West Riding of Yorkshire Asylums Act 1912
WHEREAS the lunatic asylums described in the First Schedule to this Act have been provided by the justices of the peace for the west riding of the county of York or by the county council of the said riding (hereinafter referred to as "the county council") and such asylums are now vested in the county council: And whereas the councils of each of the county boroughs situate in the said riding (that is to say) the county boroughs of Bradford Halifax Huddersfield Leeds Rotherham and Sheffield (wh...