Belfast Corporation (Tramways) Act 1904
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1904 c. ccxxix |
[4
EDW.
7.] Belfast Corporation {Tramways) [Oh. CCXXix.J
Act, 1904.
CHAPTER ccxxix.
An Act to empower the lord mayor aldermen and AP-19<
citizens of the City of Belfast to construct and work
tramways and to purchase by agreement the under-
taking of the Belfast Street Tramways Company
including the tramways constructed by the Sydenham
District Belfast Tramways Company and the Belfast
and Ligoniel Tramways Company and the tramways
of the Belfast and County Down Railway Company
and for other purposes. [15th August 1904]
W
HEREAS
the
city
of
Belfast
is a
county borough subject
to
the Acts relating
to
municipal corporations
in
Ireland
and
the lord mayor aldermen
and
citizens (hereinafter called
"the
Corporation")
of the
city acting
by the
council
are the
urban
sanitary authority
for the
district thereof
:
And whereas
the
street tramways
in the
city have been
constructed
in
part
by the
Belfast Street Tramways Company
(hereinafter called
" the
Company")
in
part
by the
Sydenham
District Belfast Tramways Company (hereinafter called
" the
Sydenham Company")
in
part
by the
Belfast
and
Ligoniel
Tramways Company (hereinafter called
" the
Ligoniel Company
")
in part
by the
Belfast
and
County Down Railway Company
and
in part
by the
Corporation
:
And whereas
the
tramways
of the
Company have been con-
structed
and are
worked
by
them under
the
powers
and
provisions
of—
The Belfast Street Tramways
Act 1872;
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&
soviet.
The Belfast Street Tramways
Act 1873: sa^ykt.
[Price 2s, 9^.] A 1
A.D.
1904.
S3
&
3d Vict.
c. cxxxii.
41
&
42 Vict.
c. ccs xxv.
43
&
44 Vict.
c. Ixxv.
47
&
43 Vict.
c. cxxv.
51 A 52 Vict.
c. lxxix.
66 A 57 Vict.
c. xovi.
G9 &
60 Vict.
c. cxlvi.
[Ch, CCXXix.] Belfast Corporation (Tramways) [4
EDW.
7.]
Act, 1904.
The Belfast Street Tramways Act 1875
The Belfast Street Tramways Act 1878
The Belfast Street Tramways Act 1880
The Belfast Street Tramways Act 1884
The Belfast Street Tramways Act 1888
The Belfast Street Tramwavs Order 1892:
The Belfast Street Tramways Act 1893;
The Belfast Street Tramways Act 1896 ;
The Belfast Street Tramways Order 1896;
The Belfast Street Tramways Order 1897 :
And whereas the tramways of the Sydenham Company have
heen constructed under the powers of the Sydenham District
Belfast Tramways Order 1885 and the tramways of the Ligoniel
Company have been constructed under the powers of the Belfast
and Ligoniel Tramways Order 1892:
And whereas the tramway of the Belfast and County Down
Railway Company has heen constructed under the powers of the
Belfast and County Down Railway Tramways Order 1895 :
And whereas under the recited Acts relating to the Company
the Corporation were empowered to purchase the undertaking of
the Company so far as the same might at the time of the purchase
thereof he situate within the city within sis months after the
expiration of twenty-one years from the passing of the said Act
of 1872 and within six months after the expiration of each
succeeding seven years:
And whereas by an agreement dated the third day of Decem-
ber one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two made between the
Corporation and the Company and scheduled to and confirmed
by the Belfast Street Tramways Act 1893 it was agreed that
the Corporation should not exercise their powers of purchase for
a period of fourteen years from the tenth day of August one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-three and that the Company
should be allowed upon the terms and conditions contained in
the said agreement to continue in the occupation and user of
their tramways :
And whereas by the Belfast Street Tramways Act 1893 the
Company were authorised to enter into agreements with the
Sydenham Company and the Ligoniel Company for the purchase
of the undertakings of those companies respectively and the
Company in exercise of such powers have acquired the tramways
of the said companies :
2
c. ccxlvi.
[4
EDW.
7.] Belfast Corporation {Tramways) [Ch. CCXXix.]
Act, 3904.
And whereas by the Belfast Corporation Act 1896 the bonn- AD. 1904.
daries of the city of Belfast were extended and the tramways of or
worked by tlie Company are now lor the most part situate within c. ccxlvi.
the city :
And whereas the tramways constructed by the Corporation
were constructed under the powers of the Belfast Corporation
62
&63Vict.
Act 1899 and powers are by that Act conferred upon the Cor-
poration in respect to the equipment of such tramways for
working by electrical traction in connection with the tramways
of the Company and under an agreement dated the thirteenth
day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and
made between the Corporation of the one part and the Company
of the other part the said tramways are worked and used by the
Company as part of their undertaking:
And whereas by the Belfast Street Tramways Act 1896 the
Company were empowered with the consent of the Corporation
to adapt and equip their tramways for working by mechanical
power but such powers have not been exercised and the tramways
of the Company and the tramways constructed by the Corporation
under the said Act of 1899 are worked by animal power:
And whereas it would be to the public advantage that the
system of! tramways in the city should be extended and be
equipped for working and be worked by mechanical power and
it is expedient that the Corporation should be empowered to
construct the additional tramways in this Act set forth and. to
equip the same for working by mechanical power and that the
undertaking of the Company including the tramways laid down
under the Sydenham District Belfast Tramways Order 1885 and
the Belfast and Ligoniel Tramways Order 1892 and the tramway
undertaking of the Belfast and County Down Railway Company
should be transferred to the Corporation;
And whereas the Corporation have agreed to purchase the
undertaking of the Company including the tramways of the
Sydenham Company and the Ligoniel Company respectively and
the Company have agreed to sell the same to the Corporation on
the terms and conditions hereinafter in this Act set forth:
And whereas it is expedient that the Corporation should be
empowered to place and run carriages on the tramways by this
Act authorised and upon the tramways transferred to them under
this Act and to work the same :
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