Ashton-in-Makerfield Local Board Act 1875
WHEREAS the township of Ashton-in-Makerfield, in the parish of Winwick, in the county palatine of Lancaster, is governed for local purposes by the Ashton-in-Makerfield Local Board of Health (in this Act called "the Local Board"); And whereas the district of the Local Board (in this Act called "the district") is partially supplied with gas by the Ashton-in-Makerfield Gas Consumers Company, Limited (in this Act called "the Company"); And whereas such supply is insufficient, and it is expedient ...