Bognor Railway Act 1853
WHEREAS the making of a Railway from Chichester to Bognor would in many respects be a Work of great public Advantage: And whereas the Persons herein-after named, with others, are willing, at their own Expense, to construct such Railway, but they cannot do so without the Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons...