Northampton Corporation Markets and Fairs Act 1870
WHEREAS the existing markets and fairs in the borough of Northampton belong to the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Northampton (in this Act referred to as "the corporation"), and are at present held in the streets and public places, so as to cause obstructions thereof, and it would be of public and local advantage if the corporation were empowered to provide in the borough new markets and fairs, and slaughter-houses, and for those purposes to appropriate and purchase lands, a...