Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Act 1870
WHEREAS the borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (in this Act called the borough) is a municipal borough, under the government of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough (in this Act called the Corporation), and is regulated by the Acts relating to municipal corporations in England and by various local Acts, including those described in the first schedule to this Act (which are in this Act severally referred to by the short descriptions in that schedule given):

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