Great Western Railway Act 1868
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1868 c. cxlv |
| Year | 1868 |
ANN0
TRICESIMO
PRIM0
&
TRICESIMO SECUNDO
VICTORIA3
REGINB.
Calx
cxlv.
An Act for conferring further Powers
on
the
Great
Westeriz
Railway Conipany
for
the Construction
of
Works,
and in relation to their own Under-
taking
and
the Undertakings
of
other Companies
;
and
for other Purposes. [13th
JuZy
1868.1
HEREAS
it
is expedient that the
Gwut
Westem
Railway
Coinpany (in this Act called the Coinpany) should be
empowered
to
construct the Railway, make the Alteration
of
ltoacl,
and execute the other Works by this Act authorized, and
also
to
stop
up
and appropriate the Portion of Road, and
to
acquirc
for the Purposes
of
their Uiidertaking the aclditional Laids
in
this
Act iiientioned
:
And whereas
it
is also expedient that the Po~~crs
for the Construction of the Braiich Railway
in
the Parish
of
Kid-
cleiviainster
authorized by
“
The
?Vest
,Vidluizd
and
Sevem
Vulleg
24
&
2,;
J’i(,[.
Coiiipanies Act,
1861,’’
should be rcvived and extended
:
And
‘*
ccxii*
whereas Plans and Sections showing the Lilies and Levels
of
tile
Railway and other Works by this Act authorized, and the Line
aiid
Levels
of
the Railway the Time for constructing which is revived
and extended, and the Lands by this Act authorized
to
be acquirecl
and appropriated, with
Books
of
Refercnce
to
such Plans, have been
dcposited with the Clerks
of
the Peace
for
the Countics
of
Glanzoygccn,
[T~ocal.]
25
P
TVomestei
1,
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&
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VICTORIK,
Cup.cxlv.
The
Great
Western
Railway
Act,
1868.
Tomester,
Xtaflord,
Buckiizghum,
&&o?motbth,
and the City and
County of the City
of
Glozccester,
which Plans, Sections, and Books
of
Reference are in this Act referred
to
as
the deposited Plans,
Sections, and Books of Reference
:
And whereas
it
is expedient that
24
&
29
Vict.
the Time granted by the
Gyeat
Western
Railway (Additional
Powcrs) Act,
18G5,
for the Purchase of Lands for and for thc
Construction of certain of the Railways by that Act authorized
should be cxtcnded
:
Ancl wliereas it is expedient that the Time
limitcd for the Sale by the Company of certain Lands acquired by
them
for
the Purposcs
of
their Undertaking should bc extended
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that the Construction of
a
Railway
in thc
Parish
of
Xcttton
in the County
of
Wc~rwick
authorized by
2.5
pr
2(j~ict.
‘(
The
Great
Western
Railway (Additional Powcrs) Act,
l862,”
and
(’.
Cxxvii.
of
another Railway in the
Parish
of
Chzcdz
+lo?zeybozcrne
in the
County of
Tomester
authorizccl by
“
The
West
Mitllccitcl
Railway
(Additional Works) Act,
l862,”
should
be abandoncd and relin-
quished
:
And whereas the Railways of the
Bristol
ancl
South
Wciles
80
R
21
vict,
Viaion
Railway Company (in this Act called
(‘
the
South
Tales
c.
lir.
Union
Company
”)
join the Railways of the Company at
Bristol
and
at
Pol-tslcezoett,
and the Company are now working the Railways of
the
South
Wccles
Uizioiz
Company uncler the Powers of
‘‘
The
Bnktol
ctizcl
Sofith
TVcdes
Unioiz
Railway Act,
1857
:”
And whercas the
Conipaiiy and the
flozcth
Wales
Uizion
Company have entered into
an Agreement, conditional upon the Sanction of Parliament, for the
Amalgamation
of
the Undertaking
of
the
Sozcth
TTaZes
Uizioiz
Com-
pany with the Undertaking of the Company, which. Amalganiatim
it
is expedient to authorize by this Act: And whereas
it
is also
expedient to authorize the Abandonment and Relinquishment
of
the Railways which the
SoutJz
Wdes
Ujzion
Company were by the
Bristol
crnd
south
Wccles
Unioiz
Railway Act
of
1862
empowered to
8
&
Y
Vict.
make
:
And whereas under and by T-irtue
of
the Provisiom of
(‘
The
c‘.
clxxxiv.
Oxford,
Tomester,
uiicl
Wolverlmqdoj&
Railway Act,
1845,”
ancl
I
I
&
12
Vict.
cc
The
Oxford,
Wo~cester,
aiacl
TTO~GCel*hUn&ptOl~
Railway Amenclnient
v.
cxsxiii.
Act,
1845,”
and
of
other Acts since passed relating to the
Oxfo)-d,
Worcester,
ccncl
Wolverhccnzpton
Railmay Company, ~vhich Company
is
now amalgamated with the Company, the Undertaking
of
the
fltratford
und
Moreton
Railway Company, in this Act called
(6
the
Xtf*atford
Company,” has become vested in the Company, who liave
become liable to pay ancl have paid
to
the
fltrcctfoi*d
Company
in
respect
of
the Ordinary and Preference Shares
and
Stock
of
illat
Conipany,
and
their
#hipston
Branch Mortgages
or
Debentures, the
clear annual Rentcharge
01‘
Sum
of
Two
thousancl five hundred
ancl
thirty-seven Pounds Ten Shillings, of which the Sum of One hundrecl
and
seventy-seven Founds Ten Shillings is, in pursuance of tlie
Pro-
+&ns
of
“
The
Oxford,
Wor~este?~,
CC?~
FVoZzei*hunzptoiz
Rnilnray
Act,
1845,”
paid
and
applied
as
ancl
by way of Intcrest at ~n7o
per
c.
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-
TIM
Cretit
W~iste~~i~
Bcliltuiry
Act,
lSG8.
~CY
Ceiitum peI*
AIL~~
upoii
the
Sum of
Xiglit
thonsand eight
hundred
ancl
seventy-fivc
l’ouucls
One
Shilliiig
ali(l
Threel)ellcc
or
thercabouts,
tile
Rlliou11t
of the
said
X7~ipstoiz
Bralich
Mortgages
or
Dcbenturcs,
and
it
is
expedient
that Provision
sllol~ld
be 1liaclc
for
the
Substitution
of
ILentchargo Stock
of
the
Coiii1)aiiy
for
tlie Sllares
and
Stock aiicl thc
S~CGIS~~IL
Branch
Xortgagcs
or
Debentures
of
tlie
Stivlfoid
Coinpaiiy,
and
for
tlic Dissolution of
that
Company
:
Aiid
wlicrcm
it
is cxpcdiciit that
the
Coiiqmiy
and
the
l;Zonelly
Railway
and
Dock
Company
slionld
be
ciqomrcd
to
makc
Ape-
inents
iith
respect
to
the Use
l)y
the Coml)aiiy
of
Portions
of
the
LlnneZZy
Company’s
Uiidcvtaliiiig
:
And
whcrcas
it
is
expcclicnt that
the
Rgrccmcnt
hetwccn the Coiiiiiiissioiicrs for tho
Improvement
of
the
Kavimation
of
the
River
Scvem
(in
this Act called
cc
tlic
Smem
3
Coiiimissioiicm
”)
of
tlic First Part, tlie Coiiipaiiy
of
Proprietors
of
the
Xtctfooldslzire
nnd
TVoi*cesteidu’i-e
Canal
Navi3ation (in this
Act
called
“thc
Caiial Company
”),
mlio
are
the Holders of all tlic
existing Xortgzlges granted
by
tlic
Xeuem
Comizzissioiiers,
and
who
are interested in the
Kavigatiou
of the River
Severn,
of
tlie Second
Part,
and
the
Coiiipaiiy
of the
Third
Part, which
are
set
forth
in
Schedule
(C.)
to
this
Act,
should be confirmed,
aiid
that
the
Coin-
pany
should
be empowered
to
appoint Coivmissioiiers
of
the
River
S’cuemt
.-
And wlicrcas
it
is
expedient
that
further
ancl
bctter Pro-
vision should
be
made for preventing
Trespass
upon
Portions
of
the
Railways of the Company
:
And
whereas
it
is
expcdient that
the
Company should be
empowered
to
raise
a furtlicr SLim
of
3Ioney
for
the
PurpGses
of
this Act
:
Ancl
whereas
the
Objects
aforesaid
cannot
be
attailicd Ti-ithout the Authority
of
Parliament
:
Xay
it
tlierc.fore
please
Your
Majesty that
it
niay be
enacted
;
and
be
it
enacted
l~y
the
Queen's
most Excellent Majesty, by
and
with
the
Advice
aid
Consent of the Lords Spiritual
ancl
Temporal, and Commons, in
this
present
Parliament assenilslecl,
ancl
by
the
Authority
of
thc saiiic,
as
follows
;
(that
is
to say,)
Railway
Act,
186s.”
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1.
This
Act
niay
be
citecl for all PLlrpOSeS
as
“
Tlie
GWU~
7Vestem
Short Title.
2,
The
following Acts and
Parts
of
Acts
are
(except Tvlicre
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&
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&
2O-p
23
&
2-2
Vict.
c.
106.;
and
92.
incor-
pOrated.
expressly 7-ariccl by this
Act)
incorporated with and forni
Part
of
cc
this Act;
(that
is
to
say,)
The
Lands
Clauses Coilsoliclation Act,
1845
;
The
Lands
Clauses
Consolidation Acts Amendnient
Act,
1860
;
Tlic Railways
Clauses
Consolidation Act,
1845
;
Part
I.
(relating
to
the Construction
of
a Railway), Part
11.
(dating
to
Extension
of
Time), aiid Part
V.
(relating
to
Amalgamation)
of
the Railways Clauses Act,
;
and
any
Coiiipany who
arc
clissolvecl,
or
whose
Unclertaking is by
or
Llnclcr
1+jvisions
of
this
Act
traiisfcrred
to
or
vcsteil
i~
the
C
oiii1’
any
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