Bury Corporation Act 1894
WHEREAS the borough of Bury in the county of Lancaster is a municipal and county borough under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof (in this Act referred to as "the Corporation") and the Corporation acting by the council of the borough are the urban sanitary authority for the district of the borough: And whereas it is expedient that the Corporation should be empowered to purchase compulsorily the land herein-after described in connection with their waterworks undertaking...