Bristol Corporation Act, 1903
WHEREAS the city and county of Bristol (in this Act called "the city") is a municipal borough subject to the Acts relating to municipal corporations and under the government of the lord mayor aldermen and burgesses (in this Act called "the Corporation"): And whereas the Corporation acting by the council are the urban sanitary authority for the district of the said borough: And whereas the Corporation are the owners of the docks in the city known as "the city docks": And whereas under the powe...