Preston Corporation Act 1900
WHEREAS the county borough of Preston (herein-after called "the borough") is subject to the Acts relating to municipal corporations and under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough (herein-after called "the Corporation") acting by the council :

And whereas the several local Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act or parts thereof are (among others) in force within the said borough which Acts are in this Act referred to collectively as "the former Acts" and...