County Antrim and Belfast Borough Act 1865
WHEREAS the Borough of Belfast is a Municipal Borough, governed by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough (to whom the Term "the Corporation," when hereafter used in this Act, refers), and regulated by the Acts relating to Municipal Corporations in Ireland: And whereas the greater Part of the Borough of Belfast is situate in the County of Antrim (a certain Portion of it being situate in the County of Down): And whereas such Part of the Borough of Belfast as is situate in the County...