The Preston Improvement Act, 1869
WHEREAS the borough of Preston (in this Act called "the borough") is a municipal borough under the government of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough (in this Act called "the Corporation"), and is regulated by the Acts relating to Municipal Corporations in England and by various Local Acts, and amongst others "The Preston Corporation Markets Act, 1861," (in this Act referred to as the Act of 1861): And whereas the Corporation by the council of the borough are the local board of h...