Oxford Corporation Act 1890
WHEREAS prior to the passing of the Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation Act 1889 (in this Act referred to as the Confirmation Act of 1889) the city of Oxford formed a part only of the district of the Oxford Local Board and that board and not the council of the city were the urban sanitary authority for the then existing city:

And whereas by an order of the Local Government Board made under the Local Government Act 1888 and confirmed by the Confirmation Act of 1889 the bo...