Accrington Corporation Act 1905
WHEREAS the borough of Accrington in the county palatine of Lancaster (in this Act called "the borough") is a municipal borough under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof (in this Act called "the Corporation") and whereas the Corporation acting by the council are the local authority for the borough:

And whereas under the powers conferred by the Accrington Corporation Tramways Act 1882 the Corporation have constructed in the borough the tramways in the said Act described...