Taunton Corporation Act 1937
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1937 c. cxix |
[1 EDW. 8. &
1 GEO. 6.] Taunton Corporation
Act, 1937.
[Oh.
cxix.]
CHAPTER cxix.
An Act to empower the mayor aldermen and
A.D.
1937.
burgesses of the borough of Taunton to construct —
additional waterworks and to purchase land
therefor to confer further powers upon the Cor-
poration with regard to their water undertaking
to make further provision with regard to the
health local government and improvement of
the borough and for other purposes.
[30th July 1937.]
W
HEREAS the borough of Taunton (hereinafter
called " the borough ") is under the government of
the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough
(hereinafter called " the Corporation "):
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of
the waterworks for supplying and are supplying water
within their borough and the neighbourhood thereof
and powers with regard to their waterworks and to
such supply are conferred upon the Corporation by
the Taunton Corporation Act 1900 and the Taunton
63 &
64 Vict,
Corporation Act 1931 : o'Aclx^xiii-
And whereas the supply of water from the water-
Geo.
5.
c.
cii.
works of the Corporation is inadequate to meet the
growing demands of the areas within which the Corpora-
tion are at present supplying water and it is expedient
that the Corporation should be empowered to construct
the additional waterworks authorised by this Act and
to acquire lands for the purposes
thereof:
A I
[Ch.
CXix.] Taunton
Corporation
[1
EDW.
8.
&
Act, 1937. 1 GEO. 6.]
A.D.
1937. And whereas it is expedient that the further powers
— in relation to their water undertaking contained in this
Act should be conferred upon the Corporation:
And whereas it is expedient to make further and
better provision with regard to streets and buildings in
the borough and for the health local government and
improvement of the borough and to enlarge the powers
of the Corporation with regard to those matters as
provided by this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act be enacted :
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament:
And whereas estimates have been prepared by the
Corporation for the following purposes and such estimates
are as follows :— £
For and in connection with the purchase
of lands and easements - - - 9,000
For and in connection with the construc-
tion of the reservoir authorised by this
Act 82,225
For and in connection with the lines of
pipes authorised by this Act - - 9,950
For and in connection with the provision
of new mains extensions of mains and
other waterworks purposes - - - 10,000
And whereas the several works included in such
estimates respectively are permanent works and it is
expedient that the Corporation should be empowered to
borrow money for those purposes as provided by this
Act:
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the
Bill for this Act the requirements of Part XIII of the
23 & 24
Local Government Act 1933 have been observed :
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines
and levels of the works authorised by this Act and also
a book of reference containing the names of the owners
and lessees or reputed owners and lessees and of the
occupiers of the lands required or which may be taken
for the purposes or under the powers of this Act were
duly deposited with the clerk of the county council of
2
[1
EDW.
8. &
Taunton
Corporation,
[Ch
CXix
1
1
GEO. 6.] Act, 1937.
the administrative county
of
Somerset which plans
AD. 1937,
sections
and
book
of
reference
are in
this
Act
respectively
—
referred
to as the
deposited plans sections
and
book
of
reference
:
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):—
PART
I.
PRELIMINARY.
1,—(1)
This
Act may be
cited
as the
Taunton Short title.
Corporation
Act 1937.
(2) Except
as is
otherwise expressly provided
in
this
Act
this
Act
shall come into operation
on the
first
day
of
October nineteen hundred
and
thirty-seven.
2.
This
Act is
divided into Parts
as
follows (that Division of
is to say):—
Part I.—Prehminary.
Act into
Parts.
Part II.—Lands.
Part III.—Waterworks and water supply.
Part IV.—Streets buildings and sewers.
Part V.—Sanitary matters.
Part VI.—Financial.
Part VII.—Miscellaneous.
3.
The
following enactments
(so far as the
same Incorpora-
are applicable
for the
purposes
and are not
inconsistent tion °f
Acts.
with
the
provisions
of
this
Act) are
hereby incorporated
with this
Act
(namely):—
(1)
The
Lands Clauses Acts with
the
following
exceptions
and
modification
:—
(a) Sections
127 to 132 of the
Lands 8&9Vict.
Clauses Consolidation
Act 1845
(relating
to c-18-
the sale
of
superfluous lands)
are not
incor-
porated with this
Act;
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