Coolgardie-Norseman Railway Act 1906 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO SEXTO

EDWARDI SEPTIMI REGIS,

XXI.

No. 21 of 1906.

AN ACT to authorise the construction of a

Railway from Coolgardie to Norseman.

[Assented to 14th December, 1906.]

E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and I) with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the Coolgardie-Norseman Railway Short title.

Act, 1906.

It shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway from Coolgardie to Norseman, with all necessary, proper, and usual works

Authority to con-

struct.

and conveniences in connection therewith, along the line described

in the Schedule to this Act.

2.

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 ten miles on either side thereof.

1906, No. 21.] Coolgardie-Norseman Railway. [6 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 fifteen 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 com- pulsorily purchased until the Laud Purchase Board has favourably reported thereon.

chase land within	expiration of twelve months from the publication of notice in the
fifteen miles of
railway.	Government Gazette declaring the railway open for traffic, the
Purchase money to

be determined 5.

On the determination by the Governor from time to time to within such defined limits may be taken under the Public W orks Act, 1902,. and the provisions of that Act shall apply, and the amount of the purchase, money shall be determined as compensation is determined under that Act:

under Public Works	exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any land
Act, 1902.
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

require surrender, 6.

Before the purchase money is paid for any land compulsorily purchased under the authority of 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.

etc., to be made.

Application of 60 7. All such land shall be dealt with under the provisions of the

Viet., No. 26. 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.

6 EDW. VII.] Coolgardie-Norseman Railway. [1906, No. 21.

SCHEDULE.

000LGARDIE-NORSEMAN RAILWAY.

DESCRIPTION OF LINE OF RAILWAY.

Commencing at a point in or near Coolgardie Townsite, on Coolgardie- Kalgoorlie Railway, and proceeding thence in a generally Southerly direction for about 107 miles, and terminating at a point in or near Norseman Townsite, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., WA., 12859, deposited as provided for by 55 Victoria, No. 34, Section 10. Total length about 107 miles.

By Authority : FRED. M. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth,