South Shields Gas Act, 1879
WHEREAS by the South Shields Gas Act, 1857, (herein-after referred to as "the Act of 1857,"), the South Shields Gas Company (herein-after referred to as "the Company") were incorporated and were empowered to supply with gas the borough of South Shields and the parish of Jarrow, and by that Act the share capital of the Company was fixed at £40,000, whereof £20,000 was to be called "original capital" and £20,000 "additional capital," and they were authorised to borrow on mortgage or bond to the...