United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Act 1862
WHEREAS under the Provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Acts, 1856 and 1857, a Company has been incorporated, called "The United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company (Limited)," for the Purposes, as stated in the Memorandum of Association of the said Company, of making, working, and maintaining Telegraphic Communication between various Places in Great Britain and Ireland, and purchasing and carrying out the Systems of one Thomas Allan in Electric Telegraphy, and making, working, and maintaini...