Liverpool Overhead Railway Act 1899
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1899 c. clv |
C62
&
63
VICT.]
Liveipool
Overhead
Railiony
Act,
1899.
[Ch.
clv.]
CHAPTER
clv.
An
Act
to einpo\\-er the Liveq)ool O\-erhe:~d Railway
AD.
I___
199%
Coin1)aiij-
to
taltc
oil
lease
certaiii
autliorisetl
t
raiiin-ays
iii
tlie
tlistrict
s
of
VT‘:~terloo-\~itll-~e~fort~l
mid
Great
Crosby
to
;iutliorise the
cwiistructioii
of
xlditional
tr:iiiiways
niicl
for
other
lmyoses.
[lst
August
1899.1
THERI3AS
under
or
by virtue
of
the Tdiverpaol Overhead
11’
Railway Compaiiy Act
1888
and other Acts the Liverpool
Overhead Railway Company (in this Act called
’‘
the Company
”)
have constructed and are working
by
electric traction an overhead
railway
from
Seafortli Sands Station within the urban district
of
W;iterloo-with-Seafortli
and near the northern boundary
of
the
Liverpool estate
of
the
Mersey
Docks
and
Harllour
Board
along the
castcym
siclc!
of
tlie
clocks
to
Dingle
Stafion
within thc city
of
Li\rerl)ool
ancl
near
the southern bolxutlary of tlic said Liverpool
estate) and
such
railway
is
chiefly
used
for
the
conveyance of
passenger”
:
Ancl
wlierens
by
tlic
~T-:iterloo-witli-Scafortli
Trainwayvs
Order
1898
duly confirmed
11)-
P~rliament the Waterloo-with-Seaforth
Urban
District Couiicil were authorised to construct certain
traiiiivays within their district
:
And whereas
by
tlie Great
Croslty
Tramways
Order
189s
duly
coiifirined by Pnrliament the Urban District Council
of
Great
Crosby were einpo~ercd
to
construct certain
tramways
within their
district
:
Ant1
\V~CWCLS
tho
~K~~IIW:LYS
authorised by the
said
Orders
will
when
coiistructcti
form
a
continuous line
from
Cirpat
Crosl)y
to the
SO
utller11 bo~~ldary
of
Jvaterloo-wi
th-Senforth ne:L1- to the Co1npany’s
railmay station
at
Se,iforth
Sa~ids
and
it woill~1
be
of
plrblic and
local
dvantage
if
tlw
C‘oiiipany
were
empowered
to
take
on
lease
and
to
work the tramways
authorised
by
the
said
Orders
acd
also
to construct the traiii\vays
by
this
Act
autliorised
:
[I’wh
1.q.
9d.I
n
1
[Ch.
clv.]
Liceqiool
Occi*?~cncc!
Railway
Acf,
1899.
[62
&
63
VICT.]
Ani1 whereas the
purposes
of
this Act cannot
he
effectd without,
AD.
1FD9.
-
Short
title.
Incorpora-
tion
of
ge
11
era1
Acts.
rhe
authority of Pariiainent
:
Ancl
whereas plans and sections showing the lines and levels of
tho
Forks
authorisecl by t1ii.i Act
ant1
also
a
book of reference to
those plans wers
cliily
deposited with tlie clerk of the pence for the
CloiintS
Palatine of Lancaster and are in this Act respectively
referred
to
as
tlie deposited plans sections and
book
of
rcfereiice
:
May
it
therefore pleac-e
Your
Majesty that
it
niay he eiiactcd and
be it enacted
by
the Queeii’b
most
Excellent Majesty
1)y
and
with
the advice
arid
consent of thc
Tlords
Spiritual and Temporal
arid
Commons
in
this present T’arliaineiit assemblecl
ailcl
by
the
authority
of
the saini:
aa
follows (that
is
to
sas)
:-
1.
This Act may
be
cited
as
the Lircrpool Overliend Railn-ay
Act
1S99.
2.
The
following Acts and
parts
of
Acts
are
50
far
as
tlie sa1110
are
a1)plicable ant1 except where expressly varied
by
this
kt
incorporated
with
:uid
forin
part
of
this
,\ct (tliat
is
to
saj-)
The
Lands
Clauses
Acts (except the
p~ovisioiis
thereof with respect to
the purchase
of
hiids otherwise than
by
agreement
and
with respect
to
thc
entry
iipon
lands by the promoters
of
the undertaking)
Part
IT
(Colistiwcl
ion
of trrtinwa\
s)
and Part
111
(Gclneral
~)rovisions)
of
tlie Trainways Act
1870
the pvisions
of
the Companies Clauses
Consolidation Act 1845 with respect to the following matters
(that
is
to
say)
:-
Tlie distribution of the capital
of
the
Compmy
into shares
;
The transfer
or
trnnsniission
of
shares
;
The
paginent
of
subscriptions
and
the
means
of
enforcing
the
The forfeiturc of shares for non-payment of
calls
;
The
remedies
of
creditors
of
the Company against the share-
The borrowing
of
money
by
the Company
on
mortgage
or
The conversion
of
1)orrowed money into capital
;
The consolidation
of
shares into stock
;
The
general meerings
of
the
Company
and the exercise
of
the
riglit
of
voting
by
the
shareholders
;
Tlie
making
of
dividends
;
The giving
of
notices
;
and
The provision to be made for
affording
access
to
the special
payment of calls
;
h
ol
cl
ers
;
bond
;
Act
;
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