Perth Railway Crossing Amendment Act 1906 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO SEXTO

EDWARDI SEPTIMI REGIS,

XXXIV.

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No. 34 of 1906.

AN ACT to amend the Perth Rail way

Crossing Improvement Act, 1892.

[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 Perth Railway Crossing Amend- Short title.

ment Act, 1906.

2.	It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Railways to close,	Power to re-ereet
Beaufort Street

take down, and re-erect the bridge erected in Beaufort Street, Perth,

bridge.

under the provisions of the Perth Railway Crossing Improvement

Act, 1892.

3. During the progress of the work, and until the newly-erected Temporary bridge

bridge is opened for traffic. the Commissioner of Railways shall

to be provided.

provide a temporary bridge connecting Beaufort Street with Barrack

Street.

1906, No. 34.] Perth Railway Crossing. [6 EDW. VII.

Perth Tramway 4. It shall be the duty of the Perth Electric Tramways, Limited,

existing rails. Company to remove hereinafter referred to as the Company, to remove the tramways

constructed on the bridge referred to in section two at such time as the Commissioner of Railways may require the Company so to do, and in default the said tramways may be removed by the Com- missioner of Railways, and the cost of the removal shall be paid by the Company to the Commissioner of Railways ; but before the newly-erected bridge is opened for traffic, and at such time as the Commissioner of Railways shall approve, the Company may lay down and construct tramways thereon, and after the newly-constructed bridge is opened for traffic may maintain and work the same in accordance with the City of Perth Tramways Act, 1897.

Perth Tramway	5. It shall be lawful for the Company to lay down, construct,
Company may use

temporary bridge. maintain, and work tramways on the said temporary bridge, but on the newly-erected bridge being opened for traffic it shall be the duty of the Company to remove the tramways therefrom. and, in default, the said tramways may be removed by the Commissioner of Railways, and the cost of the removal shall be paid by the Company to the Commissioner of Railways.

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