Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe Railway Act 1906 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO SEXTO

EDWARD' SEPTIMI REGIS,

XXII.

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No. 22 of 1906.

AN ACT to authorise the construction of a

Railway from Hopetoun to Ravensthorpe.

[Assented to 14th December, 1906.]

and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this presentBE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and

with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1.    This Act may be cited as the Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe Short title.

Railway Act, 1906.

2.      It shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway from Authority to eon-

Ilopetoun to Ravensthorpe, with all necessary, proper, and usual struct works and conveniences in connection therewith, along the line described in the Schedule to this Act.

3.      Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Works Deviation.

Act, 1902, it shall be lawful for the Minister for Works to deviate from the line as described in such Schedule to the extent of ten miles on either side thereof.

1906, No. 22.] Hopetoun-Ravensthoipe Railway. [6 En w. VII.

Power to Governor	4. At any time after the passing of this Act, and until the
to compulsorily pur-

chase land within	expiration of twelve months from the publication of notice in the
15 miles of railway.	Government Gazette declaring the railway open for traffic, the
Governor may, with the object of encouraging the cultivation and settlement of the land, compulsorily purchase any land in parcels of not less than one thousand acres, each parcel being the property of one person or two or more persons jointly or in common, and situated within fifteen miles on either side of the line of railway, and which land is certified by the Minister for Lands as suitable for closer agricultural settlement: Provided that no land shall be compulsorily purchased until the Land Purchase Board has favour- ably reported thereon.

Purchase money to 5. On the determination by the Governor from time to time to

be	determined
der Public Works exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any land

u	n
Act, 1902. within such defined limits may be taken under the Public Works

Act, 1902, and the provisions of that Act shall apply, and the

amount of the purchase money shall be determined as compensation

is determined under that Act:

But no regard shall be had to any increased value occasioned by the railway, and the purchase money shall be assessed at the probable and reasonable price which the land, with any improvements thereon, or the estate or interest of the claimant therein, might have been expected to realise if offered for sale at the date the land was taken, and if the railway had not been constructed or authorised.

Governor may re-

Before the purchase money is paid for any land compulsorily purchased under the authority of this Act, the Governor may require the claimant to execute a surrender, conveyance, or transfer of the land to the Crown, or as the Governor may direct, free from all encumbrances.

quire surrender, 6.

etc., to be made.

Application of 60

All such land shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agricultural Lands Purchase Act, 1896, and the purchase money may be paid out of any moneys authorised to be raised and expended by that Act, or as therein prescribed.

Viet., No. 26. 7.

6 EDW. VIE] Hopetoun-Ravenstkoipe Railway. [1906, No. 22.

SCSI DTJL E.

HOPETOUN—RAVENBTHORPE RAILWAY.

DESCRIPTION OF LINE OF RAILWAY.

Commencing at a point in or near Hopetoun Townsite, and proceeding thence in a generally Northerly direction for about 34 miles, and terminating at a point in or near Ravensthorpe Townsite, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A. 12856, deposited as provided for by 55 Victoria;, No. 34, Section 10. Total length about 34 miles.

By Authority : Pone. Wm. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth.