Brighton Corporation Act 1896
WHEREAS the Borough of Brighton in the county of Sussex (herein-after referred to as "the borough") is a municipal borough under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof (herein-after referred to as "the Corporation") and is a county borough under the Local Government Acts 1888 and 1894 and the Corporation acting by the council of the borough are the sanitary authority of the borough with the powers and obligations of an urban authority: And whereas it is expedient that the ...