Forbes to Stockinbingal Railway Act 1911 (NSW)

Act No. 10, 1911.

An Act to sanction the construction of a line of railway from Forbes to Stockinbingal; to authorise the construction of the said line on public roads; to amend the Public Works

Act, 1900, so far as it relates to the making

and maintaining of fences along the said line ; to provide for the use of the said line by the Constructing Authority, or by persons authorised by him; and for other purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto.

[7th November, 1911.]

declare that it was expedient to carry out a certain work, namely, the	WH E R E A S in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1900, the Legislative Assembly did by resolution
construction of a line of railway from Forbes to Stockinbingal : And whereas, on the passing of the said resolution, a statutory duty was by the said Act imposed on the Minister for Public Works to introduce a Bil l into the said Assembly to sanction the carrying out
of the said work : Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most
Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­
lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : —

1 . This Act may be cited as the " F o r b e s to Stockinbingal

Railway Act, 1911 . "

Construction, and deposited in the public office of the said Minister.

2 . The carrying out the said work (more particularly described

in the Schedule to this Act) is hereby sanctioned ; and the Minister

for Public Works, or the member of the Executive Council for the
time being performing the duties of the said Minister, is hereby authorised to undertake and carry out the said work, subject to the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose shall be, and shall have the powers and duties of a Constructing Authority within the meaning
of the Public Works Act, 1900.

3 . The plan of the said works is the plan marked "Forbes to Stockinbingal Railway," signed by the Minister for Public Works, and countersigned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway

4 . The cost of carrying out the said works, estimated at two hundred and ninety-three thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence, shall be defrayed from such loan votes as arc now, or may hereafter be, applicable to that purpose, and shall not, under any circumstances, exceed the estimated cost by more than ten per centum.

5 . The said line of railway may be constructed on or along or

by the side of any public road or highway.
6 . Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-four of the Public Works Act, 1900, the Constructing Authority shall not be required or compelled, nor shall it be the duty of the said authority to make or maintain any fence along the said line of railway for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever; but the said authority may in his discretion make and maintain such fence in
connection with the said line of railway as he may think fit.
7 . The Constructing Authority and any persons authorised by him may use the said line, or any part thereof before it is transferred to (the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways, and for that purpose may run thereon any carriages or wagons propelled or drawn

by any motive power.

S C H E D U L E .

This railway commences at two hundred and ninety-two miles thirty-two chains from Sydney, at the southern end of Forbes station, and proceeds south-easterly through a portion of the town and suburbs of Forbes, crosses the Lachlan River, and passes a short distance to the west of the main road from Grenfell, from about two hundred and ninety-nine miles the line passes south-westerly for approximately nineteen miles, crosses Ooma, Pinnacle, and Pack Creeks, and passes about four miles west of Boyd Station, and crosses the Currowong Hills ; thence in following a southerly direction for about thirteen miles it passes approximately eight miles west of Piney Range, and through Pullabooka ; and after crossing Caragabal Creek, proceeds south-easterly for about thirty-eight miles, passes seven miles west or K imbi ; eight miles east of Morangarell, and five miles west	of Tubbal ; for the remaining length of about fourteen miles it follows a southerly course,
and crosses Tunibleton, Congon, and Yeo Yeo Creeks, passes a short distance west of
Stockinbingal and junctions with the existing railway from Cootamundra to Wyalong, about half a mile west of Stockinbingal Station, at three hundred and seventy-five miles seventy-two chains from Sydney via Forbes, and at two hundred and seventy miles three chains from Sydney via Cootamundra; being a total distance of eighty-three and a half miles ; and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the Constructing Authority.

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