Jandakot-Armadale Railway Act 1906 (WA)

WESTERN ATJSTRALTA.

ANNO SEXTO

EDWARDI SEPTIMI REGIS,

xxv.

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No. 25 of 1906.

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a

Railway from Jandakot to Armadale.

[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 Jandakot-Armadale Railway Short title.

Act, 1906.

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

Jandakot to Armadale, with all necessary works and conveniences struct.

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 four miles on either side thereof.

1906, No. 25J Jandakot-Armadale Railway. I-6 EDW. VIT.

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
way.
eight miles of rail-	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 laud 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 eight 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 com- pulsorily purchased until the Land Purchase Board has favourably reported thereon.
be determined

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

under Public Works exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any land 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

require surrender, 6.

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.

etc., to be made.

Application of 60

Viet., No. 26. 7.

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.

6 EDW. VII.] fandakot-Armadale Railway. [1906, No. f.5,5.

SCHEDULE.

JANDAKOT-ARMADALE RAILWAY.

DESCRIPTION OF LINE OF RAILWAY.

Commencing at a point in or near Jandakot Railway Station Yard on Jandakot Railway about 9 miles from Fremantle, and proceeding thence in a generally East-South-Easterly direction for about 11 miles, and terminating at a point in or near Artnadale Townsite, about 31 miles from Fremantle, on the South-Western Railway, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A. 12733, deposited as provided for by 55 Victorim, No. 34, Section 10. Total length, about 11 miles.

By Authority : FRED. WHL SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth.