45 VICT. CAP. 15. where by way of tion has already been applied in the manner pensation as aforesaid has, before the passing of this Act, been applied in any one or more of the ways authorised by this Act, a resolution may be passed, at money paid any meeting of the persons interested, called by the Commissioners in manner provided by this Act, by such compensa majorities as aforesaid approving of such application. and such application shall, upon the allowance of such resolution by the Commissioners under their seal, be deemed to have been lawfully made under the proauthorised visions of this Act; and the committee or other perby this sons by whom such money has been so applied shall thereupon be discharged from all liability in respect of such money so applied. And the provisions in this Act contained with respect to the declaration of trusts, and the powers and duties of trustees, and the appointment of new trustees, from time to time, shall apply in every case in which such money has, before the passing of this Act, been laid out in the purchase of land. Act. Deposit of orders. Exceptionof the New Forest. 5. Copies of all orders made by the Commissioners under this Act shall be deposited and kept in like manner as copies of an award are by the Inclosure Act, 1845, directed to be deposited and kept. 6. This Act shall not extend to the New Forest. SETTLED LAND ACT, 1882. 45 & 46 Vict. Cap. 38. An Act for facilitating [10th August, 1882.] VII.-IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements with Capital Trust Money. ments au 25. Improvements authorised by this Act are the Description making or execution on, or in connection with, and for of improvethe benefit of settled land, of any of the following thorised by works, or of any works for any of the following pur- Act. poses, and any operation incident to or necessary or proper in the execution of any of those works, or necessary or proper for carrying into effect any of those purposes or for securing the full benefit of any of those works or purposes, namely (inter alia): (XIV.) Tramways; railways; canals; docks. Restriction up of private streets, railways, and tramwayse ELECTRIC LIGHTING ACT, 1882. 45 & 46 Vict. Cap. 56. An Act to facilitate and regulate the Supply of Electricity for Lighting and other purposes in Great Britain and Ireland. [18th August, 1882.] 13. Nothing in this Act or in any Act incorporated on breaking therewith shall authorise or empower the undertakers to break up any street which is not repairable by such local authority, or any railway or tramway, without the consent of the authority, company, or person by whom such street, railway, or tramway is repairable, unless in pursuance of special powers in that behalf inserted in the license, order, or special Act, or with the written consent of the Board of Trade, and the Board of Trade shall not in any case insert any such special powers in any license or provisional order, or give any such consent until notice has been given to such authority, company, or person, by advertisement or otherwise, as the Board of Trade may direct, and an opportunity has been given to such authority, company, or person to state any objections they may have thereto. Compensa. tion for damage. 17. In the exercise of the powers in relation to the execution of works given them under this Act, or any license, order, or special Act, the undertakers shall cause as little detriment and inconvenience and do as little damage as may be, and shall make full compensation to all bodies and persons interested for all damage sustained by them by reason or in consequence of the exercise of such powers, the amount and application of such compensation in case of difference to be determined by arbitration. POST OFFICE (PARCELS) ACT, 1882. 45 & 46 Vict. Cap. 74. An Act to amend the Post Office Acts with respect to the Conveyance of Parcels. [18th August, 1882.] WHEREAS the Postmaster General, with the consent of the Treasury, has made an arrangement with the railway companies named in the first schedule to this Act whereby the Postmaster-General will pay to the said railway companies and such other railway companies as become parties to the arrangement under this Act the remuneration to railway companies for services rendered by them in relation to the conveyance of parcels, and the said railway companies, through the medium of the London Railway Clearing Committee, will apportion such remuneration among the different railway companies, and such remuneration will consist of the sums hereinafter mentioned: And whereas the Treasury propcse, on the representation of the Postmaster General, to make regulations in pursuance of the Acts relating to the Post Office with respect to the posting, forwarding, conveyance, and delivery of parcels, and to provide that parcels of the weights mentioned in the second schedule to this Act shall be carried at the rates in that schedule mentioned, and on different conditions from ordinary postal packets: And whereas it is expedient to make the provisions hereinafter appearing respecting such parcels and for carrying into effect the said arrangement: And whereas the Bill for this Act has, so far as the same affects the railway companies named in the first schedule to this Act, been assented to by them : Be it therefore 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 as the Post Office (Parcels) Short title Act, 1882. Remunera 2. In the event of any regulations being made by the tion to railTreasury in pursuance of the Post Office Acts and pro- way comviding for the conveyance of parcels by post on different panies for carriage of CAP. 74. & 48 VICT. conditions from ordinary postal packets, the following provisions shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have effect: (1.) The Postmaster General shall from time to time pay to the railway companies parties to the arrangement under this Act the amount hereinafter mentioned as the remuneration of all railway companies in respect of the conveyance of parcels by such companies, and the amount so paid (in this Act referred to as the railway remuneration) shall be in substitution for any other remuneration in respect of the conveyance of such parcels, and every railway company shall render in respect of such parcels the services required by this Act, and shall accept the said payment in full satisfaction and discharge for the said services. (2.) The amount of the railway remuneration shall be eleven-twentieth parts of the gross receipts of the Postmaster General from such of the said parcels as are conveyed by railway; Provided that if at any time in pursuance of regulations of the Treasury the weights of or rates of postage for parcels differ from those mentioned in the second schedule to this Act, the railway companies parties to the arrangement under this Act may, by notice under the hand of the secretary to the London Railway Clearing Committee, require a revision of the amount of the railway remuneration, and the amount as determined on such revision shall be substituted for the above-mentioned eleventwentieth parts of the gross receipts, subject nevertheless, in the event of any further change in the weights of or rates of postage for parcels, to another revision on notice requiring the same given either by the railway companies or by the Postmaster General, and so on from time to time. (3.) In the case of a revision the amount of railway remuneration shall be a sum to be paid to the companies collectively in manner provided by this Act, and if such amount is not determined by agreement between the Postmaster General and the railway companies, parties to the arrangement under this Act, the amount shall be referred to arbitration in manner provided by this Act. |