PART I. PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF PRIVATE BILLS INTO PARLIAMENT. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR ESTABLISHING RAILWAY COMPANIES. Provisional Registration. It has been deemed advisable, by way of introduction to the body of this work (descriptive of the proceedings to be adopted in passing a railway bill through the two Houses of Parliament), to give a brief account of the steps required to be pursued by persons who desire to establish the company in the first instance. The following regulations have been prescribed by the Act 7 & 8 Vict, c. 110, entitled the Joint Stock Companies' Registration Act. b The promoters must, in the beginning, before any publicity can be given to the intended scheme, make returns to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies (according to forms contained in schedule (C) of the said statute-see Appendix), and which must contain the name of the proposed company, the business or purpose thereof, and its place of business (if any). They must, further, give the names of the promoters of the company, their occupations, places of business (if any), and their places of residence. When the name, business, and promoters of the company have been returned, a certificate of "provisional registration" is granted, which enables the company to act provisionally for twelve months. Each sheet required for the return should be signed by one or more of the promoters; and the date within should be that of the period up to which the return is made out.* * Also, either before or after the publication of the prospectus of the intended company, a return must be made (signed by one or more of the promoters, or their registered solicitor, with the date of making the return), stating, 1. The name of the street, &c., in which the place of business is at the time situated. (Form 4 in the list furnished by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.) * For Forms, and full particulars, see Appendix. |