The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

MIDDLESBROUGH EXTENSION AND
IMPROVE ME N T.
(To extend and alter boundaries of municipal borough and
district of Middlesbrough ; extension of time for compul-
sory purchase of land for and for completion of market
place; powers to raise further monies for gas works,
and other purposes of Improvement Acts of 1816
and 1858; to define the boundaries of the parishes and
townships of Middlesbrough, Acklam, and Linthorpe ;
repeal of provisions as to, and compulmry purchase of
rights of West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company
in Port Clarence Landing Place, and powers to construct
and complete same; to purchase lands compulsorily for
that purpose, and for other purposes.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in-
tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal, alter, amend, and extend
all or some of the powers and provisions of "The mie dies-
brough Improvement Act, 1841" (herein called the Act of 1841),
" The Middlesbrough Improvement Act, 1853" (herein called
the Act of 1856), and " The Middlesbrough Improvement Act,
18531) (herein called the Act of 1858), or some or one of these
Acts, or the Acts therein recited, and to grant further and
other powers in lieu thereof and in addition thereto, and par-
ticularly to alter and repeal all or any of the provisions of
the said Acts or any of them which are now in force for the
protection of the owner, lessee, or occupier of any property af-
fected by the said Acts, or the works thereby autho.ised or
to be affected by the said Bill, or for the protection or benefit of
any Public Trustees or Commissioners, Corporation, Com-
pany, or person specifically named in such provisions, which
it may be necessary to alter or repeal for the purposes of the
said Bill, and to make other provisions in lieu of the powers
and provisions so repealed, altered, or amended ; and in such
Bill so to be applied for, powers and provisions will be in-
serted for effecting or authorising all or some of the several
objects and purposes following ; that is to say
To alter, enlarge, extend, improve, and define the boun-
daries of the Municipal Borough of Middlesbrough (herein
called the Borough', and also of the uistrict of the said
Borough herein called the District, now subject to the Local
Board of Health of the said Borough (herein called the Local
Board), and to add to and include within the said Borough
and District respectively portions of the adjoining Parishes
and Townships of Middlesbrough, Linthorpe, Acklam,
Marton Ormesby, and Normanby, which are now outside of
the existing boundary of the said Borough and District,
which Borough and District when so enlarged will be com-
prised within the following boundaries or limits or some of
them ; that is to say :
A line commencing at a point in the mid-channel line of
Vie River Tees, immediately opposite to and parallel with
the north-eastern side of a certain jetty, called the Normanby
Jetty, the same jetty being the northern terminus of the
Cleveland Railway, and being situate in the township of
Normanby, and in the parish of Ormesby, in the said Riding,
thence along such mid-channel line up the said River Tees
past the town of Middlesbrough, first in a north-westerly
an afterwards in a south westerly direction to a point in
such mid-channel line, opposite to, and parallel with the
second jetty or breakwater in the said river, which jetty or
breakwater is situate about 330 yards to ' the south or
south-west of the granery in the village or Hamlet of
Newport, thence from such point in the said mid-channel
line in a str ight line to the principal entrance gate leading
out of the public highway from Linthorpe to Acklam,
to a farm house called "Marsh House," belonging to
Thomas Hustler, Esq., and in the occupation of Mr
Christopher Dobson, thence along the centre line of a
small stream cr watercourse which runs through the land
on the south side of the Village of Linthorpe to a point
on the east side of the highway or bridle road leading from
Acklam to Linthorpe, 270 yards (measuring in a straight line)
to the south of a house in the village of Linthorpe occupied
by Robert Manners, called "The Old Hall." otherwise "The
Blue Hall," thence in an caste, ly direction along the line of
the fence commencing at the said last mentioned point, to a
certain stream or watercourse called Marton Beck, thence
across the said stream or watercourse, and alon r the line of
fence immediately opposite the point of crossing it, to the
north-western corner of an orchard situate on the west side
of the house called Marton Grove, belong,ingto Thomas Gar-
butt, Esq., thence for a distance of 40 yards along the line of
fence extending northwards, to the point where the same line
of fence joins another fence, which ex ends therefrom to
the Marton Road, and along the line of such last men-
tioned fence to the said road called Marton Road, thence
for a distance of 150 yards in a southerly direction
along the western side of the said Marton-road to a point
immediately opposite to the extr, me south western corner
of a certain 'arm cal ed Longlands, belonging to Joseph
Pease, Esq., and some time since purchased by him of James
Emerson, Esq., thence along the southern boundary fence of
the same farm, and continuing in a straight line across the
Middlesbrough and Guisbrough branch of the North Eastern
Railway, to the .point in the centre line of the stream or
watercourse called Ormesby Beck, n hich is immediately op-
posite sLch southern. boundary fence, thence in a nor.herly
direction along the centreline of such stream or watercourse
to a point in the same 93 yards to the northward of a
public footpath called the "Second Sailors' Trod," thence
in a straight line in a north easterly direction to a point
in the Middlesbrough and Ormesby-road 95 yards to the
north of a certain farm house called White House, thence in
in an easterly direction, first along the :fns of fence which
commences at such last named point, and afterwards in a
straight line running immediately to the north of a farm
house called Cold Knuckles, to the stream or watercourse
called Normanby Beck, thence across the same stream or water
course to the eastern or north eastern fence of the Cleveland
Railway, opposite the south western corner of a plantation
called Anstey's Plantation. thence along the same fence to,
and across the Middlesbrough and Redcar Branch of the North
Eastern Railway, and from thence along the north eastern
side of the said jetty called the Normanby Jetty, mentioned
at the commencement of this description, to the said point in
the said mid-channel line of the said River Tees, immediately
opposite to and parallel with such north eastern side—vi hich
said line or limits are shown on a plan deposited with the
Town Clerk of the said borough of Middlesbrough at his
office therein.
To alter, amend, and extend the provisions contained in
the Charter incorporating the borough, and the order in
Council subsequently dividing the borough into wards, and
to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof, and to alter and
increase the number of Wards, and to increase the number of
Aldermen and Councillors ; and to alt,r the number of Alder-
men and Councillors to be elect d for each Ward, or if
needful to ium ease the extent of the existing Wards by ad-
ding thereto portions of the new District to be added to the
said Borough. or_ otherwise to alter the division, of the
Borough into Wards, and in other respects to alter, amend,
and extend some of the 'Towers and provisions of the said
Charter of Incorporation, and of the several Acts now in
farce regulating Municipal Corporations, so far as the same
apply to the borough, the division thereof into wards, the
preparation oft se first burgess lists and the revision th' r, of
the election of Vie firat aldermen, councillors, and ward asses
sore within such new wards, and for all other matters inci
dent thereto.

To vest the property now vested in the existing Corpo-
ration of the said borough in their corporate capacity for any
municipal or other public purpose in the Corporation of the
said borough as so extendedl, and to vest in the Corporation
as the Local Board all property now vested in them in that
capacity.
To extend to the new or extended portions of the borough
and district all the powers awl provisions which under the
charter incorporating the borough and the several Acts re-
lating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, or
under " The Public Health Act, 1848," " The Public Health
Supplemental Act, 1855" or the provisional order set forth in
the schedule thereto annexed, or the Acts therein mentioned,
or under " The Local Government Act, 185 P," " The Local
Government Act (1858), Amendment Act, 1861," "The local
Government Act, Amendment Act, 1861," the Act of 1841,
the Act of 1858, the Act of 1858, or any of them or any other
Acts now in force within the said borough or district can be
exercised within the existing borough or district,
by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, of the said borough
(herein called "The Corporation"), or by the Local Board of
Health of the said district (herein called "1 he Local Board,"),,
and to exempt the lands to be so added to the said borough*
and district, and all the houses, buildings, and wores
therein, from all contribution to the rates levied within
the North Riding, of the County of York for the
support of the County Police, and from all other
County Rates (save and except such as are now leviable
within the existing Borough), and to alter such County Rates
accordingly, and also from the payment of highway rates and
other rates to the several townships of Middlesbrough, Lin-
thorpe, Acklam, Marton Ormesby, and Normanby, respec-
tively, and from the liability to repair any turnpike road or
highway or contribute to the maintenance thereof, or to any
other parochial or township purposes beyond the limits of
such extended borough and district.
To enable the corporation to purchase and take com-
pulsorily or otherwise the Port Clarence landing place,
in the parish of Billingham, on the north side of the
river Tees, opposite the corporation landing place, and
all lands necessary for the completion thereof, and all
the estate and interest of the West Hartlepool Harbour and
Railway Company and others in the said landing place and
lands and in the Middlesbrough Passage as defined by the
Act of 1858, and the vessels employed thereat, and the
tolls, rates, and duties taken or demandable in respect
thereof, or of the said Port Clarence landing place, and to
provide for the ascertaining and determining, and for the
recovery of the purchase and compensation money for the
same, and to repeal all or some of the provisions contained
in the Act of 1856, in the Act of 1858, in relation to:the said
landing place and passage, and the rights and interests of
the said railway company therein.
To enable the Corporation to complete the Port Clarence
landing place within the limits defined by the Act of 1858 on
the deposited plans therein referred to, and to maintain and
carry on the same and the Middlesbrough Passage, and to
take tolls, rates, and duties in respect thereof respectively,
and to vary and alter such tolls, rates, and duties, and confer,
vary, and extinguish exemptions therefrom.
To extend the time by the Act of 1856, limited for the com-
pulsory purchase by the Local Board of hinds and houses for
the purpose of enlarging the Market Place in the borough
and district, and also the time limited for the completion of
the said Market Place, and to repeal, alter, amend, and
extend all provisions of the Act of 1856, and of any other Act,
affected by such extension of time.
To confer upon the Local Board further and additional
powers for cleansing, lighting, and improving the district of
the borough as proposed to be extended under the said Bill.
To authorise the Corporation to raise by borrowing and
reborrowing at interest, on mortgage of the Wharf and
Passage Tolls, Borough fund and rates in the nature of
borough rates, to be made for the purposes of the said Bill, or
on any of those securities, further sums of money for the
several purposes by the Act of 1856, the Act of 1858, and the
said Bill or any of them authorised, or to be authorised, to
be carried into execution by the Corporation.
To enable the local Board to raise by borrowing and re-
borrowing at interest on mortgage of the District Revenue
Fund, and on the security of other rates and sums to be
carried to the credit of that fund further sums of money for
the purposes of the Gas Works, enlarging the Market Place
and other works and purposes by the Act of 1856, the Act of
1858, and the said Bill or any of them authorised or to be
authorised to be carried into execution by the Local Board,
and to confer other powers in relation to the borrowing and
reborrowing of money by the Corporation and Local Board
respectively, and the payment of the interest for the same,
and for providing a sinking fund to pay off the principal
thereof respectively.
To authorise the Corporation and the Local Board respec-
tively to levy borough rates, general district and other rates
and assessments upon the owners and occupiers or owners
or occupiers of houses, lands, tenements, railways, and other
works and property within the extended municipal borough
and district for carryinginto effect the several objects,powers,
and purposes of the several acts relating to municipal cor-
porations in England and Wales, and of the Act of 1841, the
Act of 1856, the Act of 1858, the Public Health Act 1848, the
Local Government Act 1858, and the subsequent acts amend-
ing the same, and the said Bill or any of them, and to
continue or increase or diminish the amount of rates
and rents authorised to be taken by the Corporation or
the Local Board under the same Acts or trill or any
cf them, and to levy for all or any of the purposes
of the said Acts or of the said Bill new or additional
borough rates, general or special district rates, and other
rates, tolls, rents, and duties, and to levy such rates respec-
tively of different amounts in different parts of the borough
or district, and to levy the watch rates within the borouglh
as part of the borough rate of the borough, antadiniedn profitsi tas
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