Telegraph (Money) Act 1876
WHEREAS divers funds have been authorised to be raised for the purposes of the Telegraph Acts, 1868 to 1870, and with a view to the payment under those Acts of compensation to railway companies in respect of telegraphs it is expedient to authorise the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury (in this Act referred to as the Treasury) to raise further funds for the purposes of those Acts: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lor...