Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Parsonstown Town Commissioners
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Description area
Dates of existence
1852-1925
History
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The primary duty of the Commission was to provide lighting in the towns, initiating building programmes, as well as water supplies, the management of sewerage, repairing roads and prohibiting nuisances.
Mandates/sources of authority
Lighting of Towns Act, 1828 (9 Geo. IV. C.82)