Whitby Waterworks Act 1851
WHEREAS the Town of Whitby and adjacent Places are not at present sufficiently supplied with Water, and the Construction of Waterworks for effecting such Supply would be of great local Benefit: And whereas the Parties herein-after named, and others, are willing to carry such Undertaking into execution; but the same cannot be effected without the Authority of Parliament; May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and...