Southport Waterworks Act 1856
WHEREAS by "The Southport Waterworks Act, 1854," 17 & 18 Vict. c. xvi, a Company was incorporated, under the Title of "The Southport Waterworks Company," for better supplying with Water the Town of Southport in the County Palatine of Lancaster and the Neighbourhood thereof, and the Share Capital of the Company was fixed at Sixteen thousand Pounds, divided into One thousand six hundred Shares of Ten Pounds each, with a Power of borrowing an additional Sum of Four thousand Pounds after the whol...