Gladstone and Laura Railway Act 1882 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO QUIN'1'0 ET QUADRAGESIMO

SEXTO

CTORIB REGINB.

A.D. 1852.

An Act to provide for the formation of a Line of Railway

from Gladstonc to Laura.

[Assm ted to, N a ~ ~ e u ~ t w I 7th, 1882 .]

7 28 it is espcdiciit to provide for the constmction of a Preamble.

plans of the proposed railway, showing thc linc thereof, together W H"nLL .I,inc of Kailway fi.on1 Gladstone to Laurn: And whereas

with t,hc book of reference thcreto, have becn duly prepared and deposited in the offices of thc Surveyor-Gcncral, at iltlelaidc, and signed TT. C. &,is, Eilgincer-in-Chief '-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Provincc of South Australia, with the advice and conscnt of the Xqislativc Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this prescnt Parliament assembled, as follows:

1, l'hc Lands Clrxuscs Consolida.tion Act," and an Act, No. 26 Jn"~~ration,

of 1855-6, to amend The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act," and "The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act," and an Act No. 6 of 1858, to amend " The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act," and all other Acts passed, or hereaft& to he passed, amending the said Rail- w ~ y s Clauses Consolidation Act or Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts, so far as the same axe severally applicable to this Act, shall be incor- porated therewith, and the mid Acts shall be read and cqnstrued accordingly.

2, The Commissioner of Railways, hereiiiaftcr called '' the Power to make

said Commissioner," may malrc a ~ d maintain a line of railway railway.

from Gladstonc to Laura, together with all proper works and conveniencrs connected therewith, as thc snmc is clrlineatcd in thn

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said plans so deposited at the offices of the Surveyor-General, at

Adelaide, as aforesaid, or as may Fe dclincated in any plans which may hereafter be so deposited, pursuant to any law for the time being in force respecting such deposit of the said plans.

R& of speed. 3. Trains on this line, or any line connected therewith, carrying

goods only, shall not travel at a greater ratc of speed than fourteen miles an hour; and trains carrying goods and passengers, or pas- sengers only, shall not travel at a greater rate of speed than twcnty

miles an hour.'

Gauge. 4. The gauge of the said railway shall be three feet. six inches,

and the rails to be used in the constrl~ction thereof shall be of stecl,

and of the weight of not less than fifty pounds to the yard.

Powers of

Commissioner. 5, The said Commissioner may dcmand any tolls for thc use of

the said railway, not exceerling the following, that is to say-

Tolls.	r.	I n respect of the tonnagc of all articles conveyed upon the said railway, or any part thereof, not in this Act otherwisc pas- ticularly specified, the rate of Nincpcnce per to11 per rriile:
For wool, measurement goods, fruit, and ffumiturc, One Shilling per ton per mile:
For every description of carriage: not being a carriagc adapted

and used for travelling on a rah-ay, and not weighing more than one ton, carried or corlveyed on a truck or platform, One Shilling and Threepence per mile; and for any ton or fractional pnxt of a ton bcyond one ton which any carriage nmy weigh, Eightpencc per mile.

for passengers

md cattle. 11. In respect of passengcrs and rnimds conveyed upon the said railway in carriages, whether bclouging to the said Corn- missioner or otherwise, as follows-

For every person conveyed in or upon m y sue11 cani:~ge, b t h g

a first-class carriage, or cornllartrnent of a carriage, Fourpcncc

pcr mile:

For everyperson conveycd in a second-class carriage or com- partment, Threepence per ~nilc :

For evcry horse, mule, ass, or other beast of' draught or burden conveycd upon the said railway, Sixperlce per mile; and for evcry ox, cow, bull, or neat cnttlc so conce)-cd, Twopence per mile:

For every calf, sheep, lamb, pig, or other small animal con-

vcyed in or upon the said railway, OIIL' Halfpenny per

mile:

Provided always) that for every fraction of a mile n full mile may be charged, and that for any shorter distancc than three milcs, three miles may be charged.

Tolls to include use	6,	I n the ssid tolls shall be incluclcd the toll for the use of
of motive power.

thc

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thc carriages, and of the engines or other means used for propelling the carriages on the said railway, and no further charge than is heretofore stated shall be made therefor: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent an extra charge being made for the usc of engines and carliages for special and express trains: Provided also that nothing hereill contained shall precludc private ixldividuals from contracting with the said Commissioner for permission to use their own trucks or carriages upon the said railway.

7. In addition to the prescribed tolls for the conveyancc of Regulation~as to tolls

articles, the said Commissioncr may charge a reasonable sum for loading and unloading: Provided always that the owners of goods shall be at liberty to employ their own servants for loading and unloading, subject to the regulations in force for the time bcing for the working of the said railway.

8, The wcight of all articles, except stone and timber, shall be Weight, how doter-

determined according to the usual nroirdopois weight: with rrspect mined.

to stone and timbcr, fourteen cubic feet of stone, and forty cubic

feet of hard wood, and fifty cubic feet of other timber, shall be

deemed one ton weight, and so on in proportion for any smaller

quantity: Provided that any less quantity than half a, ton may be

charged as half a ton.

Q, Notwitlistandin thc rate of tvlls hereiilbeforc prescribed the Toll8 for scpamtu

said Commissioner may lilwfrilly dcmand the tolls following, for parcels.

small paclragcs and single articles of no grcat wcight, that is to say-

For thc carria,gc of any prtl.ccl not cscccding twcnty-cight pounds

in weight, not exceeding One Penny per mile each:

For any parcel not exceeding fifty-six pounds in weight, not cx-

ceeding Three I3alfpence pcr mile each:

For any parcel not exceeding one It~undred and twelve pouncis in

weight, not exceeding Twopence per mile each; and not

fifty-six pounds in weight: exceeding @m Penny per mile cach fur every ailclitional

For the carriage of any one boiler, cylinder, or single piece of machinery7 or single piece ol timber or stow, or othcr single article, the weight of which shall exceec t four tons, the said Comn~issioner may demand such sum as he shall think fit:

Provided that art,icles sent in large a g g w ~ t e quantities, altllough

made up of scvcral parcels, such as bags of sugar, coffrc, meal, and n

the like, shall not be deemed small parcels, but such terms shall

apply only t o single parcels in separate packages.

10, In all cases where any article, matter, or thing, not being a, Fixed sumpor ton for

small package, shall be carried or conveyed along the said railway 'hOfi'stanced.

for so short a distance that the sum of money authorised by this Act

to be demanded or received for the same shall not amount to the

sum of Thrcc Shillings per ton, the sum to be paid in respect to the

carriage thereof shall be Three Shillings per ton. 11. Owners

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Goods, when to be

removed.	11, Owners or consignees of articles shall remove the same from the station or terminus of their destination on the said railway within twelve working hours after their arrival there, unless such arrival shall be between the hours of four in the evening and seven
in the morning, and in that case every such removal shall be made
within six hours after such hour in thc morning. and in default of such removal shall be liable to demurrage at and after the rate of Two Shillings and Sixpence per ton; and further, if not removed after the expiration of twenty-four hours, at and after the rate of One Shilling per ton for every twentyfour hours or any part thereof: Provided, nevertheless, that if such articles be not removed from such station or terminus of their destination before the end of one week after their arrival there, the sum of Two Shillings and Six- pence per ton per week shall be charged and payable in rcspect of such goods for the warehouse-room thereof.

"ggnge. 12. Every passenger travelling upon the said railway may take with him his ordinary luggage, not exceeding one llundred pounds in weight for first-class passengers, and sixty ponnds in weight for other passengers, without any charge being made for carriage thereof.

of toll~p 13. All tolls, rents, clues, cha~gcs, and sums of money which may

&c.

at any time bc received and levied undcr authority hcrcof, ancl all rents to arise from any lease of thc said railway, shall be, fiom timc to time, in such manner as the Governor may prescribe, paid to the Treasurer for the public purposcs of the said province.

Annual abstract of

accounts to be pub-	14, The said Commissioner s 1 4 on or before the first day of' total receipts and expenrlitnre under authori tv hereof f o ~
lished.	August in every year, prepare an :tnriud account in :~bstract of the

the rail-

way by this Act a;tborisecl to be constructed, from what source soever the same nlay be derived, for and during the preceding year ending the thirtieth day of June, unclcr the several distinct lleails of

receipt ancl esp~ndituir., with ;L statc~nmt of the hdi~ncc of the same account dulv audited and certified by the 'l'rcasurcr, and also	by thc ,4uditor-heneral, and n copy of such account shall be
published in the Gouernment Gaaette.

&em~tionfrommtcg. 15. The railway by this Act authorised to bc constructecl shall bc, and is hcrcby declared to be, exempt from all rntcs and taxes whatsoever, TV he ther local or general.

In the name and on bchalf of Her Majesty, 1 hereby assent to

this Bill.

WM. F. I)RUMMOND JXRVOIS, Governor.