Bridgetown-Wilgarrup Railway Act 1909 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO OCTAVO

EDWARDI SEPTIMI REGIS,

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No. 2 of 1909.

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a

Railway from Bridgetown to Wilgarrup.

[Assented to 16th January, 1909.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament BE it enacted by the King's Host Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and

assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may he cited as the Bridgetown- Wilgarrup Railway Short title.

Act, 1909.

2.    It shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway from Authority to eon-

Bridgetown to Wilgarrup with all necessary, proper, and usual struet.

works and conveniences in connection therewith, along the line

described in the Schedule to this Act.

3.    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public, Works Deviation.

Act, 1902, it shall be lawful for the .-Minister for Works to deviate from the line as described in such Schedule to the extent of three miles on either side thereof.

1909, No. 2.] Bridgetown-Wilsarrup Railway. [8 EDW. VIT.

Power to Governor 4. At any time after the passing of this Act, and until the

to compulsorily pur- expiration of twelve months from the publication of notice in the

chase land within expiration

15 miles of railway. " Government Gazette'' declaring the railway open for traffic, the

Governor may, with the object of encouraging the cultivation and settlement of the land, compulsorily purchase any land in parcels of not less than one thousand acres, each parcel being the property of one person or two or more persons jointly or in common, and situated within fifteen miles on either side of the line of railway. and which laud is certified by the Minister for Lands as suitable for closer agricultural settlement : Provided that no land shall be compulsorily purchased until the Land Purchase Board has favour- ably reported thereon.

Purchase money to 5. On the determination by the Governor from time to time to

be determined	under Public Worksexercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any
Act. 1902. land within such defined limits may be taken under the Public

Works Act, 1902, and the provisions of that Act shall apply, and the amount of the purchase money shall be determined as com- pensation is determined under that Act :

But no regard shall be had to any increased value occasioned by the railway, and the purchase money shall be assessed at the probable and reasonable price Which the land with any improve- ments thereon, or the estate or interest of the claimant therein, might have been expected to realise if offered for sale at the date the land wa.s taken, and if the railway had not been con- structed or authorised.

Governor may re- 6.

Before the purchase money is paid for any land compul- sorily purchased under the authority of this Act, the Governor may require the claimant to execute a surrender, conveyance, or trans- fer of the land to the Crown, or as the Governor may direct, free from all encumbrances.

quire surrender,

etc., to be made.

Application of 60 7.

All such laud shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agricultural Lauds Purchase Act, 1896, and the purchase money may be paid out of any moneys authorised to be raised and expended by that Act, or as therein prescribed.

Viet., No. 26.

8 EDW. VII.] Bridgetown- arr up Railway. [1909, No. 2.

SCI-1E131LTLE

BRIDGETOWN -WILGARRUP RAILWAY.

DESCRIPTION OF LINE Oh' RAILWAY.

Commencing at a point in or near the Bridgetown Townsite, on Fremantle Bridgetown Railway, 186 miles 28 chains 41 links from Fremantle, and proceed- ing thence in a generally Southerly direction for about 22 miles 15 chains, and terminating at a point in or near the Western boundary of P.L. No. 1331/93, Nelson District, as More particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A., 14044, deposited as provided for by 55 Victori,e, No. 34, Section 10. Total length, about 22 miles 15 chains.

By Authority : Fano. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth