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For the protection of the Sligo Corporation.
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9.—Subsection 6 of Section 2 of the Sligo Corporation Act 1918 (whereby any person liable to be rated in respect of any houses and buildings situated outside the limits of the Borough as defined for municipal purposes before the passing of the Sligo Borough Improvement Act 1869 and at a distance exceeding two hundred yards from any public gas lamp shall be entitled to be exempted in respect of such houses and buildings from payment of so much of the borough rate as is expressed to be made for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Corporation in relation to public lighting purposes) shall have effect after the passing of this Act as though the expression "public gas lamp" included any public lamp maintained by or under contract with the Corporation whether the illumination of such lamp may be provided by means of gas or electrical energy or otherwise and the said subsection shall be construed accordingly.
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