The Leeds Corporation Gas and Improvements, &c. Act, 1870
WHEREAS the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Leeds (in this Act referred to as "the Corporation"), and the Leeds Gaslight Company and the Leeds New Gas Company (herein-after called "the Companies"), have agreed for the sale and transfer to the Corporation of the undertakings of the Companies, and such sale and transfer are authorised by "The Leeds Corporation Gas Act, 1870:" And whereas it may be necessary to extend the works of the Companies to afford a better supply of gas t...