Blyth and Gladstone Railway Act 1891 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO QUARTO ET QUINQUA-

GESLMO QUINTO

A.D. 1891.

No. 522.

An Act to provide for the formation of a Line of Railway from Blyth to Gladstone, with a branch from

Magpie Creek to Snowtown.

[Assented to, December q t h, r8pr.l

HEREAS it is expedient to provide for the construction of a fieamble.

from Magpie Creek to Snowtown: And whereas plans of the proposed W Line of Railway from Blyth to Gladstone, with a branch

railway and branch, showing the line thereof, have been duly pre- pared and deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General, at

Adelaide, and signed Alex. R. Noncrieff, Engineer-in-Chief "-

Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

l, The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act," and an Act, No. 26 Incorpantion.

of 1855-6, to amend '' The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act," and G The Lands Clauses Consolidation Amendment Act, 1881," and

The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act," and an Act, No. 6 of

1858, to amend The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act," ahd

" The Railways Clauses Act, 1876," and c c The South Australian

Railways Commissioners Act, 1887," and all other Acts passed or hereaftkr to be passed amending the said Railways clauses Consoli- dation Act, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts, or " The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act, 1887," so far as the same are severally applicable to this Act, shall be incorporated therewith,

and the said Acts shall be read and construed accordingly.

2, The South Australian Railway Commissioners," hereinafter Power to masr

called '	L	the said Commissioners," may make and maintain a line of dw?y.
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railway from Blyth to Gladstone, with a branch from Magpie Creek

to Snowtown, tbgether with all proper works and conveniences

connected therewith, as the m e is delineated in the said plans so deposited at the office of the Surveyor-General, at Adelaide, ae aforesaid, or as may be delineated in any plans which may hereafter

be so deposited, pursuant to ariy law for the time being in force

respecting such deposit of the said plans.

8. The gauge of the said railway shall be three feet six inches, and the rails to be used in the construction thereof shall be of steel, and of the weight of not less than fifty pounds to the yard.

qowern of Commis-

sloners. Tolla and 4. The said Commissioners nay demand for the use of the said

ohmgen. railway and the carriage of goods and passengers thereon, and for the loading and unloading of' goods, such tolls and charges as may from time to time be fixed in manner prescribed by any Act or Acts under which the said Commissioners fix such tolls or charges in respect of the railways under their control.

A~~m~riationoftolls, 5, All tolls, rents, dues, charges, and sums of money which may &c.

at any time be received and levied under authority hereof, shall be

from time to time, in such manner ss the Governor may prescribe,

paid to the Treasurer for the public purposes of the said province.

Short title. 6. This Act may be cited as the Blyth to Gladstone Railway

Act, 1891."

I n the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

KINTORE, Governor

Adelaide : By authority, C. E. BRISTOW, Government Printer, North-terrace.