Collie-Narrogin Railway Act 1904 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO TERTIO

EDWARD' SEPTIIVII REGIS;

XXXI.

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No. 16 of 1904,

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a

Railway from Collie to Narrogin.

[Assented to 16th January, 1904.]

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

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

1. THIS Act may be cited as the Collie-Narrogin, Railway Act, Short title.

1904.

2.      IT shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway from Authority to con.

Collie to Narrogin with all necessary, proper, and usual works and struct.

conveniences in connection therewith, along the line described in the

Schedule to this Act.

3.      NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Railways Deviation.

Act, 1878, it shall be lawful for the Minister for Railways to deviate from the line as described in such Schedule to the extent of ten miles on either side thereof.

1904, No. 16.] Collie-Nariogin Railway. [3 EDW. VII.

Power to Governor

to compulsorily pur-	4. AT any time after the passing of this Act, and until 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 twelve miles on either side of the line of railway, and which land 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 favourably reported thereon.
chase land within	expiration of twelve months from the publication of notice in the
12 miles of railway.	Government Gazette declaring the railway open for traffic, the

Purchase money to 5

be determinedON the determination by the Governor from time to time to

underPublic Works exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any land Act, 1002. within such defined limits may be taken under the Public Works

Act, 1902, and the provisions of that Act shall apply as if the land had been taken thereunder, and the amount of the purchase money shall be determined as compensation 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 improvements 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 was taken, and if the railway had not been constructed or authorised.

Governor may re-

quire surrender, 6. BEFORE the purchase money is paid for any land taken

etc., to be made.	under this Act, the Governor may require the claimant to execute a surrender, conveyance, or transfer of the land to the Crown, or as the Governor may direct, free from all encumbrances.
Application of

Viet., No. 26. 60 7. ALL such land shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agricultural Lands 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.

3 EDW. VII.] Collie-Narrogim Railway. [1904, No. 16.

SCH EDULE.

COLLIE-NARROGIN RAILWAY.

DESCRIPTION OF LINE OF RAILWAY.

Commencing at a point in or near Lease No. 151 of Collie River Coal Mining District, on the Collie—Collie-Boulder Railway, about 140 miles from Fremantle, and proceeding thence in a generally Easterly direction for about 40 miles ; thence in a generally North-Easterly direction for about 43 miles, and- terminating at a point in or near Narrogin Townsite, on the Great Southern Railway, about 174 miles from Fremantle, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A., 10,443, deposited as provided for by 55 Victoria, No. 34, Section 10. Total length, about 83 miles.

By Authority ; WM. ALFIES) WATSON, Government Printer, Perth.