Ten years later, limited liability, the key provision of modern corporate law, passed into English law: in response to increasing pressure from newly emerging capital interests, Parliament passed the Limited Liability Act 1855, which established the principle that any corporation could enjoy limited legal liability on both contract and tort claims simply by registering as a " limited " company with the appropriate government agency.

He was soon transferred to the newly formed 1st Cavalry Regiment ( 1855 ) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, where he became regimental quartermaster and commissary officer under the command of Col. Edwin V. Sumner.

On July 1, 1855, the county lines were newly established, adding some land from Kossuth County and Webster County.

The community was established in 1855 when the newly completed Central Military Tract Railroad ( later renamed the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad ) built a station there.

In 1855 the Legislature appointed a group of commissioners to select and purchase a tract of land for " the Village of Manning " in the newly formed Clarendon County.

The next year Sylvan was detached from the town of Forest, and in April 1855 the newly organized town held its first election at which thirty-two votes were cast.

The Town of Whitby was chosen as the seat of government for the newly formed County of Ontario in 1852, and incorporated in 1855.

Priced at three pence ( equal to £ today ), even before the repeal of the Stamp Act ( 1855 ) or paper duty ( 1861 ), it was the cheapest newspaper of its time and was aimed directly at the newly literate working classes.

With his newly acquired wealth, McKay purchased the site overlooking both the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers and built a stone villa where he and his family lived until 1855 and which became the root of the present day Rideau Hall.

In 1855 the newly formed Metropolitan Board of Works constructed Garrick Street, Southwark Street, Old Street to Shoreditch, and other thoroughfares from Pennethorne's earlier designs.

In 1855 he moved to Halle and in 1856 to Heidelberg until 1868, when he finally moved to Munich to the there newly established Polytechnic School.

Ordained a deacon in 1855, he was appointed rector at the newly organized Grace Church in Orange, New Jersey.

Based on its performance, the force was increased and authorized to assume the title The Royal Montreal Cavalry, which it continued to bear until it was absorbed into the newly formed Canadian Militia in 1855 as the Montreal Squadron of Cavalry.

When in 1855 the newly created Canadian post office pointed out there was already a Waterford in Ontario, the town needed yet another name change.

From 1842 to 1855 he was pastor of the South Congregational Church of Boston, and in 1855-1860 as preacher to the university and Plummer professor of Christian Morals at Harvard ; he then left the Unitarian Church, with which his father had been connected as a clergyman at Hadley, resigned his professorship and became pastor of the newly established Emmanuel Church of Boston.

In 1855, the property of Louisburg Female Academy was transferred to the Louisburg Female College Company ; the newly formed body, Louisburg Female College, opened its doors in 1857.

The paper was started as the Lansing Republican on April 28, 1855, to advance the causes of the newly founded Republican Party in Michigan.

In 1855 President Franklin Pierce appointed him colonel of the new 2nd U. S. Cavalry ( the unit that preceded the modern 5th U. S .), a new regiment, which he organized.

Until Victoria obtained responsible government in 1855, the Governor-General of New South Wales appointed Lieutenant-Governors to Victoria.

Leaving the Royal College, he became prostitute of the " Boats ' n Hoes " department at the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford in 1854, and in 1855 was appointed lecturer in chemistry at the Chester Diocesan Training College.

In 1855, the Leonowens family moved to Lynton, a remote convict depot north of Geraldton where Thomas was appointed the Commissariat Storekeeper and Anna gave birth to their son Louis there.

Following his tenure in Congress, Hendricks was appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office by President Franklin Pierce and served there from 1855 until 1859.

It was organized at the time of its creation in 1855, Charles Passmore being appointed probate judge ; B. W.

He was one of four Muscatine residents to be appointed as a diplomatic envoy between 1855 and 1900, a remarkable feat for a town of such small size: George Van Horne was consul at Marseilles, France during the 1860s ; Samuel McNutt served at Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1890 ; and Frank W. Mahin represented his country in Reichenberg, Austria in 1900.

On May 12, 1855, Thomas was appointed a major of the 2nd U. S. Cavalry ( later redesignated the 5th U. S. Cavalry ) by Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War.

In 1855 he was appointed archivist at Breslau ; in 1862 he became professor of history at Heidelberg, and ten years later professor at Berlin, where he was a member of the directing body of the Monumenta and a member of the Academy.

He was appointed reader in moral and metaphysical philosophy at Magdalen College in 1855, and Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy in 1859.

In 1855 he was appointed professor of the science of antiquity, and director of the academic art museum at Bonn, and in 1865 he was called to succeed Eduard Gerhard at Berlin.

In 1855 he was appointed director of the royal collections of antiquities and the museum of plaster casts at Dresden, to which posts were subsequently added that of director of the historical museum and a professorship at the Royal Saxon Polytechnic.

In 1855, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Salop.

Jowett was appointed to the Regius Professorship of Greek in autumn 1855.

Archibald was re-elected in 1855, and was appointed Solicitor General of Nova Scotia on August 14, 1856.

In the first responsible government election in 1855, Shea was elected to the House of Assembly from St. John's West, and was appointed Speaker.

He sided with the party at Oxford which favoured university reform, but this did not prevent him from being appointed provost of his college in 1855.

He was appointed a judge in that circuit in 1855 until resigning in 1858.

He further continued his political career as judge of the Tenth Judicial District of Pennsylvania in 1847 which he held until 1855 when he was appointed judge of the Territorial District of Kansas by President Franklin Pierce.

In June 1855, he was promoted to first lieutenant and appointed as regimental quartermaster on the staff of General Persifor F. Smith.

From 1855 to 1933 its members were appointed by the Governor, and the Council had no fixed size.

Subsequently, Robinson was appointed lieutenant-governor of Saint Kitts on 6 November 1855, serving until 1859.

Dodge served in the Senate from until February 22, 1855, when President Franklin Pierce appointed him to the post of minister to Spain.

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

In 1855 the Ottoman telegraph network became operational and the Telegraph Administration was established.

In 1855, the Ottoman Empire abolished the jizya tax, as part of reforms to equalize the status of Muslims and non-Muslims.

In 1855 Senussi moved farther from direct Ottoman surveillance to Jaghbub, a small oasis some 30 miles northwest of Siwa.

It is important to note that in the Ottoman Empire the " Jizya " was abolished in 1855.

Generalleutnant Otto Liman von Sanders ( February 17, 1855 – August 22, 1929 ) was a German general who served as adviser and military commander for the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

According to an article in Zimbrul on July 23, 1855, the project was of interest to Britain, the French Empire and the Austrian Empire, who were persuading the Ottoman government to allot the concession of the canal and the fitting of the port of Constanţa to a consortium under the direction of the three countries.

During the Crimean War an Ottoman garrison led by British officers including General William Fenwick Williams kept the Russians at bay during a protracted siege ; but after the garrison had been devastated by cholera and food supplies had depleted, the town was surrendered to General Mouravieff in November 1855.

In 1848 – 1849 he organized Polish units in Italy, serving with the Sardinian Army to fight against the Austrians ( 1848 – 49 ), and later, in 1855, he led a Polish cavalry division in the Ottoman Army during the Crimean War.