the town clerk "
includes any person duly authorised to dis-
charge temporarily the duties of that officer;
"The Act of 1922" means the Stoke-on-Trent
(Gas Consolidation) Act 1922;
"The Act of 1923" means the Stoke-on-Trent
Corporation Act 1923;
"The Act of 1926" means the Stoke-on-Trent
Corporation Act 1926;
" The general rate fund " and " the general rate "
mean respectively the general rate fund and the
general rate of the city;
" The city map " means the map marked " Map of
" the city of Stoke on-Trent as extended by the
" Stoke-on-Trent Extension Act 1929 "
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and
signed in triplicate by Robert Young Esquire
the Chairman of the Committee of the House of
Commons 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 " and " the county council " mean
respectively the administrative county of
Stafford and the county council of that county;
"The Stone district" and "the Stone Council"
mean respectively the rural district of Stone
and the rural district council of that district;
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