Glenelg Railways Purchase Act 1899 (SA)

ANNO SEXAGESIMO SECUNDO ET SEXAGESIMO

TERTIO

A.D. 1899.

No. 726,

An Act to facilitate the Purchase of the Glenelg Railways,

and for other purposes.

HEREAS it has been agreed in writing between Her Majesty's Pleamble.

Company, Limited, that the said Government shall, in the-name and	W Gover~nen t of South Australia and the Glenelp Bsilwuy
on behalf of Her Majesty, purchase, and the Glenelg Railway Company, Limited, shall sell, the whole of the railways, lands, buildings, rights, easemcnts, pr.ivileges, concessions, works, stables, engines, carriages, cars, horses, stock, machinery plant, materials plant, appurtenances, stores, goods, commodities, effects, and things, and all other property of every description (including new rolling- stock constructed and in course of constmction) of the said Glenelg Railway Company, Limited, for the sum of One Hundrcd and Twenty Thousand Pounds cash on transfer and possession, on or before the fifteenth day of December, one thousand cight hundred and ninety-nine: And whereas it is expedient that the said purchase should be completed within the time limited by the said agreement,
and that the said railways and other property, when so purchased,
should form part of the general system of Government railways, and should be vested in The South Australian Railways Commissioner, and managed and conducted by him, the said Commissioner, in like manner, under the like conditions, and with the like privileges as a11 other Government railways, and freed from all obligations to which the Glenelg Kailway Company, Limited, is now subject-Be
it Enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
Parliarnen t of South ilustralia, as follows:

726 l, This

62' & 63' VICTORIE, No. 726.

Tile Glenely Railways Purchase Act.-1899.

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as The Glenelg Railways Purchase

Act, 1899."

Conditione. 2. Upon the completion of the sale and purihage of the said rail-

ways and property-

( a ) The said railways, lands, and other property so purchased shall vest in the South Australian Railways Commis- sioner, representing Her Majesty's Government of South Australia, in like manner and for the same purposes as other railways and property are now vested in the said Commissioner; and shall be managed and conducted by the said Commissioner in like manner, under the like conditions, and with the like privileges as all other Government railways, and freed from all obligations to which the Glenelg Company, Limited, is now subkct:

b ) I t shall be lawful for Her Majesty's Government to close for traffic the whole or any portions of the railway lines now used for traffic by the said Glenelg Railway Company, Limited, and to make such deviations and alterations upon either of such lines as may be deemed expedient by Her Majesty's said Government, and to take all such lands ss may be necessary for the making of such deviations and alterations upon the conditions and in manner provided by the Railway Clauses Act, 1847, and the Lands Clauses Act, 1847, and any Acts amending the same: Provided that no portion of the lines shall be closed for traffic until a statement of the portion or portions proposed to be closed has been laid before Parliament for four weeks without any disapproval being expressed by motion carried by either House:

(c) No rights of pre-emption or otherwise shall accrue to adjoining owners or other persons by reason of the closing hereafter

of traffic on the said lines or any portion thereof, or by

reason of any of the lands uponLor along the lines of the

said railway becoming superfluous lands:

(d) Her Majesty's Government and the said Commissioner shall, in respect of the railways so purchased, be free from all obligations except such as are now imposed upon the said Government or the said Commissioner in respect of Government railways:

(e) Her Majesty's Government and the said Commissioner shall have the right to continue the traffic as heretofore carried on of the said railways in, upon, and along the streets or roads of any Municipal Corporations, and to use such streets and roads in like manner and to the same extent

as such traffic is now conducted, and as such streets and

roads are now wed by the said Company without the per- mission of and without any payment to any Municipal Corporation in respect of such continuance of traffic or use:

(f) The

62O bi 63' VICTORIE, No. 726.

The Glenelg Bailways Purchase Act.-1899.

(&f) The Acts mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall, to the extent therein set forth, be repealed, and the powers and liabilities of the Glenelg Railway Company, Limited, under the said Acts shall cease except so far as might be necessary for the winding up of the said Company.

3. " The South Australian Railways Commissio~~ers Act, 1887," Incolparation.

and all Acts incorporated therewith, and all Acts passed or hereafter to be passed amending the same, are hcreby, so far as the same are severally applicable to and consistent with the provisions of this Act, incorporated and shall be read with this Act.

4. All by-laws, rules, and regulations now in force, or which General bplews t o

may be hereafter made, in respect of Govcrnrnent railways shall apply.

apply to the railways so purchased as in this Act mentioned.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

TENNYSON, Governor.

SCHEDULE.

62" & 63' VICTORIE, No. 726.

The Glmelg Railways Purchase Act.-1899.

SCHEDULE.

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The Adelaide, Glenelg, and Suburban Railway Act, 187 1 .. The whole.

The Holdfast Bay Railway Act, 1878 .................. The wholc.

Glcnelg Railway Act, 1881 ........................ .. The whole.

Glenelg Railway Act Further Arncndme~it Act, 1889 .. .. Sections 2, 3! 4, and 5.

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