Birmingham Corporation Act 1903
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1903 c. cxcii |
| Year | 1903 |
CHAPTER
cxcii.
An
Act to empower the corporation of Hirniingham to
AD
1w:i
u7ork
trainways and to construct
an
additional
tram-
\vay
and
to
confer further
powers
on them in regard
to
streets buildings and sewers and the health local
'7
croverniiient
and
iin1)rovement of the city and
for
other
purposes. [llth
Aiigust
1903.1
-
XTHEREAS
Her
late
Majesty
Queen Victoria
was
pleased
by
13
letters patent
braring
clnte
the third
day of
J~iiie
one
thousand
eiglit
hundred
and
ninety-six to declare and ordain
that
thc
chicf
magistrate for the time kiiig
of
the
city
of
Birininqliam
sliould l,c st,y!ctl
"
Lord
Mayor
of
Biimiiighnm
"
and it
is
expc:-
tlieiit that tlie corporate name
of
the
municipal corporation
of
Birmingham should be declared ancl enacted as
by
this Act
pmvided
:
Sntl
whereas
divers
powers
in regard
to
gas
water electric
IigIiting
ancl
tlic improvement
ancl
govrrnmcnt
of the city have
1)cnn
confcrrccl
upon
tlic Corporation
by
the
Local
Acts
and
Orders
corifirinetl
1))-
Parliament
specified
in
the
First Scliedule
to
this
Act
ancl
such
Acts
aiicl
Ordcrs
arc ieferred
to
in
this Act
as
"ttie
rccitcd Acts
''
nncl
each
of
those
Acls ancl
Ordcrs
is separately
referred
to
as
tlic Act
or
Order
of
tlie year
ill
which
it
mas
passed
or
confirnieci
:
-ind mliercas
the
Corporation
arc
tlie
ownrrs
of
tramn'ilys
lvitliin tlic city in lcnse
to
various comp:inics
and
bodies
and
Kill
LLt
nn
enrly datc
he
entitled
to
piirchase other
tramways within
the
city
anrl
it
is
cxpcdicnt that tllc Corporation should
be
einpon-ercd
to
work
the
trainways
belonging to them subject
to
any
su1)sisting
lease
:
[
Price
5s.I
A
1
[Ch.
cxcii.]
BiiwhtgAam
Corporation
Act,
1903.
[3
EDW.
7.)
A.]).
1905.
And whereas it is expedient that
tlie
Corporation should be
empowered
to
construct the additional tramway in this Act
mentioned
and
should be empowered to
work
the same
and
all
other tramways for the time being bclonging
to
them by niechanical
pon-er
as
clefined by this Act
:
Ancl
wlereas
by
an
indeiiturc of
lcase
clatecl
the
sixtecntli
tl;iy
of
May
one thousand eight liundred
ant1
ninety-nine
Joh~i
Carter
O’Sea1
and
Warner
James
IIalsey demised
for
n
term
of
nine
hundiwl and ninety-nine years to the Corporation acting
as
the
urban sanitary autliority imler the l’uldic Health Act
187;
certain
lands ~~ith the buildings thereon bounded by Congreve Street Great
Cliarles Street Margaret Street and Etlmund Street in tho city a11d
the Corporation covenanted
(among
other things) to pull
clown
the
said existing buildings
ancl
to
erect
11e7v
public buildings
on
the
said lands
and
it
is expedient
to
empon-cr the Corporatim
to
erect
buildings
on
the said lands for other public purposes
io
addition
to
those
of
the Public Health Act
and
also
to
authorise the
Corporation
to
acquire by agreement the reversionary interest in
the said
lands
expectant on the determination of tlie said lease
:
And
and
the
Infectious Disease (Pre-
i-cntion) Act
lS9O
and
it
is
expedient that tlie sections relating
to
infectious disease contained in
the
Act
of
1883
should
be
repealed
as
provided
bp
this Act
:
Ant1
whereas it is expedient
that
better provision should
be
i~~acie witli reference
to
streets buildings and
sewers
and
tlie
rcgnlation
of
sky
signs
within the city and that tlic
powers
of
tlie Corporation in relation
to
their
gas
ant1 electric lighting under-
ta1iiug.s and to their markets
and
cemetery
and
to tlie heczltli low1
government ancl improvement of the city should be enlarged
as
by
this Act provided
:
An(1
wlicrcas it
is
expedient that the Birmingham Order
1897
(relating
to
the
superannuation
of
officers and servants
of
the
Cor-
porntion)
confirmed
by the Local Government-
Board’s
Provisional
Orders Confirmation
(No.
16)
.9ct
1897
and any scheme made
01’
to be made thereunder should be extended
so
as to apply to
any
stipendiary magistrate and
to
tlic clerk
and
assistant clerks
to
the
justices
oi
tlie city
:
i\nd whereas
it
is
expedient
that
the Birmingham
Tamc
an(1
Rea
District Drainage
Board
should be empowered to sell ancl the
Corporation
to
purchase the land
belonging
or
reputed to belong
to
-
2
the board dcscribed in the Fifth Schedule
to
this
Act
and
that
*.D.
100:3.
the
Corporation should be
ernlwweretl
to erect
a
(lest
iwctor
mid
to
generate electricity
tliercwi
and
that tlie
powers
in
tliiq
Act
contained should be
conferred
iipoii
tlic Corporation
and
tile
board
:
And
whereas
it is
cxpcclicii
t
t
liat
the Corporation cliould
be
empowered
to
borrow
moneys
as
iu this
A
ct
iiientioiieti
and
that’
the furtlier powers in this Act contained slioultl
be
confci~*erl
u1)on
the Corporation
:
And
n-liereits
by
tlic l3inninghani and Midland Institute Act
‘pissed
in tlie year
1834
tlie
maj-or
of
Birmingham
for
the time being
tlic licadniaster
for
the
time being
of
the Free Grammar
Sclwol
of
King
Eclvarcl
tlie Sixth
in
Birmingham
the
warden
for
the
time
being of
Queen’s
Collbge in Birminghaiii
and
the
c1iairni:tii
for
the
tinie being
of
tlic
council
of
tlie I3irrningliam Society
of
Arts
together with such otlier persons
as
were tlierein-after tlcdared to
be members
were
iiicori)omtecl
untler
the name
oi
‘‘
The
Uiriiiingham
aiid
r\Jitllund
Iiistitnte
”
aiid
il
was enacted that tbe
af’t’nirs
of
the
institute sliould
be
iiimt~pxl
1,s
a
committee
or
council
of
twenty-
five
governors
coni1)rihilig wven official governor3 :ippointccl
as
therein \pecilied
five
borough
$01
crnors
(that
was
to say)
the
mayor
of
tile
1)orougli
foi.
tlic
time
hing
and
four niembers
of
the council
of
tlic
borough
to
be
chosen
hy
the council
as
therein nicntioneil
and tliirtccii clcctetl
goT-cri:ors
:
And mlicreas since tlic pshg
of
tlie
said
Act
of
J
854
th(.
Birminghaiii Socivty
oP
Arts
11as
been
dissolved
and
tlic
University
of
Birmiu~liam
lias
bec!i
estnbliclied and
it
is oxpcdient
to
alter
the coiistitution
of
the
couiicil
of
the
Biiniiiighnm
tint1
DiIidlancl
Institutc:
as
by
tliis
Act
proricl(d
:
Arid
I\
liereas
the
purposes
of
this
Act
cannot
IE
attained
And
wlici
(YE
cstinin!cs have
been
prepared
by
thc
Corpor
a
t’
1011
--
without the autlioritj-
of
I’arliameut
:
for
the
following purposes
ancl
such
estimltes
arc
as
I‘olloii-s
:-
E
For
the
construc4ioii
of
tlic
tmninay
by
this Act
autliorised tlic reconstmetion
of
the
exihting
tramways
in
hston Strcet and
Aston
Jload
anti
For
aiiil
in
coiincxion iyitli tlie purchase
ol
land
for
and
tlic erection
of
a
destructor ancl
*
electrical
for
other
tramway
purposcs
the
sum
of
-
-
30000
genernt8ing station tlic
si-1111
of
- -
%OOO
A2
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