South Shields Corporation Act 1896
WHEREAS the borough of South Shields in the county of Durham is a municipal borough subject to the Acts relating to municipal corporations and a county borough within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1888 and is under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough (herein-after referred to as "the Corporation") who acting by the council are also the urban sanitary authority for the district of the borough: And whereas certain Local Acts and Orders mentioned in the Fi...