http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/46-47/18/contents/enactedMunicipal Corporations Act 1883VotingCharitiesLocal electionsMayoral electionsGeneral electionsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-04-14 Municipal Corporations Act 1883 1Short title 2Abolition of special judicial bodies, exclusive rights of trading, exemptions from juries, &c 3Future abolition of corporations, except as provided by new charter or by scheme under 40 41 Vict. c.69 4Saving for new charters and for charities 5Inquiry as to places mentioned in first part of First Schedule 6Power to Privy Council to preserve certain courts and officers 7Scheme of Local Government Board respecting places under local boards or improvement commissioners 8Power of Charity Commissioners 9Provision as to property and transfer thereof 10Reservation of rights of property and beneficial exemptions to freemen, their wives and children 11Saving for vested interests 12Saving for powers of Committee of Council and Charity Commissioners 13Saving as to Cinque Ports 14Saving as to Winchelsea 15Provision as to local authorities and officers 16Saving for rights of voting and acts done 17Saving for lords of Romney Marsh 18Saving for Havering-atte-Bower 19Saving for local Act relating to Alnwick 20Saving as to Laugharne and Malmesbury 21Saving for Newport, Pembroke 22Saving for Over 23Saving for Altrincham 24Saving for lord of the manor of Corfe Castle 25Saving for certain rights 26Repeal of Acts and charters 27Definitions SCHEDULES. FIRST SCHEDULEPlaces reported on by the Commissioners of 1876PART IPlaces to which the Commissioners of 1876 consider that the Municipal Corporation Acts might be appliedPART IIPlaces not mentioned by the Commissioners of 1876 as places to which the Municipal Corporation Acts might be applied SECOND SCHEDULEPlaces in which the Commissioners of 1876 report that a Municipal Corporation has not existed or has become virtually extinctPART IPlaces mentioned in paragraph (15) of the Report of the Commissioners of 1876 as places which either have not been municipal or have long since ceased to be so:PART IIPlaces mentioned in paragraph (16) of the Report of the Commissioners of 1876 as having had municipal corporations in 1835: Municipal Corporations Act 1883 1883 Chapter 18 An Act to make provision respecting certain Municipal Corporations and other Local Authorities not subject to the Municipal Corporation Act. [29th June 1883]

WHEREAS Commissioners were appointed by His late Majesty King William the Fourth (in this Act referred to as the Commissioners of 1834) to inquire into Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, and made reports respecting divers corporations, including most of those mentioned in the schedules to this Act:

And whereas the Municipal Corporation Acts consolidated and repealed by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, were passed and applied to most of the places mentioned in the above report, but not to those which are mentioned in the schedules to this Act:

And whereas Commissioners were appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into Municipal Corporations not subject to the Municipal Corporation Acts (in this Act referred to as the Commissioners of 1876), and have made reports to Her Majesty respecting the places mentioned in the schedules to this Act, and it is expedient to make the provisions herein-after appearing respecting those places :

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
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<ContentsTitle>Places mentioned in paragraph (16) of the Report of the Commissioners of 1876 as having had municipal corporations in 1835:</ContentsTitle>
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<Text>And whereas the Municipal Corporation Acts consolidated and repealed by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, were passed and applied to most of the places mentioned in the above report, but not to those which are mentioned in the schedules to this Act:</Text>
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<P>
<Text>And whereas Commissioners were appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into Municipal Corporations not subject to the Municipal Corporation Acts (in this Act referred to as the Commissioners of 1876), and have made reports to Her Majesty respecting the places mentioned in the schedules to this Act, and it is expedient to make the provisions herein-after appearing respecting those places :</Text>
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<Text>Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :</Text>
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