Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1873
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[36 & 37 VICT.] Midland Railway {Additional [Ch. CCX.]
Towers) Act, 1813.
CHAPTER ccx.
An Act for conferring additional powers on the Midland
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Railway Company for the construction of works, and for
the raising of capital, and for other purposes in relation
to their own undertaking and the undertakings of other
Companies. [28th July 1873.]
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HEREAS it is expedient that the Midland Railway Company New rnil-
(in this Act called "the Company") should he empowered ^a}S\-
to construct the new railways in this Act mentioned, to deviate and and widen-
alter certain of their authorised railways, and to widen portions of
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their main line to London :
And whereas it is expedient that the Company should be em- New road.
powered to make a new road in the parish of Skipton, in the west
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riding of the county of York, in substitution for a portion of the stopping up
existing road proposed to be stopped up, and to acquire for purposes of footpaths..
connected with their undertaking certain additional lands, and to
stop up portions of certain highways in this Act mentioned :
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines and levels of V^&1 °
the railways and other works by this Act authorised, and plans
showing the lands required or which may be taken for the pur-
poses or under the powers of this Act, and also books of reference
containing the names of the owners and lessees, or reputed owners
and lessees, and of the occupiers of the said lands, were duly
deposited with the clerks of the peace for the several counties
within which the said railways and works will be made and those
lands are situate, and those plans, sections, and books of reference
are in this Act referred to as the deposited plans, sections, and
books of reference respectively :
And whereas it is expedient that the time limited by the Midland Extension of
Railway (Additional Powers) Act, 1870, section 33, for the con- d
struction of the railways and works authorised by the Midland Carlisle"11
Railway (Settle to Carlisle) Act, 1866, should be extended :
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[Ch. ccx.] Midland Hallway {Additional [36 & 37 VICT.]
Powers) Act, 1873.
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Subscrip-
tion.
Severn
Bridge Rail-
way Com-
pany.
Agreement
with Wol-
verhampton,
Walsall, &c.
Company.
Agreements
with Great
Eastern and
Tottenham
and Hamp-
stead Com-
panies.
Additional
capital.
And whereas by the Severn Bridge Railway Act, 1872, the
Severn Bridge Railway Company (in this Act called " the Severn
Bridge Company ") was incorporated, with power to construct the
railways and works therein mentioned, and the Company and
certain other companies therein named were empowered (section 71)
to enter into working and traffic agreements with the Severn Bridge
Company, and the Company and the Great Western Railway
Company were also empowered in the event of their subscribing
to the capital of the Severn Bridge Company to the extent therein
named to appoint directors of that Company, and to run over, work,
and use the railways thereby authorised; and it is expedient that
the Company should be empowered to subscribe to the capital of
the Severn Bridge Company:
And whereas by the Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Midland
Junction Railway Act, 1872, the Wolverhampton, Walsall, and
Midland Junction Railway Company (in this Act called (< the Wol-
verhampton Company ") was incorporated, with power to construct
railways to connect the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway with
the Midland Railway and the South Staffordshire Railway, and the
Wolverhampton Company and the Company were empowered to
enter into working agreements ; and it is expedient that so much
of the working agreement which has been entered into between the
said two Companies as is set forth in the first schedule to this Act
should be confirmed :
And whereas under or by virtue of the existing Acts relating to
the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Company (in this
Act called "the Tottenham Company"), the Company and the
Great Eastern Railway Company (in this Act called "the Great
Eastern Company") have subscribed to and taken shares in the
undertaking of the Tottenham Company, and have appointed
directors of that company; and it is expedient that so much of the
agreement which has been entered into between the Company the
Great Eastern Company, and the Tottenham Company as is set
forth in the second schedule to this Act, and also the supplemental
agreement entered into between those companies which is set forth
in the same schedule, should respectively be confirmed:
And whereas it is expedient that the Company should be em-
powered to raise additional capital for the purposes of the railways
and works by this Act authorised, and for the other objects sought
to be effected thereby, and also for the making and enlargement of
stations, sidings, warehouses, engine sheds, workshops, coal yards
and drops, and other works and conveniences for the accommodation
of the greatly increased and increasing traffic on their railway, and
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[36 & 37 VICT.'J Midland Railway {Additional [Ch. CCX.]
Powers) Act, 1873.
for completing the purchase of lands and buildings for any of the
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above-mentioned purposes, and for providing additional plant and
rolling stock, and for the general purposes of their undertaking:
And whereas it is expedient that some of the powers and pro- Amcndmoni;
visions of the existing Acts relating to the Company should he of Acts-
altered, amended, extended, and enlarged, and that such further
powers should be granted to the Company as are herein-after
mentioned:
And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be effected 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 :
1.
This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Midland Railway Short title,
(Additional Powers) Act, 1873.
2.
The following Acts and parts of Acts are, except where
Provisions of
expressly varied by this Act, incorporated with and form part of
pne.ral
A-cts
this Act; (that is to say,) named in-
The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts, 1845, 1860, and 1869; corporated.
The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845;
Part I. (relating to the construction of a railway) and Part II.
(relating to extension of time) of the Railways Clauses Act,
1863;
The provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 18453
with respect to the following matters ; namely,
The transfer and transmission of shares;
The payment of subscriptions, and the means of enforcing
the payment of calls ;
The forfeiture of shares for nonpayment of calls;
The remedies of creditors of the Company against the share-
holders ;
The borrowing of money by the Company on mortgage or
bond;
The conversion of borrowed money into capital;
The consolidation of shares into stock;
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.
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