PREFACE. THIS Collection of General Railway Acts was first published in the year 1845, and during the forty years that have since elapsed it has passed through several editions, each containing the enactments then in force relating to Railways. The volume now published contains the general Statutes for the Regulation of Railways in England and Ireland in force at the close of 47 & 48 Vict., session 1884, and includes the Companies, Lands, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts, with all the amending enactments complete. The thirteenth edition of this work was published in February, 1875. If the Statutes in whole or in part, affecting Railways in England and Ireland, passed since that date had been annually incorporated in the volume, it would have necessitated the publication of new editions which would have superseded the thirteenth edition, and the purchase of a copy of each edition would have been necessary. The importance of the enactments affecting railways which have since received the sanction of Parliament renders it necessary that a new edition of the volume should now be issued. Several Statutes have been partially repealed or amended, and a reference to the "Register of Amendments" at page xi will shew the particulars thereof; and in the body of the volume, such repealed or amended provisions are printed in italic type with marginal references to the Amending Acts, in order that they may be clearly distinguished from enactments which are This edition has been revised throughout. The object of the JAMES BIGG. March, 1885. CONTENTS. [The letters E., I., G. B., E. & I., and U. K., denote as follows-E., that the act applies to England only; I., that it applies to Ireland only; G. B., that it applies only to England and Scotland; E. & I., that it applies only to England and Ireland; and U. K., that it applies to England, Scotland and Ireland.] Entry, &c., of Seamen (as to Railways) U.K. 270 U.K. 271 Court of Chancery (County Palatine Inclosure, &c., of Land (as to Railways) E. 278 Metropolitan Buildings (as to Railways) E. 283 Local Government (as to Railways) Railway Companies Arbitration .. I. 307 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100. Offences against the Person (as to U.K. 351 U.K. 353 firmation (as to Railways) .. Union Assessment Committee Pier and Harbour Orders Confir- U.K. 370 E. & T. 372 |