Bristol Docks and Railways Act 1901
WHEREAS the city and county of Bristol (in this Act called "the existing city") is a municipal borough and the mayor aldermen and burgesses (in this Act called "the Corporation") acting by the council are the urban sanitary authority for the district of the said borough: And whereas the existing city is a county of itself and has a separate court of quarter sessions commission of the peace police force sheriff and coroner and has an ancient court of record (commonly known as "the Tolzey Court...