Accrington District Gas and Water Board Act 1894
WHEREAS the borough of Accrington in the county palatine of Lancaster is a municipal borough under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof (in this Act called "the corporation") and the corporation acting by the council are the urban sanitary authority for the borough: And whereas the Church Local Board the Clayton-le-Moors Local Board the Great Harwood Local Board and the Rishton Local Board respectively (in this Act called "the local boards") are the urban sanitary author...