Dewsbury Corporation Act 1915
WHEREAS the borough of Dewsbury in the west riding of the county of York is a municipal and county borough under the government for municipal and other purposes of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Dewsbury (hereinafter called "the Corporation") who are also the urban sanitary authority for the district of the borough:

And whereas the Corporation are the owners of tramways and light railways in the borough which are worked by certain companies under leases or agreements gran...