SCHEME 1886 FOR THE BOROUGH OF KIDWELLY.

Whereas by an Order dated the fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty three made by the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education (hereinafter called the Education Department) under section 40 of the Elementary Education Act 1870 the parishes of St Mary Kidwelly Within and St Mary Without in the County of Carmarthen were constituted a United School District for which pursuant to the provisions of the Elementary Education Acts a School Board was formed by the name of the St Mary Kidwelly United Dis-trict School Board And whereas by an Order of the Local Government Board under the Divided Parishes Acts dated November twenty third one thousand eight hundred and eighty three a part of the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Without was added to the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Within which alterations so made was agreed to by the Education Department so far as any School Districts were affected but such portion so added to the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Within was not included within the Municipal Borough hereinafter mentioned and is hereinafter referred to as "The part of the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Within aforesaid And whereas on July twentieth one thousand eight hundred and eighty five Her Majesty was pleased by Charter to extend the Municipal Corporation Acts to and to create a Municipal Borough the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Within with the exception of the part of the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Within aforesaid" And whereas under Part XI. of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 a scheme called the Borough of Kidwelly Scheme 1885 was settled for the said Municipal Borough and was confirmed by Order in Council on the twenty fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighty five And whereas on the third day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighty six the Municipal Corporation of the said borough did by the Council of the said borough present a petition to Her Majesty in accordance with section 218 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 and the School Boards Act 1885 petitioning for a scheme amending the said Borough of Kidwelly Scheme 1885 and for a scheme under the Municipal Corporation Acts 1882 and 1885 And whereas the said petition was referred to a Committee of the Lords of Her Majestys Privy Council and such petition has been proceeded on as nearly as may be as if the same were a petition for a Charter extending the Municipal Corporation Acts to a Municipal Borough to be incorporated And whereas this Scheme was before being settled by the Committee of Council referred to the consideration of the Education Department And whereas it is expedient right and just that a scheme should be settled pursuant to the Municipal Corporation Acts 1882 and 1885 containing the provisions hereinafter set forth Now therefore the said Committee of Council have settled a Scheme containing the provisions herein and do hereby order and declare as follows (1) This Scheme may be cited for all purposes as the Borough of Kidwelly Scheme 1886 (2) This Scheme shall be deemed to have commenced on the date of the commencement of the Borough of Kidwelly Scheme 1885 which date is herein mentioned as the commencement of this scheme and shall be in operation as soon as it is confirmed by Order in Council or Parliament as the case may be (3) This Scheme shall be construed as one with the Borough of Kidwelly Scheme 1885 (4) Notwithstanding the creation of the said Municipal Borough the School Board for the said United District shall be and be deemed to have been and continue to be the School Board for the area originally included in the said United District by the name of the St Mary Kidwelly United District School Board in all respects to the same extent and in the same manner as if at the time of the constitution of the said United District and of the formation of the School Board for the said United District by the Education Department the said borough of Kidwelly had been created a Municipal Borough and the said School Board had been formed and created for a United District of which the constituent districts were the said Municipal Borough the part of the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Within aforesaid and the parish of St Mary Kidwelly Without by the name of the St. Mary Kidwelly United District School Board and as if so far as the portion of the said United District included in the said Municipal Borough is concerned the Local Rate and the Local Authority had been the Borough Fund or Rate and the Council of the said Borough respectively and as it so far as the portion of the said United District included in the part of the parish of St. Mary Kidwelly Within aforesaid is concerned the part of the parish of St. Mary Kidwelly Within aforesaid had been according to the provisions of the Elementary Education Act 1870 as amended by any other Act or Acts a parish by itself and everything in connection with the said Board and United School district shall be done had and construed accordingly and not otherwise (5) All liabilities and assets attaching to and vested in the St. Mary Kidwelly United District School Board immediately before the commencement of this scheme shall be and continue attached to and vested in such Board and all charges charged immediately before the commencement of this Scheme under the Acts relating to Public Elementary Education or any of them on the poor rates or other rates or funds of the Constituent Districts of the said United District and the School Fund of the said United District shall be a charge upon the Borough Rate or Fund of the said borough and the Rate in the nature of a Poor Rate of the said part of the parish of St. Mary Kidwelly Within aforesaid (as if the same had been according to the provisions of the Elementary Education Act 1870 as amended as aforesaid a parish by itself) and the Poor Rate of the parish of St. Mary Kidwelly Without and the School Fund of the said United District respectively and not otherwise (6) Any Bye-laws in force at the date of this scheme in the said United District made under the Acts relating to Public Elementary Education shall be and continue in force (7) Any Act or omission done or made by the Education Department or the said School Board or the Council of the said Borough or any Justice since the date of the said Charter shall be deemed to have been lawfully done or made if it might have been lawfully done or made by the said Department School Board Council or Justice if no Charter had been granted or the said School Board had been the School Board for the United District of which the Constituent Districts are the said borough the part of the parish of St. Mary Kidwelly Within aforesaid and the parish of St. Mary Kidwelly Without.

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