Ripon Corporation Act, 1886
WHEREAS the city of Ripon in the west riding of the county of York is under the government of the mayor aldermen and citizens of the city of Ripon (in this Act referred to as the Corporation) subject and according to the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 and they are also the urban sanitary authority for the city:
And whereas the Corporation have in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act 1875 or other the Sanitary Acts then in force established waterworks and ...