North Eastern Railway (Hartlepool Dock and Railway Amalgamation) Act 1857
WHEREAS by an Act passed in a Session of Parliament held in the Second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth (2 William IV. Chapter 67.), the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company were incorporated for making and maintaining Wet Docks in the Port of Hartlepool, and a Railway therefrom into the Township of Moorsley, with certain Branches, all in the County of Durham, and for other Purposes in such Act mentioned: And whereas by an Act passed in a Session of Parliament held...