The Chorley Improvement Act, 1871
WHEREAS by the Chorley Improvement Act, 1853, hereinafter called the Act of 1853, the Chorley Commissioners, hereinafter called the Commissioners, were incorporated, and empowered to improve and regulate the parish of Chorley in the county of Lancaster, as therein provided:
And whereas the Commissioners have proceeded to put the Act of 1853 into execution, but have been unable to exercise all the powers thereof with respect to markets and fairs, the purchase or erection of a town hall and oth...