Thanet Gas Act 1877
WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament passed in the fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, and intituled "An Act for lighting with gas the towns or villages of Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs, and places adjacent in the county of Kent," (and herein-after called "the recited Act,") the Isle of Thanet Gaslight and Coke Company (herein-after called "the Company") were incorporated, and were (amongst other things) authorised to manufacture and supply gas within the limit...