Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Act 1940
WHEREAS by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Acts 1766 to 1933 the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Company (originally named the Company of Proprietors of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Navigation and hereinafter referred to as "the Company") were incorporated and authorised to construct and maintain a canal in the counties of Worcester and Stafford to connect the river Severn with the Trent and Mersey Canal and to exercise other powers:

And whereas it is expedien...