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Bristol Dock Act 1865

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ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO
VICTORIA REGIINLE.
. Cap.xxxiii.
An Act to enable the Corporation of Bristol to
improve the River Avon, and the Docks of
Bristol [26th May 1865.]
W
HEREAS the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City
of Bristol (who are herein-after called the Corporation) are
Conservators of the River Avon from Hanham Mills (a
Place about Four Miles Eastward of the said City) to the Mouth of the
said River at Kingroad or Avonside, and are also Conservators of the
River Severn and of the Bristol Channel from Kingroad Westward to
the small Islands called the Stipe Holmes and the Flat Holmes; and
the said Corporation are or claim to be seised in Fee of the Port of
Bristol and of the Docks within the same, and of the Wharfs and
Quays used as lawful Quays within the same City and Port; and
especially they have by virtue of " The Bristol Dock Act, 1848," ii&i2Vict.
purchased and become Owners of the Floating Harbour Docks and c' '
Works within the said City constructed by the Bristol Dock Com-
pany under the Powers of an Act passed in 1803, and amended and
extended by various subsequent Acts : And whereas the increasing
Commerce of the City of Bristol and the increased Size of the Vessels
resorting to the River Avon have rendered necessary the Improvement
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