Southampton Street Tramways Act, 1872
WHEREAS the laying down of the tramways herein-after mentioned in and near Southampton, to be worked by animal power only, and so constructed as not to impede or injure the ordinary traffic of the streets, would be attended with great local and public advantage, and the persons herein-after named, with others, are willing at their own expense to construct the said tramways:

And whereas the street improvement herein-after described would facilitate the construction and working of the tramways...