Stafford Corporation Act, 1896
WHEREAS the borough of Stafford in the county of Stafford (in this Act called "the borough") is a municipal borough subject to the Municipal Corporations Acts and under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough (in this Act called "the Corporation") and the Corporation acting by the council are the sanitary authority of the borough:

And whereas the Corporation have constructed and are the owners of waterworks by means of which they obtain an abundant supply of water:
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