The County and Borough Police Act 1856
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session holden in the Second and Third Years of Her Majesty (Chapter Ninety-three), "for the Establishment of County and District Constables by the Authority of Justices of the Peace," which Act was amended by an Act passed in the Session holden in the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-eight: And whereas Police Force has been established under the Authority of the said Acts in several Counties and Parts of Counties in England and Wales: And...