Torquay Market Act 1855
WHEREAS by the "Torquay Market Act, 1852," the Torquay Market Company, therein and herein-after called the Company, were authorized to raise a Capital of Seven thousand Pounds, divided into One thousand four hundred Shares of Five Pounds each, and to borrow on Mortgage any Sums not exceeding in the whole One Third Part of the Capital actually paid up, and to construct and maintain a new Market Place, with all necessary Buildings and Approaches thereto, and to maintain and improve Slaughter-ho...