A Collection of the Public General Acts for the Regulation of Railways: Including the Companies, Lands, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts. 1838-1847. With General IndexJ. Bigg, 1849 - 300 pages |
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Page 105 - Act annexed, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of the Case will admit...
Page 136 - Act, and the Company shall make to the owners and occupiers of, and all 20 other parties interested in any lands taken or used for the purposes of the Railway, or injuriously affected by the construction thereof, full compensation for the value of the lands so taken or used, and for all damage sustained by such owners...
Page 82 - Act shall be so incorporated as aforesaid ; and the word " prescribed," used in this Act in reference to any matter 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
Page 55 - ... and for other purposes as would have been conferred by shares of equal amount in the capital of the company; but so that none of such privileges or advantages except the participation in the dividends and profits of the company shall be conferred by any such aliquot part of consolidated stock as would not if existing in shares have conferred such privileges or advantages. Increase in Capital. (26.) The directors may with the sanction of a special resolution...
Page 91 - I AB do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I will faithfully and honestly, " and to the best of my skill and ability, hear and determine the matters " referred to me under the provisions of the Act [naming the special
Page 97 - I, AB, do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and ability, execute the duty of making the valuation hereby referred to me.
Page 165 - ... at all times charged equally to all persons, and after the same rate, whether per ton per mile or otherwise, in respect of all passengers, and of all goods or carriages of the same description, and conveyed or propelled by a like carriage or engine, passing only over the same portion of the line of railway under the same circumstances ; and no reduction or advance in any such tolls shall be made either directly or indirectly in favour of or against any particular company or person travelling...
Page 177 - ... in any such action, by leave of the court where such action shall depend, at any time before issue joined, to pay into court such sum of money as he shall think fit...
Page 175 - ... the party by whom such arbitrator was appointed may nominate and appoint in writing some other person to act in his place ; and if for the space of seven days after notice in writing...
Page 84 - ... not only on behalf of themselves, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, and successors, but also for and on behalf of every person entitled in reversion, remainder, or expectancy after them, or in defeasance of the estates of such parties, and as to such married women, whether they be of full age or not, as if they were sole and of full age...