Southern Cross Southwards Railway Act 1933 (WA)

No. 24.] Southern Cross Southwards Railway. [1933.

SOUTHERN CROSS SOUTHWARDS

RAILWAY.

24° GEO. V., No. XXIV.

No. 24 of 1933.

AN ACT to authorise the construction of a railway from

Southern Cross Southwards.

[Assented to 24th November, 1933.]

E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by

and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows:—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Southern Cross South-

wards Railway Act, 1933.

Authority to

construct. 2.

It shall be lawful to construct and maintain a railway, with all necessary, proper, and usual. works an.d conveniences in connection therewith, along the line described in the sche- dule to this Act.

Deviation. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public

Works 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.

Power to Governor 4. At any time after the passing of this Act, and until the

to purchase com-

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expiration of twelve months from the publication of notice in

of railway.

the Government Gazette declaring the railway open for traffic,

the Governor may

(a) with the object of encouraging the cultivation and

settlement of land, compulsorily purchase any

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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 of any part of the line of the railway, and which land is certified by the Minister for Lands as suitable for closer agricul- tural settlement;

(b) compulsorily purchase any land situated as afore-

said for townsites:

Provided that no land shall be compulsorily purchased under paragraph (a) of this section until the Land Purchase Board has favourably reported-thereon.

5.    On the determination by the Governor from time to Inn=

time to exercise the power conferred by the last preceding Works Act, 1902. precedin under Public c,

section, any 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 compensation is determined under that Act :

Provided that, in the exercise of any such power, or on the acquisition by the Governor within the said period, of land situated as aforesaid for any work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1902, uo 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.

6.    Before the purchase money is paid .for any land corn- it;utirrrsrin.Taer

pulsorily purchased under the authority of this Act, the Gov- 10 be made.

ernor 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.

7.    All such land acquired under paragraph (a) of section i.r.lrer

four shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Agricul- tural Lands Purchase Act, 1909, and the purchase money may be paid out of any moneys authorised to be raised and expended by that Act, or as therein prescribed.

No. 24.1 Southern Cross Southwards Railway. [1933.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHERN CROSS SOUTHWARDS RAILWAY.

Description of Main Line of Railway.

Commencing at a point two hundred and thirty-six miles fifty-six chains on the Eastern Goldfields Railway (Southern Cross-Coolgardie Section) and proceeding thence in a generally southerly direction for approximately twelve miles; thence in a generally south-south-westerly direction for approximately sixteen miles, terminating at a point near location 461, Jilbadji District, as more particularly delineated and coloured red on map marked C.C.E. Plan No. 28959, deposited pursuant to 2 Edw. VII., No. 47, section 96.

Total length about 28 miles,