River Witham Outfall Improvement Act 1880
WHEREAS floods and much damage often result from the defective condition of the Outfall of the River Witham in the county of Lincoln, and its improvement is an object of local and public importance: And whereas by the Act of the second year of the reign of King George the Third, chapter thirty-two, "for draining and preserving certain low lands called the Fens, lying on both sides of the River Witham in the county of Lincoln, and for restoring and maintaining the navigation of the said river ...