Narromine to Peak Hill Railway Act 1907 (NSW)

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A c t No. 13 , 1907.

An Ac t to s anc t ion t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of a l ine
of r a i l w a y from N a r r o m i n e to Peak Hill ;
t o a u t h o r i s e t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h e sa id
l ine on p u b l i c r o a d s ; to a m e n d t h e Pub l i c
W o r k s Act , 1900, so far as i t r e l a t e s to t h e
m a k i n g and m a i n t a i n i n g of fences a l o n g
t h e said l i n e : to p r o v i d e for t h e use of t h e
said l ine b y t h e C o n s t r u c t i n g A u t h o r i t y or
b y p e r s o n s a u t h o r i s e d by h im ; a n d for
o t h e r p u r p o s e s c o n s e q u e n t t h e r e o n or inci­
d e n t a l t h e r e t o . [23rd December, 1907.]

declare that it was expedient to carry out a cer ta in work, namely , WH E R E A S , in accordance wi th the provisions of the Publ ic W o r k s Act , 1900, the Legislat ive Assembly did, by resolution,

t h e construct ion of a line of railway from Nar romine to Peak H i l l : A n d whereas, on the passing of the said resolution, a s t a tu to ry du ty was by the said Act imposed on the Secretary for Pub l i c Works to in t roduce a Pil l into the said Assembly to sanction the ca r ry ing out of t he said w o r k : Be it- therefore enacted by the K i n g ' s most Exce l len t Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of t he Legislat ive Counci l and Legislat ive Assembly of New South Wales in Par l iament Assembled, and by the au thor i ty of the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the " Nar romine to Peak Hi l l

Ra i lway Act , 1907 ."

2. The car ry ing out the said work (more par t icular ly described in t he Schedule to this Act) is hereby sanctioned ; and the Secretary for P u b l i c W o r k s , or the M e m b e r of the Execu t i ve Council for the t ime being performing the dut ies of the said Secretary, is hereby author ised to u n d e r t a k e and carry out the said work, subject to the provisions of th is Act , and for that purpose shall be, and shall have the powers and duties of a Cons t ruc t ing Au thor i ty within the m e a n i n g of t he Public W o r k s Act, 1900.

Construct ion, and deposited in the public office of the said Secretary.
4 . The cost of ca r ry ing out t he said work, es t imated a t one
3. The p lan of the said work is the plan marked " N a r r o m i n e

to Peak Hill Ra i lway ," signed by the Secretary for Publ ic W o r k s , and counters igned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway

hundred and twenty-one thousand throe hundred and seventeen pounds , shall be defrayed from such Loan Votes as are now or m a y hereaf ter be appl icable to t h a t purpose, or from appropr ia t ions of the

Pub l i c W o r k s Fund, or par t ly from such votes and par t ly from the
said appropr ia t ions , and shall not under any c i rcumstances exceed t h e
es t imated cost by more t han ten per c e n t u m .

5 . The said line of ra i lway m a y be cons t ruc ted on or a long or

by t he side of any publ ic road or h ighway.

6 .    No tw i th s t and ing the provisions of section e ighty-four of t he

P u b l i c W o r k s Act , 1900, t he Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y shall no t be

requi red or compelled, nor shall it be the du ty of t he said Au tho r i t y , to m a k e or main ta in any fence a long the said line of ra i lway for t he accommodat ion of any person or for any purpose whatsoever ; bu t the said Au tho r i t y may, in his discretion, m a k e and ma in ta in such fences in connect ion wi th t he said l ine of ra i lway as he may t h i n k fit.

7 . The Cons t ruc t ing A u t h o r i t y , and any persons author ised

by h im, m a y use the said l ine, or any p a r t thereof, before i t is t ransferred to the Chief Commissioner for Ra i lways and Tramways , and for t h a t purpose may run the reon any carriages or waggons propel led or d rawn by any motive power.

S C H E D U L E .

T h i s t a i l w a y c o m m e n c e s by a j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e G r e a t W e s t e r n r a i l w a y , a b o u t t w e n t y
c h a i n s n o r t h w a r d of N a r r o m i n e r a i l w a y s t a t i o n , a m i t h r e e h u n d r e d a n d l ive m i l e s s ix
c h a i n s n i n e t y - f o u r l i n k s f r o m S y d n e y ; a n d p r o c e e d i n g in a s o u t h - w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n i t
c r o s s e s t h e m a i n r o a d t o B o g a n R i v e r , B a c k w a t e r C o w a l , a n d Y e l l o w C r e e k ; a t a b o u t
t h r e e h u n d r e d a n d t w e n t y m i l e s t h e l i ne c u r v e s t o t h e s o u t h - e a s t , c r o s s e s F i d d l e r ' s a n d
T o m i n g l e y C r e e k s , p a s s e s a b o u t five m i l e s wes t of t h e t o w n s h i p of T o m i n g l e y , a n d
c o n t i n u e s i n t h e s a m e d i r e c t i o n t o P e a k H i l l , w h e r e i t p a s s e s t h r o u g h t h e w e s t e r n
s u b u r b a n l a n d b y r u n n i n g p a r a l l e l t o t h e w e s t e r n b o u n d a r y of t h a t t o w n s h i p ; a n d
t e r m i n a t e s a t t h r e e h u n d r e d a n d f o r t y - o n e m i l e s f o r t y - s i x c h a i n s n i n e t y - f o u r l i n k s f r o m
S y d n e y , — b e i n g a t o t a l d i s t a n c e of t h i r t y - s i x m i l e s f o r t y c h a i n s ; a n d s u b j e c t t o s u c h
d e v i a t i o n s a n d m o d i f i c a t i o n a s m a y b e c o n s i d e r e d d e s i r a b l e b y t h e C o n s t r u c t i n g
A u t h o r i t y .

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