Perth Harbour City Improvements and Gas Act, 1897
WHEREAS the lord provost magistrates and council of the city and royal burgh of Perth (herein-after called "the Corporation") are the Commissioners of the burgh of Perth acting in and for that burgh under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (herein-after called "the Burgh Commissioners") and as such are the Perth Gas Commissioners (herein-after called "the Gas Commissioners") incorporated by the Perth Gas Act 1871 (herein-after called "the Act of 1871") for carrying that Act into execution: ...