The Pontefract Borough Extension Act, 1875
WHEREAS the town of Pontefract in the west riding of the county of York is a municipal borough under the government of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses thereof, subject and according to the Acts relating to municipal corporations and sanitary authorities, the number of the aldermen being four and that of the councillors twelve, and the borough not being divided into wards for municipal purposes: And whereas the borough has a separate commission of the peace, with a clerk of the peace, and a...