Newport Corporation Act, 1906
WHEREAS the borough of Newport in the county of Monmouth is a municipal borough and under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof (hereinafter called "the Corporation") and is a county borough under the Local Government Acts 1888 and 1894 and the Corporation acting by the council of the borough are the sanitary authority of the borough with the powers and obligations of an urban authority:

And whereas it is expedient that the powers of the Corporation with respect to infec...