A more comprehensive amendment of the 1835 act had been introduced by the second Melbourne ministry in the Commons in the 1836 parliamentary session (6 & 7 Will. 4), but the Lords objected to it,[3] and so three short bills were introduced and passed the week before prorogation to deal with urgent uncontroversial changes.[4][1] Besides the boundaries act (c. 103) were acts "for the better Administration of the Borough Fund in certain Boroughs" (c. 104) and "for the better Administration of Justice in certain Boroughs" (c. 105).[4] The boundaries act was expressed as making "temporary Provision" because the government intended to bring in a broader measure later; however, the ensuing bill was rejected in 1838.[5]
Section 1 replaced a provision of the 1835 act which annexed to a municipal borough any adjacent liberties. The new provision annexed only liberties which were within the municipal boundary. A consequence was that non-municipal land within a county corporate would be transferred to the adjoining county-at-large,[6] as when the Ainsty of York was transferred from the city of York to the West Riding of Yorkshire.[7]
Chitty, Joseph (1851). "Corporations (Municipal)". Chitty's Collection of Statutes: With Notes Thereon Intended as a Circuit and Court Companion. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Chancery Lane, London: S. Sweet. pp. 805–934.
