Leicester Improvement Act 1876
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1876 c. xxvi |
‘REAS
tlic
l1orougli
of
Lricestcr (in this Act
cnllcd
the
mayor,
aldermen,
ancl
1)nrg;c.sse.s
of
the
lmough (in
this
Act
called
tlie
Corporation)
:
And
whereas
tlie
Corporalion
acting
by
tlic council
are
blie
wiitarg
authority
foy
the
borougli
as
a11
ui*l)aiz
saiiitary district
:
And
whereas
l)y
tlie
Leicestrr Impi~ovemcnt, Drainage,
ancl
Markel
31
8
~3
17i(
t
Act,
1868,
ant1
by
tlic Leiwslw Iiiiproveiiie:it
Act,
lS?4?
ilie
Cor-
poratioii
were
authorised
to
execute
certain
~vorlts
for
prewntiiig
c.
lxii.
the
recuriwxe
of
floods
in
the
borough,
some
of
ivhich IvoYliS
are
n-holly
coiiipleted
and
otlicrn
RPC
in
co~i~~e
of
construction,
ailcl
it
is
cspedicnt
thab
tlic
Coiyoration
bc
ciii~)o~~erccl
to
escciItc
additional
~vor1.1$
for.
tliat purpose
:
And
wlierws
it
is expedient
1
hat
tlie
Corporation
bc
anthorisecl
to
iuake
the
strert ii~~pvo~l~c~it Iic~eiii-aEter
c1et;eril)ed
:
Riicl
wliereas
it
is
cxpc(lient
thab
power
h~
confrrrd
oil
tlie
Cor-
poration
for
tlic, regulating,
and,
if they tliiiili
fit,
prevcntiiig
Ilic
con-
struction
of
cellars in
sncli
of
the
low
-lying dihl victs
of
tlw
borouyli
as
are
liable
to
be
flooded
:
Ii,iproveiiieiit
Act,
18GG,
tho
Corporation
were,
authorised
to
erect,
C.
XXJ
i.
fit
LIP,
and lurnisli
a
town
1ia11,
police
court,
courts
of
jiistice, and
otlier
buildings
for
puhlic
purposes
(in this
Act
called tlie municipal
buildings), and they
have
nearly
completed
the
saine,
and it
is
expedient
tliat
they
be
authorised
bo
mise additional
riioney
for
the
completing, fitting up,
and
f~wnisliing thereof
:
And
\+-hereas
it
is expedient
tliat
furtllcr
borrowing
and
other
MT”c
I3orougli)
is
n
mnnicipnl borougli
unclcr
the
goT-ei-iimeiit
of
tlie
Ancl
wlicreas
by
thc
Leicester Cattlc:
Markct,
To~1.n
Hall,
and
09
cc
30
\.’ict.
[Locnl.-2G.]
A
1
[Ch.
Xxvi.]
Leicestei8
I~p1’0’uemelzt
Act,
1876.
[39
VICT.]
A.D.
1876.
powers for the government of the borough be conferred
on
the
Corporation
:
And whereas estimates havc been prepared for the purchase
of
land
for
and the execution of the several works by this Act
authorised, ancl such estimates are
a’s
foliows
:
-
For
works for prevention
of
floods on the
River Soar
and
other waters within the
For
widening Halford Street and works con-
For completing, fitting
up,
and furnishing
S
borough
-
-
-
120,000
nectad therewith
L
-
-
-
15,000
the municipal buildings
-
-
-
15,000
And whereas the several works included in such estimates res-
pectively are permanent works within the meaning
of
:
And
whereas an absolute majority
of
the whole nuniber of the
town council
of
the borough, at
a
meeting held on the eleventh day
of November one thousand eight hundred
and
seventy-five, after
ten clear days notice
by
public advertisement of such meeting
ancl
of
the purpose thereof in the
‘‘
Leicester Aclvertiser,” a local ncms-
paper published
or
circulating
in
the borough, such notice being in
addition to the ordinary notices required for summoning such meeting,
resolved that the expense in relation to promoting the Bill for this
Act should be charged
on
the general district rates of the borough
:
Ancl whereas such resolutioiz mas published twice in the said
‘‘
Leicester Advertiser,” and has received the approval
of
the Local
Government Board
:
And ~vhereas the popriety
o€
the promotion
OF
the Bill for this
Act
mas
confirined
hy
mi
nbsolutc majority
of
the whole number
of
the
to-crm
council
of
{he
horough
at
a
further special meeting, held
in pui~snaiice
of
a
similar notice
on
the eighteenth clay
of
January
one thousancl ciglit liunclretl ancl seventy-six, being not, less than
fourteen clays after the deposit
of
the Bill in Pai*liament
:
Ancl whereas the owners
and
ratepayers
of
the borough,
by
resolution passed in the maiiiicr provided by Schedule
111.
of the
Pulilic Health Act,
1875,
consented
to
thc promotion
of
the Bill
for this Act
:
And whereas plans ancl sections showing the lines and levels
of
the works authoi3ised
by
this Act, and plans showing the lands and
property to be taken
under
the powers thereof, and
a
book
of
reference
to
those plans containing tlic names of the ownel’s and
lessees,
or
reputed owners and lessees, and
of
the occupiers
of
all
such
lands,
were duly deposited with the clerk
of
the peace for the
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