| Description | 1. [8 Geo. III, 1767] 'An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Cut or Canal from Birmingham to Bilstone, and from thence to Autherley, there to communicate with the Canal now making between the Rivers Severn and Trent; and for making Collateral Cuts up to several Coal Mines'
2. [9 Geo. III, 1768] 'An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act passed in the Eighth Year of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Cut or Canal from Birmingham to Bilstone, and from thence to Autherley, there to communicate with the Canal now making between the Rivers Severn and Trent; and for making Collateral Cuts up to several Coal Mines; and to explain and amend the said Act'
3. [23 Geo. III, 1782] 'An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from a Place near Rider's Green in the County of Stafford to Broadwater Fire Engine, and Six Collateral Cuts from the same, to several Coal Mines; and also a Navigable Canal from or near the Town of Birmingham to join the Coventry Canal at or near Fazeley in the Parish of Tamworth in the said County of Stafford, with a Collateral Cut to the lower Part of the said Town of Birmingham'
4. [24 Geo. III, 1784] 'An Act for Incorporating the Company of Proprietors of a Canal Navigation authorized by an Act, passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the Third, to be made from Birmingham to Bilstone and Autherley, with the Company of Proprietors of a Canal Navigation authorized by an Act, passed in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, to be made from Birmingham to Fazeley; and for consolidating their Shares; and amending the said last mentioned Act'
5. [25 Geo. III, 1784] 'An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey, and the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation from Birmingham to Fazeley, to make a navigable Canal from the said Trent and Mersey Navigation, on Fradley Heath in the County of Stafford, to Fazeley in the said County; and for confirming certain Articles of Agreement entered into between the said Trent and Mersey, the Oxford, and the Coventry Canal Navigation Companies'
6. [34 Geo. III, 1790] 'An Act for extending and improving the Birmingham Canal Navigations'
7. [46 Geo. III, 1806] 'An Act for improving the Birmingham Canal Navigations'
8. [51 Geo. III, 1811] 'An Act for enlarging the Powers of several Acts of His present Majesty, for making and maintaining the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and for further extending and improving the same'
9. [55 Geo. III, 1815] 'An Act for establishing a Navigable Communication between the Birmingham Canal Navigations and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, and amending certain Acts passed relative thereto'
10. [58 Geo. III, 1818] 'An Act for altering, explaining, and amending the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the Birmingham Canal Navigations; and for improving the said Canal Navigations'
Inside cover inscribed: 'The Priory Offices, Dudley'
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