Great Western Railway Act 1890
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[53
&
54 VICT.] Great
Western Railway
Act, 1890. [Ch. clix.]
CHAPTER clix.
An Act for conferring further powers upon the Great
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Western Railway Company for vesting in that Company —
the Undertakings of the Whitland and Cardigan the East
Gloucestershire and the Witney Railway Companies for
confirming an Agreement with the Woodstock Railway
Company and for other purposes. [4th August 1890.]
W
HEREAS it is expedient that the Great Western Railway
Company (in this Act called " the Company") should be
empowered to execute make and maintain the railways and
widenings of railways and other works and to exercise the powers
(New
rail-
by this Act respectively authorised and conferred upon them and to w^s and,
• A other works
acquire for the purposes of this Act and for the general purposes of and lands.)
their undertaking and works connected therewith and for providing
increased accommodation certain lands houses and buildings in this
Act described or referred to :
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines and levels of (Deposit
of
the railways widenings and other works by this Act authorised Plans&c-)
to be constructed and the lands by this Act authorised to be
acquired and also books of reference containing the names of the
owners and lessees or reputed owners and lessees and of the occupiers
of those lands were duly deposited with the clerks of the peace for
the several counties within which those railways widenings and
other works will be constructed and those lands are situated and are
herein-after respectively referred to as the deposited plans sections
and books of reference:
And whereas it is expedient that the powers granted by the (Revival
of
Great Western Railway Act 1883 and extended in part by the P°7eri?and,
n J. TT7 i » o extension of
vrreat Western Railway Act 1886 for the purchase of lands for time.)
the several purposes authorised by the said Act of 1883 which are
in this Act specified or referred to in that behalf should be revived
and extended and that the period limited by the said Acts for the
construction and completion of the Railways No. 6 and No. 7
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[Oh.
Clix.] Qteat
Western
Bailway Ad, 1890. [53 & 54 VICT.]
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1890.
authorised by the said Act of 1883 should be extended as in this
Act respectively provided:
(Superfluous And whereas it is expedient that the time limited for the sale of
lands.) certain lands acquired by the Company for the purposes of their
undertaking should be extended and that further powers should he
conferred upon the Company in respect of the sale lease or other
disposal of those lands:
(Confirma- And whereas it is expedient that the agreement between the
tion
of agree- Woodstock Railway Company and the Company which is set forth
Woodstock in the Second Schedule to this Act should be confirmed and that
Company ^g powers granted by the Woodstock Railway Act 1886 for the
construction of the railway authorised by that Act should be revived
and extended:
(Vestings
of And whereas the railways of the Whitland and Cardigan Railway
Whitland Company (in this Act called " the Whitland Company ") the East
East ° Gloucestershire Railway Company (in this Act called " the East
Gloucester- Gloucestershire Company ") and the Witney Railway Company (in
Witney ^n*s ^c^ ca^e<^ " ^ue Wifaiey Company ") respectively are under the
Railways.) authority of Parliament worked and maintained by the Company
and it is expedient that the undertakings of those companies
respectively should be transferred to and vested in the Company
and that the agreements with reference thereto which are set forth
in the Third Fourth and Fifth Schedules to this Act should be
confirmed:
(Amendment And whereas it is expedient that some of the provisions of the
of
Acts.)
existing Acts of the Company should be amended or repealed as
herein-after provided:
(Additional And whereas it is expedient that the Company should be
capita.) authorised to raise a further sum of money for the purposes of this
Act and for the general purposes of their undertaking :
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:—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Great Western
Railway Act 1890.
Incorpora- 2. The following Acts and parts of Acts are except where
t0a rtlA expressly varied by this Act incorporated with and form part of this
Act (that is to say):—
The Lands Clauses Acts :
The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845:
[53
&
54 YICT.] Great
Western
Railway Act, 1890. [Oh. clix.]
Part I. (relating to the construction of a railway) Part II.
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(relating to extension of time) and Part V. (relating to
amalgamation) of the Eailways Clauses Act 1863:
The provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
with respect to the following matters (namely):—
The distribution of the capital of the Company into shares;
The transfer or transmission of shares;
The payment of subscriptions and the means of enforcing the
payment of calls;
The forfeiture of shares for non-payment of calls;
The remedies of creditors of the Company against the share-
holders ;
The borrowing of money ;
The conversion of the borrowed money into capital;
The consolidation of shares into stock; and
The provision to be made for affording access to the special
Act by all parties interested:
And Part I. (relating to cancellation and surrender of shares)
Part II. (relating to additional capital) and Part III. (relating
to debenture stock) of the Companies Clauses Act 1863.
3.
In this Act the several words and expressions to which interpreta-
meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or partially incorporated tion-
herewith have the same respective meanings unless there be
something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction:
The expression " the railways " means the new railways by this
Act authorised:
The expression "superior courts" or "court 6f competent
jurisdiction " or any other like expression in this Act or any
Act wholly or partially incorporated herewith shall for the
purposes of this Act be read and have effect as if the debt or
demand with respect to which the expression is used were a
simple contract debt and not a debt or demand created by
statute.
4.
Subject to the provisions of this Act the Company may make
power
to
and maintain in the lines and according to the levels shown on the
make new
deposited plans and sections relating thereto the new railways and ^dlmnes11
widenings of existing railways herein-after described with all proper
stations sidings approaches roads works and conveniences connected
therewith and may enter upon take and use such of the lands
delineated on the deposited plans thereof and described in the
eposited books of reference relating thereto as may be required
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