Mining Act Amendment Act of 1902 (2 Edw VII No. 24) (Qld)

8558 FOURTH SCHEDULE. LOCAL GOVERNMENT-MINING. - - - --------------- ---------- Mining Act Amendment AM. 2 Enw. VII. No. 24,1902. distance actually and necessarily travelled by the nearest practicable route between the residence of the Councillor and the place of meeting; and (b) No such payments to any Councillor in auy year shall in the aggregate exceed twenty pounds. 65.-TREE-PLANTJNG. Tree-planting. Planting and preserving trees and shrubs in roads &.nd lands under the control of the Local Authority. 66.-WATER. Watel'supply. (i.) The supply and distribution of water, and imposing fees or charges therefor in ca!'1es where the works for the storage of water have been formed at the expense of the Local Authority, or have been duly placed under the control of the Local Authority. . Pollution of (ii.) Prohibiting the pollution of any river, stream, watercourse, streams. public well, fountain, dam, or other public water, or place for water, Impeding current. within the Area or at the boundary thereof. (iii.) Prohibiting the depo!lit of any matter or thing in any river, stream, or public water, whereby the flow of water therein may be impeded, and compelling the removal of all such matters or things by the owners of land abutting thereon. 67.-WiIARVES. Wharves, kc. (i.) Regulating and controlling the use of such of the wharves, jetties, piers, landing-placeR, waiting-rooms, and other erections as may have been leased, purchased, or acquired by the Local Authority, or as may be already in the possession of the Local Authority. (ii.) Establishing, levying, and imposing tolls, rates, dues, and chargett upon and in respect of steamers and other vessels making fast to, or lying alongside of, or landing or receiving goods or passengers upon or from, or otherwise using any of the said wharves. (iii.) Erecting gates, bars, and other works necessary for the aoUec- tion of such tolls, rates, dues, and charges. (iv.) The management and collectIon of such tolls, rates, dues, and charges. MINING. 2 ECi.w. VII. No. 24. THE MlmNG ACT AMENDMENT AOT OF 1902. An Act to further Amend "The MiningAct of 1898." [ASSENTED TO 26TH DECEMBER, 1902.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative As!?embly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - Short title 1. This Act may be cited as "The MiningAct caonudstruction. Amendment Act of 1902," and shall be read and construed with and as an amendment of " The Mining Act of 1898,"· * 62 Vie. No. 24, swpra, page 6609.

MINING- l~ AILWAYS. 8559 2 EDW. VII. No. 8, 1902. Railwa.1Js .Act .Amendment .Act. ----------------------- hereinafter called the Principal Act. The Principal Act and" The Mining Act Amendment Act of 1901 ,,* and this Act may together be cited as " The Mining Acts, 1898 to 1902." 2. For the purpose of affording better facilities for D~ ainage of the drainage of mines subject to inundation from percola- mmes. tion of water accumulated underground and from other sources, the following amendments are made in Part XII. of the Principal Act :- In section one hundred and eighty-four the words S.184. "from a common source" are repealed, and the words " whether from a common source, or by flood waters or the discharge or flow of waters accumulated in any mine or other place or the percolation of water from any source or in any direction, or otherwise howsoever, and whether from above ground or underground," are inserted in lieu thereof. In section one hundred and eighty-six the word S.186. "flooding" is repealed, and the word "inundation" is inserted in lieu thereof. RAILWAYS. An Act to Amend the Railway Acts in Certain 2 ENdwo.. 8V. II. Particulars. THE [ASSENTE J) TO 1ST NOVEMBER, 1902.] RAILWAYS ACT AMENDMENT B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, ACT OF 1902. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - - 1. (1.) This Act shall be read and construed with and Short title as an amendment of <, The Railways Act of 1863," ., The ~ ~! struction. Railway Act of 1864," " The R(J,ilway Amendment Act qf 1872," " The Railway and Tramway Extensions Act, 1880," " The Ilailways Act (:11888," "The Railways Act of 1688 Ame'ndment Act qf 1896," and "The Railways Acts Amendment Act oJ 1900,"t and may be cited together with those Acts as "The Railways Acts, 1863 to 1902," or separately as "The Railways Acts Amendment Act of 1902." * 1 Edw. VII. No. 10, supra, page 8183. t 27 Vie. No. 8, supra, page 2065; 28 Vie. No. 24, supra, page 2096; 36 -Vie. No. 21, supra, page 2099; 44 Vie. No. 10, supra, page 2104; 52 Vie. No. 8, 8upra, page 2596; 60 Vie. No. 30, supra, page 6097; and 64 Vie. No. 12, supra, page 7366.