Devonport Gas and Coke Act 1853
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1853 c. xii |
ANNO DECIMO SEXTO
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Cap.
xii.
An
Act for
increasing
the
Capital
and
extending
the Powers
of the
Devonport Gas
and
Coke Com-
pany,
and for
other Purposes,
[9th May
1853.]
HERE AS
by an Act
passed
in the
Ninth Year
of the
Reign
of Her
present Majesty, Chapter Sixty-four, inti-
tuled
An Act for
better supplying with
Gas the
Borough
8
&
9 Vict
of Devonport,
the
Devonport
Gas and
Coke Company were incor-
c*
64j
porated,
and
were authorized
to
raise
a
Capital
of
Twenty thousand
Pounds
in
Four thousand Shares
of
Five Pounds each:
And
whereas
under that
Act the
Company have established Gasworks
in
Devon-
port
:
And
whereas those Four thousand Shares
are
fully paid
up;
And whereas
the
Gasworks
of the
Company
are
inadequate
for the
Supply
of Gas to the
Borough
of
Devonport^
and it is
expedient
that—their-Capital—be—increased-,—to enable them toextend—their
Works,
and for the
other Purposes
of
this
Act: And
whereas
in
order
to
avoid
the
Inconveniences arising from several Private Acts
relating
to the
same Purposes being
in
force
at the
same Time,
it is
expedient that
the
recited
Act be
repealed,
and
that some
of the
Powers
and
Provisions thereof
be
amended
and
re-enacted
or
con-
tinued-
by
this
Act: And
whereas such several Purposes cannot
be
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