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Power to duplicate existing Glanville to Largs Railway.

Power to discontinue

existing Glanville to

remove the same.

The Port Adelaide, Glanville, and Largs Additional Railway
Act.-1908.

said railways and bridge are delineated in the plan deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General at Adelaide, signed "Alex. B. Moncrieff, Engineer-in-Chief," and dated the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight, or as the said railways and bridge are delineated in any plans hereafter so deposited pursuant to any law for the time being in force as to the deposit of such plans: Provided that in case the Houses of Parlia ment are not sitting at the time when any plans and books of reference are deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General under section 9 of "The Railway Clauses Act, 1876," the Commissioner may make deviations under the said section before causing copies of such plans and books of reference to be laid before Parliament, but such copies shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament upon their next sitting.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained in the "Largs Bay Railway Act, 1882," or this Act, the Commissioner may, if he deems it expedient, construct the railway from Glanville Station to Largs Station authorised by this Act by laying down a second line of railway alongside the railway constructed pursuant to the “ Largs Bay Railway Act, 1882," so that the same may be maintained and worked in connection with the railway and works and conveniences connected therewith constructed under the last mentioned Act.

5. If the Commissioner constructs the railway from Glanville Largs Railway end to Station to Largs Station hereby authorised in a position or manner other than the position or manner allowed by section 4 hereof, then it shall be lawful for the Commissioner to discontinue the working of the existing Glanville to Largs Bay Railway, or any part or parts thereof, and to take up and remove the same, and use the materials so taken up and removed as he deems expedient, or sell and dispose of such materials or any part thereof.

Gauge of railway.

Fares, tolls, and charges.

No rights to damages or compensation.

6. The gauge of the railways by this Act authorised to be constructed shall be five feet three inches.

7. The Commissioner may demand for the use of the railways by this Act authorised to be constructed, and for the carriage of goods and passengers thereon and the loading and unloading of goods, such tolls, charges, and rates as are from time to time fixed in manner prescribed by any Act or Acts under which the Commissioner may fix such tolls, charges, and rates in respect of the railways under his control.

8. No person shall have any right whatever to damages or compensation for or on account of any interference with any public or other right of navigation occasioned by the construction or maintenance of the bridge mentioned in section 3, or by the

existence

The Port Adelaide, Glanville, and Largs Additional Railway

Act.-1908.

existence of such bridge; and the power hereby conferred upon the Commissioner to construct and maintain such bridge shall be paramount to any such right of navigation.

In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.

GEORGE R. LE HUNTE, Governor.

THE

The Port Adelaide, Glanville, and Largs Additional Railway
Act.-1908.

Sec. 2.

THE SCHEDULE.

"The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act."

Act No. 26 of 1855-6, being an Act to amend "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act."

"The Lands Clauses Consolidation Amendment Act, 1881."

"The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act."

Act No. 6 of 1858, being an Act to amend "The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act."

"The Railways Clauses Act, 1876."

"The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act, 1887."

"The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act Amendment Act, 1894."
"The South Australian Railways Commissioners Further Amendment Act, 1906."

Adelaide By authority, C. E. BRISTOW, Government Printer, North Terrace.

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An Act to authorise the Railways Commissioner to take possession of certain portions of the Adelaide Gaol Reserve, the Adelaide Park Lands, and the Sewers Yard adjoining the Adelaide and Nairne Railway, and to construct a Railway and Railway Works thereon, and for other purposes.

BE

[Assented to, December 23rd, 1908.]

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as "The Adelaide Loop-Line Railway Short title. Act, 1908."

2. The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and all Acts incorporated. Acts amending the said Acts, or any of them, or substituted for the same, or any of them, shall, so far as the same are severally applicable, be incorporated herewith: Provided that no compensation shall be payable in respect of the portions of land mentioned in sections 3 and 9, or any of them.

3. The South Australian Railways Commissioner (in this Act Commissioner may called "The Commissioner ") may take and retain possession of

1. All those two pieces of land, being portions of the Adelaide Gaol Reserve, described in Parts I. and II. of the Second Schedule hereto, and delineated in the plan referred to in section 4, and therein numbered 1 and 2 respectively; and 11. All

take certain lands.

Power to construct railway.

Gauge of railway.

Fares, tolls, and charges.

Commissioner's powers over lands described.

The Adelaide Loop-Line Railway Act.-1908.

II. All that piece of land, being portion of the Adelaide Park Lands, described in Part III. of the Second Schedule hereto, and delineated in the said plan, and therein numbered 3; and

III. All that piece of land, formerly portion of the Adelaide Park Lands but now in the possession of the Commissioner of Public Works, described in Part IV. of the Second Schedule hereto, and delienated in the said plan and therein numbered 4.

4. The Commissioner, in addition to any railways and railway works now existing, may construct and maintain a railway (hereafter in this Act called "the said railway") from a point on the Adelaide City and Port Railway to a point or points on the Adelaide to Nairne Railway, together with all proper works and conveniences connected with the said railway, as the said railway is delineated in the plan deposited in the office of the SurveyorGeneral, at Adelaide, signed "Alex. B. Moncrieff, Engineer-inChief," and dated the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, or as the said railway is delineated in any plans hereafter so deposited pursuant to any law for the time being in force as to the deposit of such plans:

Provided that in case the Houses of Parliament are not sitting at the time when any plans and books of reference are deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General under section 9 of "The Railways Clauses Act, 1876," the Commissioner may make deviations under the said section before causing copies of such plans and books of reference to be laid before Parliament, but such copies shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament upon their next sitting.

5. The gauge of the said railway shall be five feet three inches.

6. The Commissioner may demand for the use of the said railway, and for the carriage of goods and passengers thereon and the loading and unloading of goods, such tolls, charges, and rates as are from time to time fixed in manner prescribed by any Act or Acts under which the Commissioner may fix such tolls, charges, and rates in respect of the railways under his control.

7. Without derogating from any power by this Act or any other Act or otherwise conferred upon the Commissioner, it is hereby declared that the Commissioner may―

1. Construct and maintain portions of the said railway on the pieces of lands described in Parts II., III., and IV. of the Second Schedule hereto;

II. Use all or any of the pieces of land described in the said Second Schedule for any purposes he deems expedient in connection with the said railway and any other railway or railways under his control; and

III. Construct

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