Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company's Act 1856
WHEREAS the Improvement and Reclamation of Land by draining, irrigating, warping, embanking, and inclosing, the making of Roads, the Erection and Improvement of Farm Buildings, Engine Houses, and other Machinery, trenching and clearing of Land, and planting for the Purpose of Shelter and otherwise, and the Construction and Improvement of Jetties or Landing Places on the Sea Coast or on the Banks of Rivers and Lakes, will materially benefit Agriculture, and will be of great public and local Ad...