Belfast Central Railway Act 1868
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1868 c. clxvi |
| Year | 1868 |
VIG
D
cap.
clxvi.
An
Act
to
empower
thc3
BeJhst
Centid
Railway
Company
to
construct
new
Railways
aid Tram-
ways
ancl
a
Central Station,
aid
to
abaiidoii
Portions
of
their authorized undertakiiig
;
and
for other Purposes.
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st
Jdzi
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1868.1
Mi
HEREdS
by
the
L’cflid
C%iztmI
Railway
Act,
1S64,
(in
27
&
28Vict.
this Act called
“
the
-4ct
of
1S6
$,”)
the
Bc/jc~sl
Ceiztd
Railway Company
(in
this
Act callcd
“
the
Company
”)
was incorporatcd,
aiid
was
authorized
to
iiia1.r~
ancl
iiiaiiitain
Railways for connecting thc several Railways in
the
TOT^
of
Bevcist,
and also
a
Tramway
aucl
a
Central Station in
Belfrrst,
and
was cmpo~vcred
to
raise
by
Shares the
Sun
of
Three liuiidred
thousand Pounds, ancl
to
110rron-
on
Xortgage
tlic
Suiii
of
Oiic
hun-
dred
thousand Pounds,
and
it
was
lwoviclecl that the
Po~i-ers
of
the
Company for the
coiiipLdsory
Purchase
of
Land
for
tlie Purposes
of
that
Act
should not bc excrcisccl
aftw
the Expiration
of
Thrce Years
from
the passing thereof,
aiicl
that
the
Railn-ays
and
Works
should
be
completed within Five
Years
nftcr
the
passing thereof,
and
that
on
the
Expiratioii of
such
Period
tlic Powers
by
that
Act
granted
for
making the Railways
and
’SVorlis
should cease
to
be
cxcrcised,
except as
to
so
much thereof
as
should then be completed: And
[Local.]
23
iY
whereas
cc*iT--.
2514.
28
&
29Vict.
c.
ccxx.
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~-
_-
_.
The
Beyust
Cenlyal
Raikouy
Act,
1868.
whereas
by
the
BeLjksl
C'ci~li~cl
Railway Act,
1865,
(in this Act
called
"
the Act
of
1565,")
the
Company was authorized
to
make
aiid
maintain
aiiotlier
Xailway
aiid
Tramway, and to abaiidon tlic
Construction
of
a
Portion
of
Itailmy
KO.
1.
authorized
by
tlie Act
of
1864
;
aiid
by
tlic
samc
Act it
mas
proviclcd
that
the
Powers of
tlic Coiiipaiiy
for
tlie coiii1)ulsory Purchase
of
Land
for
tlie Purposes
of
tliai
Act
sliould not
bc
cxcrcised
aftcmr
tho
Expiration
of
Three
Years
from
tlic
passiiig tliercoi',
ancl
that
tlic Railway and Tramway
tlwreby aLtbliorizcd should be completed wit liin Four
Years
from the
passing
of
the
Act
of
1864,
and
that
upon
tlic Expiration of such
Period
tlic
Powers
by
that
Act
granicd
for
tlic Completioii of such
Railway
and
Traiiiwaay
should
c'case
to
11c
excrcised, except
as
to
so
much
thereof
as
should
tlicn
be
eoiiiplctcd
:
Aiicl
whereas
it
is
cx1)cclieiit that
the
Conipany
be
eiiipoivercd
to
makc
and maintain
t
lie
lien- Railways,
Traiii~my~,
and
Cciitral Station lierciii-after
described
:
Ancl
whercas such
new
Railways,
Tramn-ays, ancl
Ceiitral Station o-ill bc in substitution
for
Portions
of
tlic Com-
pany's
Undertaking,
and
it
is
expcdiciit tliat tlie Construction
of
such
Portions
of
tlic Coiiipany's Undertaking be
abandoncd
:
And
whereas
it
is expedient
that
the Company bo authorized for the
Purposes
of
their Undertaking to construct
iicw
Roacls
or
Streets
aiicl
to
closc certain
Narkcts
and
Portions
of
existing Strcets in
BeZjkst,
and
to
aplxopriate
and
use the Site
and
Soil thereof: And
whereas
it
is expedient that the Mayor, Aldernicn, and Burgesses
of
the
Borough
of
Be@&
(in
this
Act called
'(
the Corporation
")
be
empowcrcd to
open
aiid
establish new Markets in lieu
of
the
Markets
to
be
so
closed:
And
mlicrcas
it
is expedient
that
the Com-
panies herein-after meutioncd be respectively empowered to
run
ovcr
and
use Portions
of
the
Eailways and the Central Station by
this
Act arrtliorizccl,
and
to
cnter
into and carry into cffect Contracts
and Arrangcmcnts with tlie Company relating
to
the Railways,
Trainways,
and
Works
by
this Act authorized:
And
whereas the
Company ancl the Corporation havc entered into the Agreement set
forth
in tlie Schedule
to
this
Act,
and
it
is expedient that tlie same
should be confirnied
and
carried iiito cffcct: And whereas
it
is
expedient tliat tlie Corporation
bc
authorized
to
cnter into and carry
into effect Contracts and Arrangements with the Company relating
to
the several other Mattcrs in that
Behalf
hereinafter incntioned
:
And
whereas
it
is expedient that the
Po~\-crs
by the Act
of
1864
and
tlic Act
of
1865
respectivcly
granted
for
the compulsory Purchase of
Lands,
and
the Periods
for
-the
Completion
of
Portions
of
the Bail-
~vays
and
Works
by
those Acts authorized,
lie
extended
for
a
further
Ileriocl
:
And
whereas
it
is exlmlient that tlic Company
bc
empowered
to
raise
more
l\/lonep
for
the Purposes
of
this Act
and
the general
Purposes
of
their
Uiidcrtakiiig,
and
to
dividc their Shares into Pre-
ferred
Half
Shares and
Defcrreil
IIalf
Shares
:
And whereas
Plans
and
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