Liverpool Southport and Preston Junction Railway Act 1884
WHEREAS the making of the railways herein-after described would be attended with public and local advantage:
And whereas the persons in this Act named with others are willing at their own expense to construct the said railways and it is expedient that they should be incorporated into a company and that powers should be conferred on them for that purpose:
And whereas it is expedient that the Company hereby incorporated and the company in that behalf in this Act mentioned be empowered to enter ...