extend a copy of such special Act so printed as aforesaid; Sect. 150. and the said clerks of the peace shall receive, and they and the company respectively shall retain, the said copies of the special Act, and shall permit all persons interested to inspect the same, and make extracts or copies therefrom, in the like manner, and upon the like terms, and under the like penalty for default, as is provided in the case of certain plans and sections by an Act passed in the first year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to compel clerks of the 7 Will. 4, peace for counties and other persons to take the custody of such documents as shall be directed to be deposited with them under the standing orders of either House of Parliament. (a) Sections 150, 151. (b) See "Definition," section 3, ante, p. 5. and 1 Vict. c. 83. company 151. If the company shall fail to keep or deposit as herein- Penalty on before mentioned, any of the said copies of the special Act, failing to they shall forfeit twenty pounds for every such offence, and keep or also five pounds for every day afterwards during which such deposit. copy shall be not so kept or deposited. 152. And be it enacted that this Act shall not extend to Act not to Scotland. extend to Scotland. 153. [And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended Act or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present session of may be Parliament.] Repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1875. amended this session. Sched A. I SCHEDULES referred to in the foregoing Act. of SCHEDULE (A.) Form of Conveyance. in consideration of the sum of paid to me [or, as the case may be, into the Bank of England [or Bank of Ireland], in the name and with the privity of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, ex parte "the promoters of the undertaking" [naming them], or to A. B. of and C. D. of two trustees appointed to receive the same], pursuant to the [here name the special Act], by the [here name the company or other promoters of the undertaking], incorporated [or constituted] by the said Act, do hereby convey to the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns all [describing the premises to be conveyed], together with all ways, rights, and appurtenances thereto belonging, and all such estate, right, title, and interest in and to the same as I am or shall become seised or possessed of, or am by the said Act empowered to convey, to hold the premises to the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, for ever, according to the true intent and meaning of the said Act. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day of in the year of our Lord of SCHEDULE (B.) Form of Conveyance on Chief Rent. I in consideration of the rent-charge to be paid to me, my heirs and assigns, as hereinafter mentioned, by "the promoters of the undertaking" [naming them], incorporated [or constituted] by virtue of the [here name the special Act], do hereby convey to the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, all [describing the premises to be conveyed], together with all ways, rights, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and all my estate, right, title, and interest in and to the same and every part thereof, to hold the said premises to the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, for ever, according to the true intent and meaning of the said Act, they the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, yielding and paying unto me, my heirs and assigns, one clear yearly rent Sched. C. of by equal quarterly [or half-yearly, as agreed upon], portions, henceforth, on the [stating the days], clear of all taxes and deductions. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, the Lord day of in the year of our As to these forms of conveyance, see section 82, ante, p. 116. day of Be it remembered, that on the year of our Lord in the A. B. is convicted before us C., D., two of Her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of [here describe the offence generally, and the time and place when and where committed], contrary to the [here name the special Act]. Given under our hands and seals, the day and year first above written. C., D. This is the schedule referred to in section 144, which section with this schedule was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1892. See note to section 136. 1845. 8 & 9 VICT. c. 20. An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorising the making of Railways. [8th May, 1845.] Sect. 1. [Whereas it is expedient to comprise in one general Act sundry provisions usually introduced into Acts of Parliament authorising the construction of railways, and that as well for the purpose of avoiding the necessity of repeating such provisions in each of the several Acts relating to such undertakings as for ensuring greater uniformity in the provisions themselves: and whereas a Bill is now pending in Parliament, intituled An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorising the taking of Lands for Undertakings of a public Nature, and which is intended to be called "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845:" May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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 the present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that] (a) this Act shall apply to every Operation of this Act railway which shall by any Act which shall hereafter be passed be authorised to be constructed, and this Act shall be railways. incorporated with such Act; and all the clauses and provisions of this Act, save so far as they shall be expressly varied or excepted by any such Act, shall apply to the undertaking authorised thereby, so far as the same shall be applicable to such undertaking, and shall, as well as the clauses and provisions of every other Act which shall be incorporated with such Act, form part of such Act, and be construed together therewith as forming one Act. confined to future (a) The recital has been repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, As to incorporation, see section 5 of this Act, and cf. sections 1 1891. and 5, ante, pp. 1 and 10, of the Lands Clauses Act, 1845, and see the notes Sect. 1. to these sections and section 80 of that Act, ante, p. 195. tations in And with respect to the construction of this Act and of Interpreother Acts to be incorporated therewith, be it enacted as this Act: follows:(a) Act:" scribed: " 2. The expression "the Special Act," used in this Act, "Special shall be construed to mean any Act which shall be hereafter passed authorising the construction of a railway, and with which this Act shall be so incorporated as aforesaid; and the word "prescribed," used in this Act in reference to any "prematter herein stated, shall be construed to refer to such matter as the same shall be prescribed or provided for in the special Act; and the sentence in which such word shall occur shall be construed as if, instead of the word "prescribed," the expression "prescribed for that purpose in the special Act" had been used; and the expression "the lands" "the shall mean the lands which shall by the special Act be authorised to be taken or used for the purposes thereof; and the expression "the undertaking" shall mean the railway and underworks, of whatever description, by the special Act authorised taking." to be executed. (a) This heading includes sections 2-5. Compare this section with the similar provisions in section 2 of the Lands Clauses Act, 1845, ante, p. 4. lands: " "the tations in 3. The following words and expressions, both in this and Interprethe special Act, shall have the meanings hereby assigned to this and them, unless there be something in the subject or context the special repugnant to such construction; (that is to say,) Act. Words importing the singular number only shall include Number: the plural number; and words importing the plural number only shall include also the singular number :(a) Words importing the masculine gender only shall include Gender: females :(a) The word "lands" shall include messuages, lands, tene- "Lands: " ments, and hereditaments of any tenure :(a) |