A BILL то Amend the Officers of Royal Naval Reserve E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows: A.D. 1926. Act. 1. The provisions of the Officers of Royal Naval Amendment Reserve Act, 1863 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal of s. 3 of the Act"), which relate to the pensions and allowances payable principal to officers to whom that Act applies on disablement and to 10 the dependent relatives of such officers (that is to say, in section three thereof the words from "and if any such person is disabled" to the end of the section), are hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following provision shall have effect : "Where any such officer sustains any disability of mind or body which is attributable to the conditions of naval service, he may be granted an allowance or pension in respect thereof at such rate and subject to such conditions as the Admiralty with the consent of His Majesty in Council may appoint, and where he is killed or dies as the result of any wound, accident, injury or disease attributable to the conditions of naval service, his widow, children or other dependent relatives may be granted such pension, allowances or gratuity as the Admiralty with the like consent may appoint." A.D. 1926. 2. The consent of His Majesty in Council shall not Act. Short title 3. This Act may be cited as the Naval Reserve Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 120, George Street, Edinburgh; Street, London, S.W.1; York Street, Manchester; Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2; 28, Abingdon or through any Bookseller. Extension Order Confirmation. [H.L.] A BILL INTITULED An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the A.D. 1926. Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act relating to North Berwick Burgh 1899 relating Extension. WHEREAS His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland has after inquiry held before Commissioners made the Provisional Order set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed under the provisions of the Private Legislation 62 & 63Vict. 5 Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899 and it is requisite that the c. 47. said Order should be confirmed by Parliament: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present 10 Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows: 15 1. The Provisional Order contained in the schedule Confirmahereunto annexed shall be and the same is hereby tion of confirmed. Order in schedule. 2. This Act may be cited as the North Berwick Short title. Burgh Extension Order Confirmation Act 1926. A.D. 1926. Extension Order Confirmation. SCHEDULE NORTH BERWICK BURGH EXTENSION. Provisional Order to extend the boundaries of the burgh WHEREAS the provost magistrates and councillors of 5 10 And whereas the land available for the erection of houses within the existing burgh is limited and land suitable and convenient for the erection of houses is available within the district (situate in the parish of North Berwick) lying contiguous and adjacent to the 15 existing burgh and by this Order annexed to the existing burgh (which district is hereinafter referred to as the district annexed"): 66 And whereas the Town Council supply water within the existing burgh and the district annexed: 20 And whereas it is expedient that the compulsory limits of the Town Council for the supply of water should be extended to include the district annexed and that the Town Council should be the sole authority for the supply of water in the extended burgh all as hereinafter 25 provided: And whereas the Town Council are the commissioners under the Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Acts 1876 and 1918: And whereas from their gasworks the Town Council 30 supply gas within the existing burgh and the district annexed: 5 Extension Order Confirmation. And whereas the supply of water and gas by the A.D. 1926. Town Council to and within the district annexed has most materially assisted the development of the district annexed: And whereas by virtue and in pursuance of the North Berwick Electricity Special Order 1925 the Town Council have become the authorised undertakers for the supply of electricity within the existing burgh and it is expedient that the area of the Town Council for the supply 10 of electricity should be extended to include the district annexed: And whereas in the preparation by the Town Council of a town planning scheme under the provisions of the Town Planning (Scotland) Act 1925 it is desirable 15 to include land outwith the existing burgh and it is expedient for the purpose of such a scheme that the district annexed should be included within the boundaries of the burgh: And whereas the district annexed can be efficiently 20 and conveniently administered by the Town Council and it is expedient and in the public interest that the municipal and local administration of the existing burgh and the district annexed should be under one authority: And whereas it is expedient that the boundaries 25 of the existing burgh should be extended as by this Order provided and that all franchises rights privileges and immunities of and pertaining to the existing burgh and the powers and jurisdictions of the Town Council and all other powers and jurisdictions applicable within 30 the existing burgh should be extended to and be applicable within the existing burgh as extended by this Order and to the inhabitants thereof: And whereas for the purposes of such extension it is expedient that subject to the provisions of this Order the 35 district annexed should be separated and disjoined for the purposes of this Order from the county of East Lothian and that subject to the said provisions all matters of administration and management and all jurisdictions powers functions and authorities within the district 40 annexed including the maintenance and management of the roads and streets should devolve upon and be vested in the Town Council: |