Cootamundra to Temora Railway Act of 1890 (NSW)

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No. XIV.

An Act to sanction the construction of a line

of Railway from Cootamundra to Temora.

Majes ty ,
[25th September, 1890.]
W H E R E A S , p u r s u a n t to t h e " P u b l i c W o r k s A c t of 1888 , " a
cer ta in proposed Pub l i c W o r k , namely , " a Line of' Ra i lway

from Cootamundra to Temora , " was, on t he twen ty - seven th day of September , in t he year one thousand eight hundred and e ighty-n ine , du ly submi t ted and explained by the Secretary for Pub l i c W o r k s in

t h e Legis la t ive Assembly, and such work was thereupon referred,
on the mot ion of t he said Minis ter , to t he P a r l i a m e n t a r y S tand ing
Commi t t ee on Pub l i c W o r k s , which Commit tee reported the reon to

t h e said Assembly p u r s u a n t to t h e said Ac t . A n d whereas on t h e twelf th day of J u n e , in t h e year one thousand e ight hund red and n ine ty , t h e said Assembly by resolut ion declared " t h a t it is expedien t t h a t a l ine of ra i lway from Cootamundra to Temora, as referred by t h e Legis la t ive Assembly to t he P a r l i a m e n t a r y S tand ing Commi t t ee

on Pub l i c W o r k s , be carr ied o u t ; and the said resolut ion was
notified in t h e Gazette on t h e twen t i e th day of J u n e , in t he
said y e a r ; — B e i t therefore enac ted by the Queen ' s Mos t Exce l l en t
Majes ty , by a n d wi th t h e advice a n d consent of t he Legislat ive
Council and Legis la t ive Assembly of N e w Sou th W a l e s in Pa r l i amen t

assembled, and by the au thor i ty of t he same, as follows :—

1. This A c t may be cited as t h e " Coo tamundra to Temora

Ra i lway A c t of 1890," and shal l be read wi th t h e " P u b l i c W o r k s
A c t of 1 8 8 8 . "
2. The P u b l i c W o r k more pa r t i cu la r ly described in t he Schedule
to th i s A c t shal l be carried out by t he Secretary for Pub l ic W o r k s , or
t h e M e m b e r of t he Execu t ive Counci l for t he t ime be ing charged w i t h
t he dut ies of t h e said Minis te r . A n d such Min i s te r or M e m b e r shall
for t h e purposes of th is A c t a n d t h e " Pub l i c W o r k s A c t of 1 8 8 8 " be

deemed and t a k e n to be t h e " Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y " author ized to
enter in to contracts , and to exercise all powers, do all acts and th ings ,

and be responsible in respect of all obligations a n d liabilities which can be done or incurred by a " Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y " unde r or

p u r s u a n t to this A c t or t h e said Pub l ic W o r k s Ac t , so far as m a y be
necessary for t h e ca r ry ing out of t he work he reby sanct ioned. T h e
P l a n of such W o r k hereinafter referred to is t h e P l a n m a r k e d " Coota­
m u n d r a to Temora R a i l w a y , " s igned b y t h e Secretary for P u b l i c

W o r k s and counters igned by t h e A c t i n g Engineer- in-Chief for Ra i lways and deposited in t he office of t he said Secre tary for Pub l i c W o r k s .

3 . The cost of ca r ry ing out t he work hereby sanctioned, es t imated a t One h u n d r e d a n d twenty- four thousand five hundred a n d seventy-five pounds , shal l be defrayed from such Loan Votes as a rc now or may hereafter be applicable there to .

S C H E D U L E .

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w e s t e r l y c o u r s e t o Y e o Y e o , a n d t h e n c e w e s t e r l y t h r o u g h S t o c k i n b i n g a l , G u n d i b i n g a l ,
a n d C o m b a n i n g t o T e m o r a , e n t e r i n g t h e l a t t e r t o w n s h i p o n t h e s o u t h - e a s t e r n s ide
b e t w e e n B a k e r a n d S l e i c h e r S t r e e t s , t o t h e t e r m i n u s a t a b o u t t w o h u n d r e d a n d n i n e t y
m i l e s t h i r t e e n c h a i n s f r o m S y d n e y , a n d s u b j e c t t o s u c h d e v i a t i o n s a n d m o d i f i c a t i o n s a s
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