Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to grant a Lease of the Caledonian Canal for a Term of Years, and to regulate the future Management thereof. |
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Citation | 3 & 4 Vict. c. 41 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 4 August 1840 |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Caledonian Canal Act 1840 is an act of the British Parliament that was passed on 4 August 1840 "to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury" to allow for the leasing and management of the Caledonian canal in Scotland. [1]
The Caledonian Canal, which extends from Moray Firth to Loch Linnhe, was completed on 30 October 1822 [2] and opened the same year. An Act of Parliament establishing the Caledenian Canal Commissioners was passed on 27 July 1803, and the commissioners made a corporate body in 1848. Both this canal and the Crinan Canal were subsequently privately leased in 1860. [3]
Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to grant a Lease of the Caledonian Canal for a Term of Years, and to regulate the future Management thereof. |
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Citation | 3 & 4 Vict. c. 41 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 4 August 1840 |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Caledonian Canal Act 1840 is an act of the British Parliament that was passed on 4 August 1840 "to authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury" to allow for the leasing and management of the Caledonian canal in Scotland. [1]
The Caledonian Canal, which extends from Moray Firth to Loch Linnhe, was completed on 30 October 1822 [2] and opened the same year. An Act of Parliament establishing the Caledenian Canal Commissioners was passed on 27 July 1803, and the commissioners made a corporate body in 1848. Both this canal and the Crinan Canal were subsequently privately leased in 1860. [3]