Oxford (Corporation) Waterworks Act 1875
WHEREAS the city of Oxford has been for upwards of sixty years supplied with water by means of waterworks constructed by and the property of the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Oxford (in this Act called the Corporation):

And whereas it is expedient that the present powers of the Corporation in respect of their waterworks, and of the supply by them of water, should be enlarged, and that they should have power to acquire lands and to construct the reservoir and other works by this Act author...