London and North Western Railway Act 1893
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1893 c. clxvi |
| Year | 1893 |
[30 & 57 VICT.] London and North Western
[Ch. clxvi.]
Hallway Act, 1S93.
CHAPTER clxvi.
An
Act for
conferring furtliev Powers upon the London
A.D.
i«9S.
and North Western Railway Company
in
relation
to
their
own
Undertaking
and
other Undertakings
in
which they are interested jointly with other Companies
and also for conferring Powers upon the Great Western
Railway Company
the
Shropshire Union Railways
and
Canal Company
the
Portpatrick
and
Wigtownshire
Joint Committee
the
Midland Railway Company
and
the Ashby
and
Nuneaton Railway Joint Committee
in
relation
to
such other Undertakings
and for
other
purposes. [27th July 1893.]
W
HEREAS
it
is expedient that the London and North Western
Eailway Company
(in
this
Act
called
"
the Company")
should be empowered to make the new railways and junction and (New works
deviations alterations and widening
of
their existing or authorised
°
0l"l)an^^
railways and to make the new and alter and stop
up
the existing"
bridle road
and
footpaths and
to
execute
the
other works
and
exercise the other powers
in
this Act respectively mentioned and
to acquire for the purposes of the works by this Act authorised and
for the general purposes
of
their undertaking the lands
in
this Act
also mentioned:
And whereas
it is
expedient that the Company and the Great (Company
Western Railway Company (in this Act called
"
the Great Western Western*'
Company ") should be empowered
to
acquire the lands in this Act Company.)
mentioned in that behalf
:
And whereas
it
is expedient that the Shropshire Union Railways (Shropshire
and Canal Company
(in
this Act called
"
the Shropshire Union Union
Company ") should be empowered to acquire the lands
in
this Act
mentioned in that behalf
:
{Price 3s. 6d.]
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[Oh.
clxvi.] London and North Western
Bailway Act, 1893.
[56 & 57
VICT.]
A.D. 1893.
(East Pier
Stranraer.)
(Plans and
sections
deposited.)
(Superfluous
lands.)
(Llanelly
Station
Ballway
lands.)
(New Street
Station Bir-
mingham.)
And whereas it is expedient that the Portpatrick and Wigtown-
shire Joint Committee (in this Act called " the Portpatrick Joint
Committee") should he empowered to execute the works at the
East Pier at Stranraer in this Act mentioned and that such powers
in relation thereto as are contained in this Act should he conferred
upon the said Committee and upon the Company the Midland
Railway Company the Caledonian Railway Company and the
Glasgow and South "Western Railway Company (in this Act
referred to as " the four companies") and the Town Council of
the Royal Burgh of Stranraer respectively and that the said Com-
mittee the four companies and the said town council should
he empowered to enter into and carry into effect agreements as
provided by this Act:
And whereas plans and sections showing the respective lines and
levels of the railways junction deviations alterations widening and
other works by this Act authorised to be constructed and plans of
the lands by this Act authorised to be acquired and appropriated
and also books of reference containing the names of the owners and
lessees or reputed owners and lessees and of the occupiers of the
lands required or which may be taken for the purposes or under
the powers of this Act were duly deposited with the clerks of the
peace or principal sheriff clerk (as the case may be) for the several
counties within which those works ivili be constructed and those
lands are situate which plans sections and.books of reference are in
this Act respectively referred to as the deposited plans sections and
books of reference :
And whereas it is expedient that the period limited by the
London and North Western Railway Act 1888 for the completion
of the Stand edge New Tunnel by that Act authorised should be
extended:
And whereas it is expedient that further powers should be
conferred upon the Company with respect to the sale or other
disposal of lands acquired by them which are not or eventually may
not be required for the purposes of their undertaking :
And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made as
contained in this Act with respect to the sale or disposal of lands
acquired for the purposes of the Llanelly Station Railway :
And whereas it is expedient that provision should he made as
contained in this Act for the control and management of the New
Street Station of the Company at Birmingham and such of the
works connected therewith as are mentioned in this Act by the
Ashby and Nuneaton Railway Joint Committee of the Company
and the Midland Railway Company (in this Act called "the
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[56 & 57 VICT.] London and North Western [Oh.
clxvL]
Hallway Act, 1893.
Midland Company") constituted under the London and North A.D. I8y;s.
Western Ilaihvay (Ashhy and Nuneaton Lines) Act 1807 and that
the name of the said committee should bo changed:
And whereas by the Midland Railway Act 1890 the Midland (Enderby
Company were authorised to construct the railway therein and in 1!U1C l''
this Act called the Enderby Branch and by section forty-two of the
said Act of 1890 the Midland Company and the Company were
authorised to cuter into and carry into effect agreements with
respect to the joint ownership or construction and to the working
use management or maintenance of the Enderbv Branch and.it is
expedient that powers should be conferred upon the said joint
committee with reference thereto :
And whereas it is expedient that powers should be conferred (Shropshire
upon the Shropshire Union Company for the supply of gas at and supply"
near Ellesmere Port: of gas.)
And whereas by the Portpatrick Railway (Steamboats) Act 18G-1 (Subsmp-
the Portpatrick Railway Company were empowered to build buy or s^^.
hire use maintain and work or enter into arrangements for using and Lame
maintaining or working steam vessels for the purpose of carrying on steiimboat30
communication by means thereof between (amongst other places)
Stranraer and Larne and for those purposes to raise additional
capital to the amount of seventy-two thousand pounds and by
section thirteen,of the same Act the Company were empowered to
subscribe towards such capital such sums as might bo agreed upon
between them and the Portpatrick Railway Company :
And whereas by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways
(Sale and Transfer) Act 1885 the Portpatrick Railway Company
were dissolved and the undertaking of that company was transferred
to and vested in the four companies jointly and it is expedient that
the powers of the Company to contribute towards the cost of any
steam vessels used worked or maintained between Stranraer and
Larne under the provisions of the said Portpatrick Railway
(Steamboats) Act 1864 should be clearly defined as provided by
this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made (Conversion
for converting the existing four per centum debenture stock of the ^kT1^0
Company into three per centum debenture stock :
And whereas it is expedient thai; the Company should be (Application
empowered to raise additional capital for the purposes of this Act oftums-)
and for the general purposes of their undertaking and that the
Company the Great Western Company and the Shropshire Union
Company should respectively be empowered to apply their funds
to the purposes of this Act in which they are interested and that
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