Great Grimsby Street Tramways Act 1900
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1900 c. cxxxvi |
| Year | 1900 |
[63
&
64 VICT.]
Great Grimsby Street
Tramways [Ch. CXXXVl.]
Act, 1900.
CHAPTER cxxxvi.
An Act to confer further powers upon the Great Grimsby
A.D.
1900.
Street Tramways Company with respect to the construe-
tion and working of tramways in the Borough of
Grimsby and for other purposes. [30th July 1900.]
W
HEREAS by the Great Grimsby Street Tramways Act 1879
(herein-after called "the Act of 1879") the Great Grimsby
Street Tramways Company (herein-after called " the Company ")
were incorporated and authorised to construct certain tramways
in the parishes of Great Grimsby and Clee in the county of
Lincoln :
And whereas by the Great Grimsby Street Tramways (Cleethorpes
Extension) Order 1886 (herein-after called "the Order of 1886")
and the Great Grimsby Street Tramways Extension Order 1897
(herein-after called " the Order of 1897 ") and by the Great Grimsby
Street Tramways Act 1899 (herein-after called " the Act of 1899 ")
the Company were authorised to extend their tramways and further
powers were conferred upon them :
And whereas it is expedient that the Company be empowered to
construct the tramways and street widenings in this Act described
and to work their tramways in the borough of Grimsby by electrical
power and to raise further capital:
And whereas the period of twenty-one years from the date of the
passing of the Act of 1879 within six months after the expiration of
which the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Grimsby
may purchase the undertaking of the Company within the borough
expires on the twenty-first day of July one thousand nine hundred
and it is expedient that the date at which the said Corporation may
exercise their said right of purchase be postponed and provisions as
herein-after contained be made with respect to the tramways of the
Company within the borough:
[Price
Is. 9d.] A I
[Ch.
CXXXVi.J Great Grimsby Street Tramways [63 & 64 VICT.]
Act, 1900.
A,D.
1900. ^nd whereas plans and sections showing the situation lines and
levels of the tramways by this Act authorised such plans showing
the lands to be taken compulsorily under the powers of this Act
and a book of reference to those plans containing the names of the
owners or reputed owners lessees or reputed lessees and of the
occupiers of those lands have been deposited with the clerk of the
peace for the parts of Lindsey in the county of Lincoln and are in
this Act referred to respectively as the deposited plans sections and
book of reference:
And whereas the objects aforesaid cannot be attained without the
authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted and
be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty by and with
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and
Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by
-the
authority
of the same as follows (that is to say):—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Great Grimsby
Street Tramways Act 1900.
Incorpora. 2. The following Acts and parts of Acts are except where
^eneralActs exPressty vai"ied by this Act incorporated with and form part,
of
this Act (that is to say) :—
The provisions of the Companies Clause^ Consolidation Act
1845—
"With respect to the distribution of the capital of the Company
into shares;
"With respect to the transfer or transmission of shares ;
"With respect to the payment of subscriptions and the means
of enforcing the payment of calls;
"With respect to the forfeiture of shares for non-payment of
calls;
"With respect to the remedies of creditors of the Company
against the shareholders;
"With respect to the borrowing of money by the Company on
mortgage or bond;
With respect to the conversion of the borrowed money into
capital;
"With respect to the consolidation of the shares into stock;
"With respect to the making of dividends;
With respect to the giving of notices;
"With respect to the provision to be made for affording access
to the special Act by all parties interested *
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