c. 70) gave urban authorities the legal power to buy land and to construct tenements and housing estates.

The 1900 act empowered authorities to purchase land for the same purpose outside of their jurisdictions.

c. 55) amended the financial provisions of part 2 of the principal act.

[2] This gave local authorities the legal power to buy land through compulsory purchase and to construct tenements and housing estates.

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