Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Act 1861
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1861 c. clxxxvi |
| Year | 1861 |
ANNO VICESIMO QUAKTO & VICESIMO QUINTO
VICTORIA REGIN.E.
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Cap.
clxxxvi.
An Act for making a Railway from Forres to
Birnam, near Dunkeld, with a Branch to
Aberfeldy, to be called ''The
Inverness
and Perth
Junction Railway;" and for other Purposes.
[22d July 1861.]
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W
HEREAS the making of a Railway from the Town of
Forres
in the County of Elgin, and communicating there with the
Inverness and
Aberdeen
Junction Railway, to the Village of
Birnam near Dunkeld in the County of Perth, there to communicate
with the Perth and Dunkeld Railway with a Branch diverging therefrom
near the Village of Ballinluig to Aberfeldy, will be of great local and
public Advantage : And whereas the estimated Cost of constructing the
said Railway and Branch Railway is Six hundred and fifty-four thousand
Pounds: And whereas the Persons herein-after named, with others, are
willing at their own Expense to carry the said Undertaking into execu-
tion
:
And whereas Plans and Sections of the said Railway and Branch
Railway, showing the Line and Levels
thereof,
together with a Book of
Reference to the said Plans, containing the Names of the Owners,
Lessees, and Occupiers, or reputed Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers, of
the Lands through which the same is intended to pass, have been de-
posited in the Offices, in the Towns of
Inverness,
Nairn, Elgin, and Perth
respectively, of the principal Sheriff Clerks of the Counties of
Inverness,
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The
Inverness
and
Perth Junction
Railway Ad, 1861.
Nairn, Elgin, and Perth respectively: And whereas it is expedient that
the
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
Junction Railway Company, the
Inverness
and
Nairn Railway Company, the
Inverness
and
Ross-shire
Railway Company,
the Perth and Dunkeld Railway Company, the
Scottish
Central Railway
Company, and the Edinburgh and
Glasgow
Railway Company (herein-
after called the "subscribing Companies") respectively should be em-
powered to subscribe to and hold Shares in the said Undertaking as
herein-after provided: And whereas it is also expedient that the Com-
pany herein-after incorporated and the
Inverness
and
Aberdeen Junction
Railway Company, the Perth and Dunkeld Railway Company, the
Scottish North-eastern Railway Company, the Scottish Central Railway
Company, and the Edinburgh and
Glasgow
Railway Company should be
empowered to make and enter into such Agreements and Arrangements
as are herein-after authorized with respect to the working and Use of the
said intended Railway and Branch Railway, and the Regulation and
Management of the Traffic thereon, and the Division and Apportionment
of the Profits arising therefrom: And whereas the said intended Railway
will communicate at JBirnam with the Perth and Dunkeld Railway,
which is at present worked under an Agreement for a limited Term of
Years by the
Scottish North-eastern
Railway Company, and will, in con-
nexion with that Railway and the
Scottish North-eastern
Railway, from
the Junction thereof with the Petth and Dunkeld Railway, form the
shortest and most convenient Line of Railway Communication between
the City of Perth and the Counties of Elgin or Moray, Nairn, and
Inverness,
and all the more Northern Counties of Scotland; and it is
expedient, and will be for the Advantage of the Public, that Facilities
should be afforded for the free and uninterrupted Passage of all the
Traffic of the said Counties seeking to pass by Railway to and from and
beyond the City of Perth, and for the Passage and Accommodation of
the Engines, Carriages, and Waggons passing to and from the said
intended Railway and Branch Railway over and upon the Perth and
Dunkeld Railway, the Scottish North-eastern Railway, and the Scottish
Central Railway, from and to the general Station at Perth after men-
tioned; and Agreements for some of the before-mentioned Purposes
have been entered into by or on behalf of the said Companies, Copies of
which Agreements are set out in the Schedules (A.) and (B.) to this
Act annexed, and which Agreeaiects the Company and the Scottish
North-eastern
Railway Company and the Scottish Centra! Railway Com-
pany are desirous should be confirmed and made binding upon them
respectively: And whereas it is also expedient and will be for the
Advantage of the Public that Arrangements and Agreements between
the Company and the Scottish North-eastern Railway Company, the
Scottish Central Railway Company, and the Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee Railway Company, in respect to the joint Use and Occupation
by them, together with the said Companies, of the general Station at
Perth belonging to the said Three Companies or some of them, and
the
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&
25° VICTORIA, C^.clxxxvi. 2727
The
Inverness
and
Perth Junction
Railway Act, 1861.
the Watering Places, Sidings, Platforms, Booking Offices, and other
Buildings and Conveniences connected therewith, should be authorized :
And whereas the said intended Main Line of Railway will communicate
at the Town of
Forres
with the
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
Junction Railway,
and it is expedient and will be for the public Advantage that Provision
should be made for the joint Accommodation of the Traffic of the Com-
pany hereby incorporated at the Station at Forres belonging to the said
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
Junction Railway Company, and also at the
Station at
Inverness
belonging to the
Inverness
and Nairn and
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
Junction Railway Companies, or One of them; and that
the Company should be authorized to enter into Arrangements and
Agreements with the said other Companies respectively, or One of them,
as herein-after provided, for the Arrangement, Maintenance, working,
Use,
and Apportionment of the said Stations respectively: And whereas
the Purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the Authority of Par-
liament
:
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,)
1.
The several Acts of Parliament following; (that is to say,) "The 8&9Vict.
Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845," "The Lands cc\\7,19\
Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845," "The Railways Clauses 23&24Vict.
Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845," and " The Lands Clauses Con- c
106.
in-
solidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860," shall be incorporated with and
corPora
e •
form Part of this Act.
2.
In citing this Act for any Purpose whatsoever it shall be sufficient Short Title.
to use the Expression " The
Inverness
and Perth Junction Railway Act,
1861."
3.
The following Words, wherever they occur in this Act, shall have interpreta-
the Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the
l™n
of
Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; (that is to say,)
" The Company" shall mean the Company hereby incorporated ;
" The Railway" shall mean the Railway and Branch Railway and
Works hereby authorized.
4.
His Grace the Duke of Athole, his Grace the Duke of Suther- Subscribers
land,
the Most Noble the Marquis of
Breadalbane,
the Right Honourable incorpo-
the Earl of
Seafield,
the Honourable Thomas
Charles
Bruce, Sir Alex-
ander Penrose Gordon Cumming Baronet, Sir James
Maiheson
Baronet,
Sir Robert Menzies Baronet, James Evan Baillie, Cluny Macpherson,
Alexander Maiheson, James Merry, Charles lennox Cumming Bruce,
Alexander
Mackintosh
of
Mackintosh,
Eneas William
Mackintosh,
William
Fraser Tytler,
George
Loch, and all other Persons and Corporations who
have
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