Accrington Corporation Tramways Act 1882
WHEREAS the borough of Accrington in the county palatine of Lancaster is a municipal borough under the government of the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses (in this Act called "the Corporation") of the borough who are also the urban sanitary authority for the district thereof: And whereas the laying down of tramways within the borough and in portions of the said county immediately adjacent to the borough would be of local and public advantage and it is expedient that the Corporation be authorised t...