Bristol Corporation Act, 1897
WHEREAS the city and county of Bristol (in this Act called "the existing city") is a municipal borough and the mayor aldermen and burgesses acting by the council are the urban sanitary authority: And whereas the existing city is a county of itself and has a separate court of quarter sessions commission of the peace police force sheriff and coroner and has an ancient court of record (commonly known as "the Tolzey Court") and a court of pied poudré : And whereas the existing city is a county bo...