Dewsbury and Batley Corporations (Gas) Act 1873
WHEREAS the municipal borough of Dewsbury is co-extensive with the township of Dewsbury in the parish of Dewsbury in the west riding of the county of York, and the municipal borough of Batley is co-extensive with the township of Batley in the parish of Batley in the said west riding, and those two boroughs adjoin one another:

And whereas it is expedient that the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Dewsbury (in this Act called the Dewsbury Corporation) should be empowered to manufacture and sup...