No. III.
All Act to sanct ion t h e const ruct ion of a l ine
| of Hail way from Culcairn to Corowa. | [6th |
| August, 1890.] |
| WH E R E A S , | cer ta in proposed Pub l i c W o r k , | namely : — " A l ine | of | Ra i lway |
| p u r s u a n t | to | t h e | " Publ ic | W o r k s | A c t | of 1 8 8 8 , " | a |
| from | Culca i rn to C o r o w a " was, on t h e s ix th | day of Augus t , in t he |
| year | one thousand | eight h u n d r e d | and | e igh ty-n ine , duly | submi t t ed |
and explained by the Secretary for Publ ic W o r k s in t h e Legis la t ive Assembly, and such work was thereupon referred, on t h e mot ion of t h e said Minis ter , to t h e P a r l i a m e n t a r y S t and ing Commi t t ee on
| P u b l i c W o r k s , which Commit tee | repor ted | thereon | to t h e | said Assembly |
| p u r s u a n t to t he said Act . | A n d | whereas on the | e igh th | day | of | May , |
| in the year one t housand e ight h u n d r e d and n ine ty , t h e said | Assembly |
b y resolut ion declared " t h a t i t is expedient t h a t a l ine of Ra i lway from Culca i rn to Corowa, as referred by the Legislat ive Assembly to t h e P a r l i a m e n t a r y S tand ing Commi t t ee on Pub l ic W o r k s , be carr ied
| out , w i th | such of t h e modifications | recommended | b y the | said |
| Commi t t ee | as | th i s | H o u s e | m a y | hereafter | de t e rmine . " | A n d | t h e | said |
| resolut ion was notified in t h e | Gazette | on t he t h i r t e en th day of | May , |
| in the said year. | Bo it therefore enacted by t h e Queen ' s Most | Exce l l en t |
| m a y be necessary for t h e ca r ry ing out of t h e work he reby sanctioned. The p lan of such work hereinafter referred to is t h e p lan m a r k e d | " Culcairn |
| Majes ty , by and w i t h t h e advice and 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 P a r l i a m e n t | assembled, |
and by the au tho r i t y of t he same, as follows :—
1. This A c t may be cited as t he " Culca i rn to Corowa Ra i lway
| A c t of | 1890 , " and shall be read w i t h t h e " Pub l i c W o r k s A c t of |
| 1 8 8 8 . " |
| 2. | The Publ ic W o r k more pa r t i cu la r ly | described in t h e | Schedule | |
| to th i s A c t shal l be carried out by t he Secretary for | P u b l i c | W o r k s , or |
| t h e M e m b e r of t h e Execu t ive | Counci l for t he t ime being charged | w i t h |
| t h e dut ies of t he | said | Minis ter . | A n d | such | Minis te r | or | M e m b e r |
| shall , for t h e purposes | of | th i s | Act , and t h e | " Pub l i c W o r k s | A c t | of |
188S," be deemed and t aken to be t h e " C o n s t r u c t i n g A u t h o r i t y " au thor ized to en te r in to contracts , and to exercise all powers, do al l acts and th ings , and be responsible in respect of all obl igat ions and liabilities which can be done or incur red by a " Const ruct ing A u t h o r i t y "
| unde r or p u r s u a n t to th is Act , or the said Pub l i c W o r k s Act , so far | as |
| " C u l c a i m | to | Corowa | Ra i lway , " | signed | b y the | 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 , | a n d deposited in t h e office | of t h e Secretary for Pub l i c | W o r k s . |
3 . The cost of ca r ry ing out t h e work hereby sanctioned, esti
| ma t ed a t t he s u m | of | One | h u n d r e d | and | e ighty-e ight | thousand | s e v e n |
| h u n d r e d a n d sixty-five pounds shall be defrayed from such | Loan |
| Votes as are now or m a y hereafter be appl icable there to . |
S C H E D U L E .
| This line commences at a junct ion wi th t h e Sou thern Bai l way on the south | side |
of the Bi l labong Creek, nea r the Culcairn Stat ion, a t a po in t about three hundred and fifty-six miles from Sydney ; thence proceeds in a s t ra igh t direction to B u r r u m b u t t o c k ; thence to a crossing of t he Howlong and "Walbundry Boads , about t en and a half miles n o r t h of H o w l o n g ; thence passing to t he south of Oil Tree Lagoon, and down "Water
| Reserve n u m b e r two thousand n ine h u n d r e d | and | forty-five | to the | Albury and Corowa |
| B o a d s ; | t hence on the no r the rn side of t ha t road to a point a t N o r t h W a h g u n y a h , | about |
four h u n d r e d and t h r e e and a half miles from Sydney, and abou t two miles to t he east of t he Gove rnmen t township of Corowa, as shown on plan hereinbefore referred to, and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the
| Cons t ruc t ing | A u t h o r i t y . |