An Act to authorize the Globe Telegraph Company (Limited) to construct and maintain Telegraphs; to acquire and work Letters Patent relating to Electro-magnetic Telegraphs and Apparatus; and for other Purposes.
WHEREAS Her present Majesty, by Her Letters Patent bearing Date the 8th Day of April 1861, did grant unto Henry Wilde, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, the sole Privilege of making, using, exercising, and vending his Invention for "Improvements in Electro-magnetic Telegraphs, and in Apparatus connected therewith," during the Term of Fourteen Years thence next ensuing, a Specification of which said Invention was duly filed in the Great Seal Patent Office: And whereas Her present Maj...