Plymouth Corporation Water Act 1893
WHEREAS under the powers of an Act passed in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth intituled "An Act for preservation of the haven of Plymouth" and of another Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of King George the Fourth chapter forty-nine the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Plymouth (in this Act called "the Corporation") have dug and enlarged a ditch or trench known as the Plymouth Leat between the River Meavy and the borough of Plymouth and have made d...