The Severn Navigation Act, 1869
WHEREAS by "The Severn Navigation Act, 1842," the Severn Commissioners acting in the execution of that Act were empowered to make and maintain certain works for the improvement of the navigation of the River Severn from the entrance lock of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, and from the entrance lock of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, in the county of Gloucester, to Gladder or Whitehouse Brook, in the county of Worcester, and were also empowered from time to time to borrow at in...