Burnley Corporation Act, 1900
WHEREAS the county borough of Burnley (in this Act called "the borough") is a municipal borough under and subject to the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 and is also a county borough under the Local Government Act 1888 and the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough (in this Act called "the Corporation") acting by the council are the sanitary authority for the district of the borough under the Public Health Act 1875 and are also the local authority for the same district within the meaning ...