North British Railway Act 1901
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1901 c. clxxxviii |
| Year | 1901 |
CHAPTER
clxxxviii.
An
Act to confer further powers on the North British
AD.
1901.
Railway Company in connexion with their undertaking
to authorise the widening
of
portions
of
their Monklaiid
Railway,
and
the construction
of
new railways
to
authorise
the
said
Company to acquire additional lands
and
for
other purposes. [9th August
1901.1
i
RBAS
it
is
expedid that tke North British
Railway
-
\ITHC
Company
(in
this Act called
‘‘
the Company”) should be
authorised
as
in this Act provided-
(1)
To
ilnake
and maiiitaiti widenings
of
their Monkland
R
iilnray
in
the
coimties
of
Lanark
and
TJinlithgo
\v
;
(2)
To
mske and maintain two short railways
in
the royal burgh
and
parish
of
Kirkcaldy and
in
the parish
of
Dysart
in
tlie
county
of
Fife
in
coiinexion with their Edinburgh Perth
and
Dundee Railway
;
(3)
To
acquire additioiial lands
for
the general purposes
of
their untlertttkiiig
;
(4)
1’0
stop up
and
discontinue
so
much
of
the path or way
or
paths
or
ways
in tlie parish
of
Glasgow
in
the counties
of
Lanark
and
of
the
city
of
Glasgow as
is
situate within the
limits
of
the additional lands
to
be acquired by
the
Company
on
the east side
of
and adjoining their Edinburgh and Glasgow
Bailway near Cowlairs East Junction
;
(5)
To
hold
certain
lands which have been already acquired by
the Company
:
And
whereas it
is
expedient-
To
extend the time limited by the North British Railway
(General Powers) Act
1898
for the compulsory purchase
of
lands
and
for the completion
of
Railway
(BO.
1)
described
in
section
4
of
the said Act
;
[Price
2s.
3d.l
A
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[Ch.
clxxxviii.]
North
British
Rni/ion?y
Act,
1901.
[I
Enw.
7.1
AD.
1001;
To
extend the time limited by the West Righlanti Railway
(Loch Fyne Tight Railway) Order
1898
for
the compulsory
purchase
of
lands and
for
the completion
of
the railway and
works
and the pier and
works
described in section
4.of
the
said Order
;
To
revive the powers granted
and
extend the time limited by
the Gifford and Garvald Railway Act
1891
for
the compulsorp
purchase
of
lands
for
the
purposes
of
the railway
by
that
Act authorised
so
far
as the wmc has not
been
aiithoris~rl
to
be ah:inclonetl under the powers
of
the Gifford and Garvald
Railway
Act
1893
and
to
revivc
and
extend the period
extended and limited
bv
the said Act of
1893
for the
completion
of
the said railway
;
To
revive the
pw.ers
For
compulsory purchase
of
lands cranted
by
the said Gifford and Garvald Railway Act
1893
for
the
purposes
of
the
railwag
bp that Act authorised and
to
extend
the periods respectively
hy
that ,ict limited
as
extended and
limited
bv
the
British Railway Act
1896
for
such
compulsory purchase and
€or
the completion
of
the railway
as
a
light railway
in
accordance
wit!i
the provisions
of
the
QiEord and Garvald Light Railway Order
1898
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient, that further and better provision
should be made
for
the appointment
of
spechl
constables to act
in
connexion with
any
mxttor
or
business in which the Company
are interested
:
And whereas
it
iq
expedclient that the Compny should be
empovwecl
to
raise additional cnpital for the purposes
of
this Act
and
for
the genpral purposes
of
their unrlwtakinq
and
to
apply
their fids
to
such purposes
:
And
whereas it
is
expedient that
all
debmturp
stocks
of
the
Company
created or authorised should be ciesiqnated
by
the
same nxme and should forin part
of
North
British
Railway
Debenture Stock
:
And whereas plans and sections
shoainq
the proposed widenings
new railways and works by this Act authorised to be constructed
and
plans
of
the lands
by
t,his Act authorised
to
be acquired and
dso
book?
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
inay
be taken
€or
the purposes
or
under
the powers
of
this Act were
duly
deposited
with
the principal
sheriff clerks
of
the several counties within which
those
works
will
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Railway
Act,
1901.
[Ch.
clxxxviii.]
be
constructed an2 those lands are situate which plans sections and
books
of
rrference are in this Act respectively referred to as the
deposited plans sections and books of reference
:
And whereas the objects aforesaid cannot be effected without the
authority
of
Parliament
:
1May
it
therefore please
Your
Majesty that
it
may be enacted and
be
it
enacted by the King’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
foiloms
(that
is
to say)
2.
This Act =ay
for
all purposes be cited
as
the North British
‘1901.
2.
The
Law19
Clauses Acts the Railways Clauses Consolidation
/Scotland) llct
1845
Part
I
(relating
to
Construction
of
a railway)
Part
I1
(relating
to
extension
of
time)
of
the Railways Clauses Act
1893
and the provisions
of
the Companies Clauses Consolidation
(Scotland) Act
1845
with rcspect
to
the several matters followinq
(that is to say)
:-
The distrihrition
of
the capital
of
the
CQmpmp
into shares
;
The transfer
or
transmission
of
shares
;
The payment
of
subscriptions and the means of enforcing the
The fwfeiturs
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
bond
;
The conversion
of
the borrowed money into capital
;
The consolidation of the shares into stock
;
The giving of notices
;
and
The provision
to
be made
for
affording access to the special
Act
;
and Parts
I
I1
and
111
of
(relating
respectively
to
cancellation and surrender
of
shares
to
additional
capital and
to
debenture stock) as amended by subsequent Acts are
(except where expressly varied by
or
inconsistent with this Act)
incorporated with and form part
of
this Act.
3.
In
this Act the several words and expressions
to
which
payment of calls
;
holders
;
f&D.
1901.
Short
title.
Incorpora-
tion
of
gene
ral
Acts.
Interprets-
meanings are assigned
by
the incorporated
Acts
shall have the
same respective meanings unless there be something in the subiect
or
contcxt repugnant to such construction and
in
the said Acts
incorporated in this Act the
word
‘‘
schoolmasters
”
means clerks
ol
parish councils
or
persons acting
as
such clerks.
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