Belfast Improvement Act 1884
WHEREAS the borough of Belfast is governed by the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof acting by the council (in this Act called "the Corporation") and powers for the regulation and management of the borough have been from time to time conferred upon the Corporation by the following Acts (namely) : An Act passed in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty intituled "An Act for the improvement of the borough of Belfast;" An Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of the r...