Nannine-Meekatharra Railway Act 1909 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO NONO

EDWARDI SEPTI1VII REGIS,

No. 6 of 1909.

AN ACT to authorise the Construction of a

Railway from Nannine to Meekatharra.

[Assented to 6th February, 1909.3

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with

the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legis-

lative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament

assembled, and b y the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the Nannine-Aleekatharra Raihvay Short title.

Act, 1909.

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

Nannine to Al eekatharra 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 Deviatio

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 five miles on either side thereof.

1909, No. 6.] Rannine-Meekatharra Railway. [9 Enw. 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

he determined exercise the power conferred by the last preceding section, any

Act, 1902. under Public Works land 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 com- pensation 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 con- structed or authorised.

Before the purchase money is paid for any land compulsorily quire 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.

Governor may re- 6.

quire surrender,	purchased under the authority of this Act, the Governor may re-
etc., to be made.

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.

Application of 60 7.

Viet., No. 26.

9 En. VII.] Nannine-Meekatharra Railway. [1909, No. 6.

sci-uonurim.

NANNINE - MEEKATHARRA RAILWAY.

DESCRIPTION OF LINE OF RAILWAY.

Commencing at a point in or /war the Nannine Townsite on Cue-Naanine Railway, 310 miles 39 chains 60 links from GeraIdton, and proceeding thence in a generally North-North-Easterly direction for about 24 miles 24 chains and terminating at a point in or near the intersection of High and Oliver Streets, Meekatharra Townsite, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked P.W.D., W.A., 14043, deposited as provided for by 55 Victorite, No. 34, Section 10. Total length about 24 miles 24 chains.

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