Walsall Corporation Act 1914

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1914 c. clx
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GEO.
5.] Walsall
Corporation
Act, 1914, [Oh. clx.]
CHAPTER clx.
An Act to authorise the mayor aldermen and burgesses A.D. 1914.
of the borough of Walsall to construct street works and
a tramway to provide and work trolley vehicles and
motor omnibuses to make further provision with regard
to the supply of gas and electricity to make provision
for increasing the number of wards of the borough and
the number of councillors and aldermen and to make
further provision with regard to the health local govern-
ment and improvement of the borough and for other
purposes. [7th August 1914.]
WHEREAS the borough of Walsall (in this Act called "the
'* horough") is a county borough and is under the govern-
ment of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough (in
this Act called " the Corporation "):
And whereas it is expedient to empower the Corporation to
construct the new street and street improvement referred to in
this Act:
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of and work
an extensive system of tramways within and beyond the borough
and it is expedient to empower the Corporation to construct and
work the additional tramway described in this Act:
And whereas it is expedient to authorise the Corporation to
provide and work vehicles moved hy electrical power transmitted
thereto from some external source and motor omnibuses within
and beyond the borough and to confer upon the Corporation all
necessary powers with regard thereto:
And whereas the Corporation are empowered to supply gas
and electricity within the borough and gas in certain places in
the neighbourhood of the borough and it is expedient that the
[Price 4s. 9d.] A 1
[Oh. Clx.] Walsall
Corporation,
Act, 1914. [4 & 5
GEO.
5.]
A.D.
1914. further provisions with regard to the supply of gas and
electricity set forth in this Act should be enacted:
And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made
as in this Act provided for enabling the number of the council
and of the wards of the borough to be increased:
And whereas it is expedient to make further provision
with regard to the streets and buildings in the borough and
that the powers of the Corporation in relation to the health
local government and improvement of the borough be enlarged
as by this Act provided:
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 Corpora-
tion for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and such estimates
are as follows:
(a) For the purchase of lands for and for and £
in connection with the construction of
the street works authorised by Part II.
of this Act - - ' - -
5,634
(6) For and in connection with the construction
of the tramway authorised by this Act - 3,062
() For the provision of rolling stock for the
said tramway and for the existing tram-
ways of the Corporation - - 9,000
(d) Eor the provision of the trolley vehicles
authorised by this Act - - - 18,000
(e) For the provision of the electrical equip-
ment and the construction of the other
works necessary for the existing tram-
ways of the Corporation and the tramway
and trolley vehicles authorised by this
Act 33,200
(/) For the payments to the road authorities
under the section of this Act the marginal
note whereof is "Contribution towards
adaptation of roads" - - - 4,000
(#) For omnibuses .... 19,800
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A.D.1914.
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5
GEO.
5.] Walsall
Corporation
Act, 1914. [Ch. clx.]
£.
(A) For the purchase of lands and construction
of buildings for the purposes of the trolley
vehicles and omnibuses authorised by this
Act 3,800
And whereas the several works included in such estimates
respectively are permanent works and it is expedient that the
cost thereof should be spread over a term of years:
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the Bill for
this Act the requirements of the Borough Punds Acts 1872
and 1903 have been observed and the approval of the Local
Government Board has been obtained:
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines and
levels of the works authorised by this Act and also books 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 peace for the county of Stafford and are in this Act respec-
tively referred to as the deposited plans sections and books 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.
This
Act may be cited as the WalsaU Corporation Act 1914. *llOTt title-
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows: Division
of
Act into
Part I.—Preliminary. Parts.
Part II.—Street works and lands.
Part III.—Tramway trolley vehicles and omnibuses.
Part IV.—Gas and electricity.
Part V.—Streets buildings sewers and drains and
sanitary provisions.
Part VI.—Increase of council and alteration of wards.
Part VII.—Financial and miscellaneous.
3.
The following Acts and parts of Acts so far as they J."^^
»« applicable for the purposes and are not inconsistent with
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