British American Land Company's Act 1871
WHEREAS His late Majesty King William the Fourth, by a charter or letters patent dated at Westminster on the 20th day of March, in the fourth year of his reign, granted, ordained, and appointed that certain persons therein named, and all and every such other person or persons as had become or should thereafter become proprietors, shareholders, or subscribers of or for the capital stock of the Company therein-after mentioned, and their respective executors, administrators, and assigns, should ...