Shipowners' Towing Company Act 1847
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1847 c. xxxi |
| Year | 1847 |
ANNO DECIMO
VICTORLE REGIN.E
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Cap.
xxxi.
An Act to enable the Shipowners Towing Company
to sue and be sued. [8th June 1847.]
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HEREAS under and by virtue of an Indenture or Deed of
Settlement bearing Date the Eighteenth Day of April
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven a Company,
for the Purpose of towing Ships and other Vessels by means of
Steam Boats or Tugs, and incidental Purposes therein mentioned,
was established, to be carried on by or under the Name or Style of
" The Symington Patent Paddle Towing Company," or under such
other Name or Style as the Directors of the said Company for the
Time being should at any Time and from Time to Time think
proper, the principal Establishment or Office of which said Company
is in the City of London : And whereas by virtue of the said Provision
in the said Deed of Settlement in that Behalf contained the Name of
the said Company was subsequently changed to that of " The Ship-
owners Towing Company," by which Name the said Company has
ever since been and is now known and conducted: And whereas it
is expedient that the said Company should be capable of suing and
being sued in the Name of some one Individual as a nominal Party
to legal Proceedings: And whereas the aforesaid Objects cannot be
effected except by the Aid and Authority of Parliament: May it
therefore
[LocalJ] 4X
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