The East India Stock Act 1860
WHEREAS under their Charter the East India Company are directed to cause an Accountant to keep a Book or Books in the Public Office or Place of Meeting of the same Company, and therein to enter the Amount of the Capital Stock of the same Company; and it is by the Charter directed that the Method of making Assignments and Transfers of the said Stock shall be by an Entry in the said Book or Books in Forms prescribed by the said Charter, and that the Entry signed as therein prescribed, and no ot...