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Person, when so removed, shall be to all Intents and Purposes deemed and considered to be in the proper legal Custody for and during the Time of such Removal, and for and during such Time as he or she shall be in the Place to which he or she shall be so removed, in like Manner to all Intents and Purposes as if such Person had continued in his or her original Place of Confinement: Provided always, that the Expenses of the Support and Maintenance of such Prisoners in the Place to which they shall be so removed shall be paid and provided for by the County, County of a City, or County of a Town from which respectively they shall be so removed, as the same were or ought to be paid or provided for before such Removal; and the Expenses of any such Removal under this Act shall be charged and chargeable on the County, County of a City, or County of a Town from which such Persons shall have been respectively so removed, and shall be paid and provided for in like Manner and subject to like Provisions as are contained in an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate the Expenses of conveying Prisoners 1 & 2 Vict. e. 6.

in Ireland.

XX. And be it enacted, That when any Person shall be pro- No Traverse of secuted by Indictment for any Offence against this Act committed Indictment within such proclaimed County, County of a City, County of a allowed. Town, Barony or Half Barony, or other District as aforesaid, such Person shall plead to such Indictment, and the Trial thereof shall proceed, at any Special Commission, Assizes, or Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, or Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the County wherein such Offence shall have been committed next after such Person shall have been committed for Trial or held to Bail, or if such Offence be committed after the Commencement of such Special Commission, Assizes, Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, or Sessions of the Peace, then at the same Special Commission, Assizes, Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, or Sessions of the Peace, unless the Court shall otherwise direct.

XXI. And be it enacted, That the Production of the "Dublin Production of Gazette," purporting to be printed by the Queen's Printers, con- Dublin Gazette taining the Publication of any Proclamation, Warrant, or Notice to be Evidence. under this Act, shall be deemed and taken to be conclusive Evidence, in all Courts of Justice in Ireland, of all such Facts and Circumstances as were or shall be necessary to authorize the issuing of any such Proclamation, Warrant, Order, or Notice; and every such Proclamation, Warrant, Order, and Notice shall be deemed and taken, in all such Courts respectively, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, to have been issued in conformity with this Act.

XXII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be in force until Duration of the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred Act. and forty-nine, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

XXIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

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SCHEDULE to which the foregoing Act refers.

(A.)

Form of Licence to have Arms, &c. in a Dwelling House only.

I A. B., having been duly appointed in that Behalf under an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act for the better Prevention of "Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Ireland until the First "Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, "and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament," do hereby grant to C. D. of [here insert the Name, Description, and Place of Residence,] a Licence to have in his [or her] Dwelling House, situate at

and not else

where, One Gun [or other Arm or Arms or Ammunition, as the Case may be]. Dated this

Day of

(Signed)

(B.)

184.

A. B.

Form of Licence to carry and have Arms, &c. in proclaimed

District.

I A. B., having been duly appointed in that Behalf under an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act for the better Prevention of Crime "and Outrage in certain Parts of Ireland until the First Day of "December One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and to "the End of the then next Session of Parliament," do hereby grant to C.D. of [here insert the Name, Description, and Place of Residence,] a Licence to carry and have One Gun [or other Arm or Arms or Ammunition, as the Case may be,] within the County [County of the City, County of the Town, Barony, Half Barony, or other District, as the Case may be,] of Dated this

Day of
(Signed)

184

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A. B.

Railway Companies may apply to Commissioners of Railways for Extension of

CA P. III.

An Act to give further Time for making certain Railways.
[20th December 1847.]

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WHEREAS divers Acts of Parliament have been passed for

making Railways, and in such Acts respectively certain Periods of Time are limited within which only the Powers 'thereby granted, whether for making the Railways or for the compulsory Purchase of the Lands therein referred to, can be lawfully exercised: And whereas it is expedient that in certain Cases further Time be granted for the Purposes aforesaid: Be it 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, That if any Railway Company or Person authorized by any Act or Acts of Parliament to construct a Railway or any Works connected with a Railway, or to purchase Lands for any such Purpose, desire that the Period limited by such Act or Acts for the Completion of such Railway or Works,

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or for the Purchase of such Lands, be extended, such Company or Time for PurPerson may, at any Time within Two Calendar Months after the chase of Lands, passing of this Act, make Application, in Writing, to the Com- &c. missioners of Railways, setting forth what Extension of Time is desired by them or him, and to what Part of the Railway or the Works or Lands connected therewith, the same is intended to apply, and the Grounds on which such Application is made.

II. And be it enacted, That if it appear to the said Commis- Commissioners sioners that there are sufficient Grounds for entertaining such Ap- may require plication, they shall require the Company or Person making the Company to give Notice of same to give Notice of such Application having been made, by Application by Advertisement, inserted in such Form as shall be approved of by Advertisement the said Commissioners, once in the London, Edinburgh, or Dub- in the Gazette. lin Gazette, accordingly as such Railway or Works or Lands are in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and once in each of Three successive Weeks in some Newspaper published or circulating in each County in which any Part of such Railway or Works or Lands to which the Extension of Time is intended to apply is situated, and affixed for Three successive Sundays on the principal outer Door of the Church or Churches of every Parish in which any such Part of such Railway or Works or Lands is situated; and every such Notice shall set forth within what Time and in what Manner any Person who thinks himself aggrieved by any such proposed Extension of Time, and who desires to object thereto, may bring such Objections before the said Commissioners.

Warrant under

of Purchases

III. And be it enacted, That upon Proof to the Satisfaction of Commissioners the said Commissioners that such Notice has been duly given, and of Railways, by after the Expiration of the Time therein appointed for bringing their Seal, may, Objections before the said Commissioners, and after considering upon Proof that all such Objections, if any, which have been brought before them, Notice has been the said Commissioners may, if they think fit, and upon such given, enlarge Terms and Conditions as they think fit, by Warrant under their the Time for Seal, and signed by Two or more of the said Commissioners, extend the Completion the Period allowed by any such Act or Acts as aforesaid, whether and Works. for the Completion of such Railway or Works or for the compulsory Purchase of Lands for that Purpose, for such further Time as the said Commissioners think fit, not exceeding Two Years from the Expiration of the Periods so allowed by such Act or Acts respectively; and they may so extend such Periods respectively, either as to the whole of such Railway or Works, and the whole of the Lands required for the same, or as to so much of such Railway or the Works, or the Lands connected therewith, as shall be specified for that Purpose in such Warrant.

to be construed

IV. And be it enacted, That when any such Warrant as afore- Acts mentioned said is granted by the said Commissioners, the Act or Acts of Par- or referred to in liament authorizing the Construction of the Railway or Works such Warrants mentioned or referred to in such Warrant shall, as to the Portion with reference of Railway or the Works or Lands described thereby or com- to the same. prised in such Warrant, be construed as if the extended Period or Periods of Time mentioned in such Warrant had been by such Act or Acts limited as the Period or Periods respectively within which the Powers of such Act or Acts might lawfully be exercised, whether for the Construction of such Railway or Works or for the compulsory Purchase of the Lands required for the same, C4 instead

Not to revive

Existing Contracts and No

tices to take Lands to be construed as if this Act had not passed.

instead of the Periods mentioned in such Act or Acts respectively.

V. Provided always, and be it enacted, That this Act shall not expired Powers. have the Effect of reviving any Powers which had expired before the making of such Application, and that it shall not prejudice or affect any Contract or Agreement entered into before the passing of this Act; and where before the passing of this Act any Contract hath been entered into or Notice given by any such Railway Company or Person, for purchasing, taking, or using any Lands which, under any such Act or Acts as aforesaid, such Com. pany or Person is entitled to purchase, take, or use, this Aet, or any Warrant thereunder, shall not authorize any Extension of the Time allowed for the Purchase of the Lands comprised or mentioned in such Contract or Notice; and every such Contract and Notice respectively shall be construed and shall take effect, and the same Proceedings shall be had thereunder, and all Parties thereto shall be entitled to the same Rights and Remedies in respect thereof, both at Law and in Equity, as if this Act had not been passed.

Notices of

VI. And be it enacted, That within One Calendar Month after Warrants being the Day on which any such Warrant as aforesaid is granted by granted to be the said Commissioners they shall cause Notice thereof to be published in the inserted in the London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazette, accordingly as the Railway, Works, or Lands mentioned therein is or are in England, Scotland, or Ireland.

Gazette.

Parties aggrieved by Extension of Time being granted may have Com.

pensation for additional Damage.

Contracts for new Works not to be entered into for a limited Period, except in certain Cases.

VII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That whenever any such Warrant as aforesaid shall have been granted by the said Commissioners for extending the Time within which any of the Powers given by any such Act or Acts may lawfully be exercised, the Justices, Arbitrators, Umpires, or Juries respectively, as the Case may be, who under the Provisions of such Act or Acts shall award or assess the Compensation to be made by any such Company or Person as aforesaid to the Owners or Occupiers of or other Persons interested in any Lands taken or used for the Purposes of any such Railway or Works, or injuriously affected by the Construction thereof, shall, in estimating the Amount of such Compensation, have regard to and make Compensation for the additional Damage (if any) sustained by such Owners, Occupiers, or other Persons, by reason of any such Extension of Time having been granted as aforesaid.

VIII. And be it enacted, That no Railway Company authorized by Act of Parliament to construct a Railway, or any Works connected with a Railway, who had not before the Twenty-seventh Day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven executed any Part of the Works, or entered into any Contract or Agreement for the Execution of any Part of the Works, which they were for the first Time authorized by such Act to construct, shall within Twelve Calendar Months after the passing of this Act enter into any Contract or Agreement for the Execution of any Works so for the first Time authorized by such Act, excepting always from this Enactment Contracts and Agreements for the Construction of Part of any Railway or Works which by any Act shall have been substituted by way of Deviation from any Part of the Line of such Railway as authorized

by

of Contracts for new Works.

by some previous Act, or in lieu of some other Works authorized by some previous Act, and also Contracts and Agreements for the Construction of such other Works as the Company shall be authorized to proceed in constructing by the Consent of the Holders of Three Fifths of the Shares or Stock held by such of the Shareholders of such Company as shall signify their Assent thereto or Dissent therefrom within the Time and in the Manner herein-after mentioned, or as they shall be authorized to proceed in constructing by an Order of the said Commissioners of Railways published in the London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazette, according as the Works are situated in England, Scotland, or Ireland; and all Contracts and Agreements entered into in contravention of this Enactment shall be utterly void and of no effect. IX. And be it enacted, That for the Purpose of ascertaining Mode of ascersuch Consent of the Shareholders as aforesaid a General Meeting taining Consent of the Shareholders of such Company shall be held within Six of Shareholders Weeks after the passing of this Act, of which public Notice shall to the making be given by public Advertisement in the Manner required or usually adopted for advertising the Extraordinary General Meetings of such Company; and a Circular Letter shall be sent by the Post, addressed to each of the Shareholders of such Company, according to his registered Address or other known Address, describing the Portion of Line or Works proposed to be executed, and stating that a General Meeting of the Shareholders of such Company will be held, at a Time and Place mentioned in such Circular, for the Purpose of determining whether a Contract for executing such Works shall be entered into or not within the Twelve Months next after the passing of this Act, and requesting such Shareholder to signify his Assent to or Dissent from the making of such Contract, according to a Form to be contained in such Circular Letter, which Form shall be to the Effect set forth in the Schedule hereto; and such Circular Letter shall request such Shareholder either to return such Form, signed by him, in a Letter addressed to the Secretary of such Company, or to attend such General Meeting as aforesaid, and deliver the same, so signed by him, to the Chairman thereof; and at the Meeting so to be held the Chairman thereof shall cast up the Number or Amount of Shares or Stock held by Shareholders assenting to the making of such Contract, and the Number or Amount of Shares or Stock held by Shareholders dissenting therefrom, whether such Assent have been signified by the Shareholder sending to the Secretary of the Company such Form as aforesaid, signed by him, or by such Shareholder attending such Meeting, and delivering in the same to the Chairman thereof; and such Chairman shall thereupon publicly announce the Number or Amount of Shares or Stock of the Shareholders assenting to the making of such Contract, and the Number or Amount of the Shares or Stock of those dissenting therefrom, and shall state whether or not the Holders of Three Fifths of the whole of such Shares or Stock consent to the making of such Contract: Provided always, that in computing the Number or Amount of the Shares of Shareholders assenting or dissenting as aforesaid no Share shall be taken into account the Holder whereof shall not have paid all the Calls then due by him upon the Shares held by him.

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