Durham Gas Act, 1873
WHEREAS in the year 1846 certain persons formed themselves into a gas company under the name of the City of Durham Gas Company (herein-after referred to as the old company) for the purpose of supplying with gas the city of Durham and the neighbourhood thereof in the county of Durham, and generally for carrying on the business usually carried on by gas companies, and such company was duly registered under the Act for the registration, incorporation, and regulation of joint stock companies (7 &...