Torquay Corporation Act 1934

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1934 c. lxxii
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5.] Torquay Corporation [Ch. lxxii.]
Act, 1934.
CHAPTER lxxii.
An Act to empower the Corporation of Torquay
A.D.
1934.
to construct additional waterworks to execute
street improvements and to acquire lands to
authorise the acquisition by the Corporation of
certain lands and to make special provision with
regard to the use management control and
development of the said lands and certain other
lands belonging to the Corporation to confer
further powers upon the Corporation with respect.
to their water harbour and electricity under-
takings to make further and better provision
in relation to the improvement health local
government and finance of the borough and for
other purposes. [25th July 1934.]
W
HEREAS the borough of Torquay (in the preamble
to this Act referred to as " the borough ") is a
borough under the government of the mayor aldermen
and burgesses of the borough (in the preamble to this Act
referred to as " the Corporation "):
And whereas the Corporation are supplying water
within and without the borough :
And whereas the demand for a supply of water
within the limits for the supply of water by the Corpo-
ration has increased and is increasing and it is expedient
that the Corporation be authorised to construct water-
works as in this Act described and to acquire lands and
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lxxii.] Torquay Corporation [24
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Act, 1934.
A.D.
1934. easements for the purposes thereof and for the general
purposes of their water undertaking and that further
powers should be conferred upon the Corporation with
respect to their water undertaking :
And whereas it is expedient that the Corporation
should be empowered to execute the street works by this
Act authorised and to acquire lands for the purposes
thereof:
And whereas it would be of local and public advan-
tage if certain lands (in the preamble to this Act referred
to as " the Cockington lands") comprising two hundred
and seventy-eight acres or thereabouts and situate as to
the greater part thereof in the borough and other certain
lands (in the preamble to this Act referred to as " the
Northern Coastal lands ") comprising two hundred and
ninety-three acres or thereabouts and now situate in the
parish of Stoke-in-Teignhead in the rural district of
Newton Abbot were acquired by the Corporation:
And whereas the Corporation have entered into a
lease whereby the Cockington lands are demised to the
Corporation:
And whereas the said lease contains a covenant by
the lessor whereby the Corporation have the option at
any time within fifteen years from the commencement of
the term thereby created to purchase the Cockington
lands in fee simple at a price of not more than fifty
thousand pounds :
And whereas the Corporation have entered into
provisional agreements for the purchase of the Northern
Coastal lands for the total sum of twenty-two thousand
five hundred and fifty pounds :
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of
certain lands (in the preamble to this Act called " the
Torre Abbey lands ") comprising seventeen and one-half
acres or thereabouts and situate in the borough :
And whereas it is expedient that the Corporation
should be empowered to purchase the fee simple of the
Cockington lands and the Northern Coastal lands and
that the use management control and development of
the Cockington lands the Northern Coastal lands and
the Torre Abbey lands should be regulated in accordance
with the provisions in this Act contained
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5.] Torquay Corporation [Oh. lxxii.]
Act, 1934.
And whereas the Corporation as the owners of the A.D. 1934.
harbour undertaking in the borough are empowered to~
levy duties rates dues tolls and charges in respect of
vessels frequenting and goods shipped and unshipped
at the harbour and for services rendered thereat and
it is expedient that some of such duties rates dues tolls
and charges be varied and increased as in this Act
provided :
And whereas it is expedient that further powers
should be conferred upon the Corporation with respect
to their electricity undertaking and that further and
better provision should be made with reference to streets
buildings sewers and drains and infectious disease and
otherwise for the local government of the borough and
with reference to the finance of the borough and the
application of revenue from the undertakings of the
Corporation and that the powers of the Corporation in
relation thereto should be enlarged and extended :
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of a
piece or parcel of freehold land in the borough known
as " the Tessier Garden " and the said land was the gift
to the Corporation of Amy Amelia Elizabeth Tessier:
And whereas the gift of the said garden was made
upon the condition that the Corporation should maintain
the same as a pubhc garden but so however that the use
and enjoyment thereof should be reserved as a place
of retreat for elderly persons and it is expedient that the
Corporation be empowered to fulfil the said condition:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act should be made:
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 purposes hereinafter mentioned and
such estimates are as follows : £
For and in connection with the construc-
tion of Water Works Nos. 1 2 and 3
authorised by this Act - - - 145,750
For and in connection with the construc-
tion of Street Works Nos. 1 2 and 3
authorised by this Act - - -
5,285
For the purchase of lands for the purposes
of water works and street works - 4,250
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