The Reading Union Waterworks Act, 1850
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Town of Reading and Hamlet of Whitley should obtain a more pure and more abundant Supply of Water, which would greatly contribute to the Health and Comfort of the Inhabitants: And whereas the Persons herein-after named are willing, with others, at their own Expense, to carry such Undertaking into execution, but the same cannot be effected without the Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the ...