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[59 & 60 Vict.] South Shields Corporation Act, 1896. [Ch. 1.]
quay-master and for other than customs purposes a vessel shall be deemed to be within the limits of the quay when moored at or approaching near the quay for the purpose of mooring thereat and goods shall be deemed to be within the limits of the quay when they are lying on any part of the quay or lands of the Corporation adjacent thereto and used in connexion therewith:
Provided also that the provisions of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 incorporated with this Act shall apply only to the Street Works Nos. 4 and 17 and the tunnel or subway in connexion with the said Work No. 17 by this Act authorised as if such works were therein referred to instead of " the railway " and. the prescribed limits shall be fifty yards from every or any part of the respective works but such provisions shall not apply to any railway or lands owned or occupied by the North Eastern Railway Company.
4. In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise requires" The borough " means the municipal borough of South Shields; " The council " means the council of the borough ;
" The town clerk" " the treasurer " -the medical officer of health " " the surveyor " " the accountant " " the chief constable " and " the inspector of nuisances " respectively mean the town clerk the treasurer the medical officer of health (including any person duly authorised temporarily to act as medical officer of health) the surveyor the accountant the chief constable and the inspector of nuisances of the borough ;
" The town hall " means the town hall of the borough ;
" The borough fund " and " the borough rate " mean respectively the borough fund and the borough rate of the borough;
" District fund" and " general district rate" mean respectively the district fund and the general district rate of the borough ; " The gas company " means the South Shields Gas Company ;
" The water company " means the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company;
" The Public Health Acts " means the Public Health Act 1875 and any Act amending the same;
"The Municipal Corporations Acts" means the Municipal Corporations Act
18822 and any Act amending the same or otherwise relating to municipal corporations in England;
"The Vagrancy Acts " means the Vagrancy Acts 1824 and 1873 ;
" Street works" means the new streets street extensions street widenings and tunnel or subway and works connected : therewith respectively by this Act authorised ;
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