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JURY-Continued.

impannelling of, 215.

to view the place in controversy, 216.
penalty on for making default, ib.

to assess separate sums for the purchase of land, and for drainage,
217.

effect of clause relative to, ib.-See VERDICT, INQUISITION, &C.
special, to be summoned at request of either party, 225.

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power of, to certify that lands have been omitted by mistake, 14.
in petty sessions to consent to deviations, 16.

power of to order other lands to be taken for temporary purposes,

45.

enforcement of order of, ib.

power of to summon landowners before them, 46.

proceedings on application to justices to consent to level crossings
of highways, 65.

appeal against the determination of, ib.

power to order approaches and fences to be made to highways
crossed on the level, 66.

to order repair of bridges, 68.

difference as to accommodation works to be settled by, 73.

power of a justice to settle disputes about tolls, 94.

power of to appoint receivers, 151.

to ascertain damage done to railway by servants of owners of
engines and carriages, 104.

method of proceeding before, in questions of damages, 110.
compensation under £50, to be settled by two justices, 207.
to nominate surveyors, 201, 227.

L.

LADING,

account of, to be given to the toll collector, 93.

LAND,

purchase of by agreement, provisions respecting, 199.
not to be entered on previous to payment of price, 246.
except to survey, &c., ib.

or for the purpose of temporary possession, 40.

or on deposit being made, and bond given, 247.

notice to be given to owners, lessees, and occupiers of, intended
to be taken, on or before the 15th of December, 40, S. O.
Commons.

notice to be given to owners, lessees, and occupiers of, intended to
be taken, on or before the 31st of December, App. 58, S. O.
Lords.
notice to be given to owners and occupiers of, when any part of a
work authorized by a former act is to be relinquished, ib.

LAND---Continued.

general construction of act giving compulsory powers to take, 7.
-See COMPENSATION, WORKS, &c.

compulsory power of taking, 20.

never to be implied, ib.

limit of time for compulsory purchase of, 271.

on default of owner to convey, to vest in company, on deposit
being made and a deed poll executed, 236.

on deposit being made and receipt given, to vest upon execution of
deed poll, 239.

application of money so deposited, ib.

where more than one applicant, 240.

owners of intersected lands may insist on sale.-See COPY HOLDS.
when company may insist on purchase of intersected lands instead
of making communications, 253.

copyhold, conveyance of, 254-256.

apportionment of rents of, 255.-See COMMON LANDS, MORT-
GAGE, &c.

superfluous, sale of, 273---275.
LANDOWNER,

rights of and remedies of, against railway companies, 7--13, 22,
et seq.

when entitled to complain of the unlawful construction of railway
on lands of others, 23.

LAND TAX, 276.

LATERAL DEVIATIONS.-See DEVIATIONS.

LEASE,

statute relating to leases and sales of railways, Add. 97.

exercise of power to lease railway, 100.

powers of lessees of railways, ib.

application of money in respect of, 236.

purchase of lands subject to, provisions concerning, 268, 271.—
See RENT, TENANTS, COMPENSATION, &C.

LEGATEE,

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of railway, powers of, 100.-See OWNERS, LESSEES, AND OCCU-

PIERS.

LEVELS,

limits of deviation from, 18.

LIABILITY,

of directors and provisional committee, App. 12.

of other persons attending meetings, giving orders, &c., ib.
LIST,

of petitions, App. 43.

of shareholders.-See REGISTER.

of assents, dissents, and neuters, to be made, App. 40, 58.
LOANS,

power to convert into capital, 152.

LOCUS STANDI,

before committee on bill, what constitutes, and decisions concern-

ing, App. 92, et seq.

must be alleged in petition, App. 95.

LONDON GAZETTE.---See NEWSPAPER.

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ordinary mode of compelling the performance of act, 13.
general requisites of, 24.

for what defects held insufficient, 13.

will be granted to compel the exercise of the powers given to
companies, ib.

not a good return to, that the thing ordered cannot be done with-
out purchasing land which the company have no power to pur-
chase, 25.

nor that a more commodious road has been set out than that
interfered with, ib.

nor engineering difficulties nor expense, ib.

granted to summon a jury to assess damage for injury done to a
mine by raising the level of a brook, 27.

to sink footpath to the level of carriage road, 53.

will generally contain express directions, and not merely order that
works be constructed conformably to the act, ib.

granted to restore approaches to bridge, 54, 58.

to cause another road equally convenient, &c. to be set out, 58.
principles on which it will be granted, 24.

MANOR,

lord of, to enfranchise copyhold lands on payment or deposit of
compensation money, 255.

MAP.---See PLAN.

MARRIAGE,

transmission of shares by, 132.

MEMORIAL,

to be made on plans, sections, &c., by clerk of the peace, App. 39, 57
of transfer of shares to be entered in a book by the secretary of the
company, 128.

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT,

agreement of to withdraw his opposition to a railway bill in Par-
liament, not illegal, 9.

MEETING,

general, of shareholders, 155.

ordinary to be held half-yearly, ib.

business at ordinary, ib.

extraordinary may be convened by directors, ib.

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MEETING-Continued.

business at, 155.

under what circumstances may be called by shareholders, 156.
notice of, 157.

quorum for general meeting, ib.

forfeiture of shares to be confirmed by general meeting, 143.
chairman, how chosen, business at, and adjournments, 157.
votes of shareholders and manner of voting, 150.

votes by proxy, ib.

of joint shareholders, ib.

of lunatics, minors, &c., 159.

proof of particular majority required only where poll demanded,
159.

MILE-STONES,

to be erected, 92.
MILL-STREAM.-See RIVER.

MINES,

company not entitled to minerals, 77.

power of company to insist on purchase of mines lying near the
railway, 78.

how mines near the railway may be worked if company do not
choose to purchase, 78.

mining communications across railway, 80.

compensation for injury done to mines, ib.

airways and other works made necessary by the railway, 81.
power of company to enter and inspect the working of mines, ib.
if mines improperly worked the company may require means to be
adopted for the safety of the railway, 83.

MORTGAGE,

by company, requisites of, 146.

statutory form of, ib.

not to preclude the company from receiving and applying calls, 147.
mortgage of "all and singular the rates and tolls, and all the
estate right, title, and interest of and in the same," does not pass
any of company's lands, 146.

form of mortgage deed, 192.

form of transfer of, 193.

purchase of lands subject to, provisions concerning, 260-265.
MORTGAGEES,

rights of, 147.

to have access to the account books of the company, 152.
register of, 148.

MUNICIPAL.-See CORPORATION.

N.

NEGLIGENCE.-See DAMAGE and ACTION, &c.
NEUTERS.---See ASSENTS, DISSENTS, AND NEUTERS.

NEWSPAPERS,

notices to be published in local newspapers, in three successive
weeks, in October and November, App. 16.

also in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Gazette, ib.

NOTICE,

to take lands, 205.

requisites of, 42.

form of, Add. cxxxix.

effect of, 204.

company cannot withdraw from purchase of lands mentioned in,

214.

of action to a railway company, 86, 87.

required by the standing orders previous to the introduction of a
railway bill, App. 36, 37.

of forfeiture of shares before declaration thereof, 142.

service of on company, 180.

on shareholders by company, ib.

on joint proprietors of shares, 181.
by advertisement of, ib.
authentication of, ib.

of petition, App. 36, 54.

of petition for additional provision, ib.
of second reading of bill, App. 46, 63.
of intention to summon a jury, 214.

of the time and place of the inquiry, 217.

of presentation of report of committee on bill, App. 51.
of the consideration of it, ib.

of the re-commitment of a bill, 52, 65.

of the third reading of a bill, App. ib.

of bill having been received from the Lords, App. 53.
NUISANCE.---See INDICTMENT, COMPENSATION, &C.

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against provisions of railway act, may be seized and detained by

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of company, regulations concerning, 171.

summary remedies against, 172.

OPPOSITION,

effect of withdrawal of against the bill, 8, et seq.

on the part of a peer or member of Parliament, 9.

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