York Corporation Act 1914
WHEREAS the city of York is a municipal and county borough under the management and local government of the lord mayor aldermen and citizens of the city of York (in this Act called "the Corporation") who acting by the council are also the urban sanitary authority for the district comprising the city: And whereas it is expedient to empower the Corporation to construct the new street and other street improvements referred to in this Act and to acquire lands for and in connection with the constr...