Alliance and Dublin Gas Act 1866
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1866 c. ccv |
| Year | 1866 |
ANNO VICESIMO NONO & TRICESIMO
VICTORIA REGINiE.
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Cap.
ccv.
An Act for incorporating " the Alliance and Dublin
Consumers Gas Company," formed by the
Amalgamation of " the Alliance and Dublin
Consumers Gas Company," and " the Commercial
Gas Company of Irelayid, Limited," and for
authorizing the Acquisition by the Company of
Gasworks and Property of " the United General
Gas Company," and for defining the Limits
within which the Company may supply Gas; and
for other Purposes. [16th July 1866.]
W
HEREAS " the Alliance and Dublin Consumers Gas
Company " (in this Act called " the Alliance Company ")
were originally established by the Name " the Dublin
Consumers Gas Company," by a Deed of Settlement dated the
Eleventh Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-five,
for making Gas, and supplying with Gas the City of Dublin and the
Suburbs
thereof,
and other Places in
Ireland,
and by that Name were
,
completely registered as a Joint Stock Company: And whereas by
{Local] 31 H " The
2790 29°
&
30° VICTORIA,
Cap.cev.
Alliance and Dublin Gas Act, 1866.
10 &
11 Vict. " The Alliance and Dublin Consumers Gas Act, 1847," the Alliance
c. xlii. Company were incorporated by their present Name, with a Capital of
One hundred and ninety thousand Pounds in Nineteen thousand
Shares of Ten Pounds each, and with Power to borrow not exceeding
Fifty thousand Pounds, and to make and maintain Gasworks and
to supply Gas within the Limits of the reciting Act; which Limits
were (Sectibn*29J declared to be the Dublin Police District, and
(Section 31) the Alliance Company were prohibited from acquiring the
Powers or Property of any other Gas Company: And whereas " the
United General Gaslight Company
"
(in this Act called " the
United
Company ") were incorporated by Royal Charter dated the Thirty-
first Day of March, in the First Year of William the Fourth (1830),
for making Gas and supplying Gas to divers Cities, Towns, and
Places in England and
Ireland,
with a Capital of Five hundred thou-
sand Pounds in Ten thousand Shares of Fifty Pounds each: And
whereas the United Company acquired the Works, Property, and
Shares of the Gas Companies following ; (to wit,) " the Dublin Gas-
light Company," incorporated by the Act (Local and Personal) of
the First Year of
George
the Fourth, Chapter 55, and " the Hiber-
nian Gaslight Company," incorporated by the Act (Local and
Personal) of the Fourth Year of George the Fourth, Chapter 38,
which was amended by the Act (Local and Personal) of the Tenth
Year of Her present Majesty, Chapter 52, and the Company incor-
porated by the Name " the Dublin Oil Gaslight Company" by the
Act (Local and Personal) of the Fifth Year of
George
the Fourth,
Chapter 42, which was amended by the Act (Local and Personal) of
the Fifth Year of William the Fourth, Chapter 42, whereby the Name
" the Dublin New Gas and Coke Company " was given to them, and
they have also acquired the Works, Property, and Shares of " the
Bray Gas Company, Limited:" And whereas the Powers contained
in the several Acts of Parliament relating to the Dublin Gaslight
Company, the Dublin Oil Gaslight, or the Dublin New Gas and
Coke Company have for many Years ceased to be exercised: And
whereas " the Commercial Gas Company of
Ireland,
Limited," (in
this Act called " the Commercial Company,") were on the Fourth
Day of February One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four re-
gistered under " The Companies Act, 1862," as a Company limited
by Shares, with Memorandum of Association and Articles of Associa-
tion, for the Purpose of making Gas and supplying Gas in the City
of Dublin, Kingstown, Bray, and other Places, and with a Capital of
One hundred thousand Pounds, divided into Fifty thousand Shares
of Two Pounds each : And whereas the Gasworks of the Alliance
Company are in the City of Dublin : And whereas the United Com-
pany have Gasworks at Dublin, Kingstown, and Bray, which are
hereafter called " the Dublin Undertaking " of that Company, and
they also have Gasworks at Limerick : And whereas the
Commercial
Company
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