Beverley-Albany Railway Act 1884 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO OCTAVO

VICTORIA REGINYE

No. 21

An Act to authorise the Construction of a Railway from

Beverley to Albany, on the Land Grant System.

[Assented to 13th September, 1884.

HEREAS proposals have been made to the Government of

Western Australia by Anthony Hordern, Esquire, hereinafter

called the Contractor, for the construction, management, and working,

by the Contractor, of a Railway from Beverley to Albany upon the

Land Grant System ; And whereas the terms and conditions of the

construction, management, and working of the Railway as aforesaid

have been agreed to by the Legislative Council of the Colony, with the

approval of the Governor thereof, and by the Contractor, and it is

expedient that powers should be given to the Governor to enter into

and execute a contract embodying the said terms and conditions, and

to the Governor and Contractor to do all things which are necessary

and proper to be done in respect of the premises : Be it therefore

enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its

Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Council thereof, as follows :-

Short We 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as 'The Beverley-Albany

Railway Act, 1884.'

Interpretation 2. The term ' Contractor' shall mean and include the Contractor

and his heirs and assigns, as expressed in the contract.

Power to

Governor to exe- 3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, acting on behalf of the

cute contract, Colony of Western Australia, to enter into and execute a contract for

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the construction, management, and working, by the Contractor, of a and do all things

Railway from Beverley to Albany ; and to grant to the Contractor the measirry in that

lands mentioned in the said contract ; and to do all the things neces- sary and proper to be done by the Governor as aforesaid for the

carrying intn Pffert of the terms and conditions of the said contract.

4. It shall be lawful for the Contractor to exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges which by ' The Railways Act, 1878,' or by any

tractor to enterPower to Con-

upon lands and

do all other

Act amending or incorporated with the said Railways Act, are or may

necessary things

be vested in the Commissioner of Railways in respect of the survey, the entry upon, and the taking of lands for the construction of the Railway, and to do all things necessary and proper to be done by the Contractor for the carrying into effect of the contract as aforesaid; but subject, always, to the duties, liabilities, and restrictions imposed upon the Commissioner by the said Act or Acts, and subject always, also, to the duties, liabilities, and restrictions imposed upon the Contractor by the terms or conditions of the said contract.

P. NAPIER BROOME,

GOVERNOR.