Mersey Dock Act 1897
WHEREAS by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1857 (being an Act for consolidating the docks at Liverpool and Birkenhead into one estate and for vesting the control and management of them in one public trust and for other purposes) the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (in this Act called "the Board") were incorporated for the purposes therein mentioned: And whereas in order to meet the requirements of the trade of the port of Liverpool it is expedient that the Board be authorised to construct the...