Witham Drainage Act 1881. An Act for further improving the Drainage by the River Witham in the county of Lincoln and for amending the Acts relating thereto; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS by and under the Witham General Drainage Acts (which include the Acts enumerated in the first schedule to this Act) the low lands and grounds therein described adjoining the River Witham in the county of Lincoln are divided into six districts called the first second third fourth fifth and sixth district and General Commissioners for Drainage (in this Act referred to as the General Commissioners) are constituted and are empowered to tax those low lands and grounds for drainage purposes...