Birmingham Gas Act 1855
WHEREAS by the Local and Personal Act, Fifty-nine George III., Chapter 68, the Birmingham Gaslight and Coke Company (herein-after called "the Company") was incorporated for the Purpose of lighting the Town of Birmingham with Gas, with a Capital of Thirty-two thousand Pounds, divided into Six hundred and forty Shares of Fifty Pounds each, and with Power to raise any further Sum not exceeding Thirty thousand Pounds by Subscription among themselves, in such Shares and Proportions as to them shou...