Tramways Orders Confirmation (No.2) Act 1899
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1899 c. cclxxiii |
| Year | 1899 |
[62
&
63
VICT.1
Il'1~~?~nys
O/,dcm
Coi@Tmntiou
[Ch.
cclxxiii.]
(No.
2)
Act,
1899.
CHAPTER
cclxxiii.
An
Act to
corifirin
certain Provisional Orders made
by
the
AD.
ims.
-
Ro;trd
of
Trade
relating
to
Audenslmw
Urban District Tramways Clayton
Corporation
Tramways
Queensbury Tramway and
Southport CorportLtion Tramways.
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L4~g~st
1899.1
ri
1
rainways
Eccles
Corporation Tramways llkeston
ITEREAS
under
the
authority
of
the
33
&
34
Vict.
w
Board
of
Trade havc made the several Provisional Orders set
c.
78.
out in the schedule
to
this Act annexed
:
Ad
whereas
a
Provisional Order made by the Board
of
Trade
under the authority
of
the said Act
is
not
of
any
validity
or
force
\vllate\-er until the confirmation thereof by Act
of
Parliament
:
And whereas
it
is expedient that t'he several Provisional Orders
made
by
the Board
of
Trade under the authority
of
the said Act
and
set out
in
the schedule
to
this Act annexed be confirmed by
Act,
of
l'arliament
:
13c
it tlicrefore
ciihed
by
the
Queen's
most
Excellent Majesty
1)s-
and
w4th the advicc and consent
of
the Lords Spiritual and
rJ.lemporal and Commons
in
this present Parliament assembled and
by
the authority
of
the same as follows
:-
1.
This Bet may
bo
citcd
as
the Tramways Orders Confirmation
Short
title.
(Eo.
2)
Act
1890.
2.
Tile
several Orders
as
amended
and
set out in the sclledule to
Confirmation
t\ris
Act
nunoxcd
sliall be and the same
are
liereby confirmed ancl ail
''';)$;S
in
tllo
1~rovisioiis
thereof
in nianncr
and
form
as
they are set oiit
in
the
sai(1 sclietlulc slid1
iron1
ancl
after thc passing
of
this Act have
full
force
and vnlidily ancl the dates
of
tlie
same
respcctively shall
be
thc
(late
ol'
tlic passing
of
this Act.
3.
The
Yrornoters meiitioned in the said Orders shall not in the
Protection
exercise
of
thc
powers
of
this
Act
or
of
t,he said Orders
purcliase
Of
honses
Of
labouring
or
~xcquirc~
in
any
city
borough
or
other
urban
district
or
in
any
class.
[I'rice
6s.
M.]
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[Ch.
cclxxiii.]
Tramioays
Orders
Coi7JJlirmation
[62
&
63
VICT.]
(No.
2)
Act,
1899.
*.D.
Iso%
parish
or
part of a parish not being within an urban district ten
or
more houses which
on
the fifteenth day
of
December last were
occupied either wholly
or
partially by persons belonging
to
the
labouring
class
as
tenants
or
lodgers
or
except with the consent
of
the Local
Government
Board ten
clr
more houses which were not
so
occupied
on
the said fifteeiitli day
of
December but have been or
shall be subsequently
so
occupied
I€
any promoters purchase
or
acquire any house
or
houses uiider the powers
of
this Act
or
of the
said Orders
in
contravention
of
the foregoing provision they shall,
be liable
to
a penalty
of
fivo
hundred pounds in respect
of
every
such house which penalty shall be nwovcrable
by
the Local
Government Board
by
action
in
the High Court and shall be
carried to and form part
of
the Consolidated Fnud of the United
Kingdom Provided that tlie Court
may
if
it think fit reduce such
penalty.
For
the purposes
of
this section the espression
‘‘
labouring
class
”
means meclianics artisans labourers
and
others working
for
wtges hawkers costermongers persons not working
€or
wages
but working
at
some trade
or
liandicraft witliout employing others
except members
of
tlieir ow11 family and
persons
other than domestic
servants whose incomo does not exceed an average
of
thirty shillings
a
week and the families
of
any such persons .who may
be
residing
with them.
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-
SCHEDULE.
I
LIST
OF
OMDEXS
AUDENSHAW
URBAN
~~ISTR~CT
TRAmVaYs.-order authorising
the
Urban
District Council
of
Audenshaw to construct
a
Tramway in their District
and for other purposes.
CLAYTON
T~A~wai-s.-Orcler autliorising the Urban District Council
of
Clayton
to
construct
a
Triml\vay in their District
aid
for other purposes.
ECCLES
CORPORATION
Tasa~~r~~.--Order
authorising the
Mayor
Aldermen
and
13urgesses
of
the Borough
of
Eccles to work Tramways in tIleir
Borough
and
for other purposes.
ILKESTON
CORPORATI~N
TItAMWAYS.-~rder authorising
the
bIayor
Alder-
men
and Burgesses
of
the Borough
of
Ilkeston
to
coristiuct
Tr:tii~wags
in
tlieir Borough.
QUEENSBURY
TRAMWAI
.--Order nutliorising thc Urban Dibtrict Council
of
Queensbury to construct
a
Tramway
in
their
Dibtrict
ani
for other
pur
poses.
SOUTHPORT
CORPORATION
TRAMWAYSa-order
authorising the Mayor
Aldermen .mtl
Uurpwtb
c
f
the l3ororrgll
of
huthport
to
construct
Tramways
and
for
other yurpores.
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[62
&
63
VICT.]
Il’rrwways
Ordeys
C‘oYz,jirnitcticw
[Ch.
cclxxiii.]
(No.
2)
Act,
1899.
RUDENSHAW
URBAN
DISTRICT.
A.D.
1899.
Pielimizary.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Audenshaw Urban District Tramway
Short
title.
Order
1899.
2.
Thc provisions
of
the Lands Clauses Acts (except wltli
respect
to the
Incorporation
of
Acts.
purcltase and
t,akixtg
of
lands otherwise than
by
agreement and with respect to
the entry upon
Iandn
by
the Proniotcrs
of
thc undertaking) and of the Tramways
are licreby incorporated with this Order except where the saiiie are
inconsistent with or varied
by
this
Order Provided that the provisions of
7
of the Telegraph Act 1878 shall apply (inntcad
of
the provisions
of
section
30
of
the Tramways
Act
lS70)
to
my
alteration
of
or interference
with any telegraphic linc belouging to
or
uscd
by
the Postmaster-General
lhc expression
(’
telegraphic linc” in
this
Order
ha3
tlie sme iner~ning
as
in
the Telegraph Act 1878.
in part incorporated with this Order meanings are assiped havc in this
Order
the same respective meanings
:
ri
3.
The
several word3 terms and expressions to which by tlie Acts in whole or
Interpretation.
Provided that in this
Order-
The expressions
‘(
the tramway
”
ancl
.‘
the undertaking
”
mean respec-
tively the tramway
and
worlm
and
the undertaking by this Order
authorised
;
The expression
I‘
the
dibtrict
”
means tlie
urbm
district
of
Audenshaw
;
The expression
‘I
the council
”
means tlie urban dhtrict council of
The expression
“
mechanical power
‘’
includes steam electrical
and
every
The expression
“
engine
”
includes motor.
Aildenshaw
;
other motive powei not being animal power
;
4.
The Council sliall Le the Promoters
for
the purposes
of
this Order and
ThePromotcrs.
are in this
Order
referred to
as
“the
Promoters.”
6.
The Promoters may-
Landa
by
agreement.
(a)
Subject
to
the sanction
of‘
thc
Local
Governinelit
Board
and
under
such conditions
ns
they niay prescribc from time to time appropriate and
use
for any
of
tlw purposes
of
this Order but Eubject to the provisions
(it‘ any) under which such lands were respectively acquired any lands
not
dedicated to public use from tinie
to
the vested in them being part
of
their corporate estntes
j
(b)
13y
agrecrnent
from
tirric to time 1)urcli:ise and acquirz for the purposes
of
the
undertnhing
such
lands
as
they
may
require and inay
from
ti:nc
to
time sell lct
or
dispose
of
any such hiidri which may not he IICC’?bY;Lry
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