The Darlington Borough Sewage Irrigation Act, 1872. An Act for the better sewering and draining of the Borough of Darlington, and the applying of the sewage to the irrigation of land; for extending the existing main or outfall sewer; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Darlington, acting by the council, are the local board of health for the district of the township of Darlington, which is co-extensive with the municipal borough, and are in this Act called "the Corporation:" And whereas the sewage of the borough is now discharged into the river Skerne: And whereas the river Skerne is subject to floods, and a considerable amount of sewage is carried with the flood water over the low lands in and imm...