Preston Corporation Act 1914
WHEREAS the borough of Preston is a municipal and county borough under the management and local government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough acting by the council (in this Act called "the Corporation"):  And whereas under the Ribble Navigation Acts 1853 to 1905 the Corporation are the port and harbour authority of the port and harbour of Preston and have constructed various training walls and other works for the protection and benefit of the said port and harbour and it is ex...