# Public Health Act 1875, Section 161: Powers of urban authority for lighting their district.


Any urban authority may contract with any person for the supply of gas, or other means of lighting the streets, markets, and public buildings in their district, and may provide such lamps, lamp posts, and other materials and apparatus as they may think necessary for lighting the same.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/38-39/55/section/161 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1875/section-161
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