The Laura to Booleroo Centre Railway Act 1907 (SA)

ANNO SEPTIMO

EDWARDI V11 REGIS.

No. 941.

An Act to provide for the Constructioi~ of a Railway from

Laura to Booleroo Centre, via Wirrabara, and

for other purposes.

[Assented f o, Decetnbw z~s t, 1907.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

]B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

follows:

l, This Act may be cited as " The Laura to Booleroo Centre short title and

Railway Act, 1907," and the District Councils Act and the Acts inoO~mtiOn-

mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, so far as the same are

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severally applicable, shall be incorporated here with.

2, In this Act, except where the subject-matter, or context, or

other provisions hereof require n different constnlction-

Commissioner " shall mean the South Australian Nailways Com-

missioner:

" Cost of the railway " shall mean and include-

I. The cost of constructing the railway:

I [. The cost of purchasing or otherwise acquiring the land

required for the railway, and of compensating persons interested in such land or injuriously affected by the con- struction:

111. The cost of such additional rolling-stock (if any) as may be

considered requisite' for the railway:

rv. Other incidental expenses (if any) in respect of the above-

mentioned matters: Council "

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Council " shd l mean The District Council of Port Germein:

District " shall mean the District of Port Germein as constituted

and defined under the District Councils Act:

" Railway " shall niean the railway to be constructed in pursuance

of this Act:

" Railway District " shall mean the Railway District constituted

by this Act:

Ratepayer" shall mean a ratepayer within the meaning of the

District Councils Act:

The District Councils Act " shall mean " The Ilistrict Councils Act, 1887," and all Acts amending the same or substituted therefor:

Year " shall mean a year ending on the thirtieth day of June.

Power to construct 3, Subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, the Corn-

railway.	missioner may construct and maintain a railway from Laura to Booleroo Centre via Wirrabara, together with all proper works and conveniences connected therewith, as the said railway is delineated in the plan deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General, at Adelaide, on the twenty-first day of November, one thousmd nine hundred and seven, and in the plan in the Fifth Schedule hereto, or as may be delineated in any plans that may hereafter be so deposited, pursuant to any law for the time being in force as to the deposit of such plans: l'rovided that in case the Houses of Parlia- ment shall not be sitting when any plans and books of reference shall be deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General under section 9 of The Railway Clauses Act, 1876," the Commissioner may make deviations under the said section before causing copies of the plans and books of reference to be laid before Parliament, but such copies shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament upon their next
sitting.
Tenders to be colled	4, ?'he C'ommissioner shall call for public tenders for the con- struction of the railway, t,o be sent in within such time, to such place, and under such terms, conditions, and provisions as he may deern advisable, and may accept or reject any tender.
for.

Power to conrtruct	6, The Commissioner may construct the railway although no
tender a2cepted.

tailwas though no tender therefor shall have been accepted.

The gauge of the railway shall be three feet six inches, and the rails to be used in the construction thereof shall be of iron or steel, and of the weight of not less than forty pounds to the yard. The total cost of the railway, including rolling-stock, shall not exceed Eighty-two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds.

6,

Gauge, &C., of

railwtry.

Farea, tolIe, and	7, The Commissioner may demand for the use of the railway, and in respect thereof, and for the carriage of goods and passengers thereon, and for the loading and unloading of goode, such fares, tolls,
cbargea.

and

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and charges as may from time to time be fixed in manner prescribed by any Act or Acts under which the Commissioner may fix such fares, tolls, or charges in respect of the railways under his control.

8, Subject to the provisions of this Act, all fares, tolls, rents, dues, Appropriation

charges, and sums of mouey which may at any time be received and faq	to1lo, &Q.
levied under authority hereof shall be from time to time, in such manner as the Governor may prescribe, paid to the Treasurer for the public purposes of the said State.

9, The area of land defined in the plan in the Fifth Schedule Conetitution ofthe

hereto, and comprised within the blue line shown on such plan, is ~ ~ ~ e a $ ~ ~ P *	hereby constituted a Railway District for the purposes of this Act, and Dietriot.
shall be called The Laura and Booleroo Centre Railway District."

10. Within three months from the passing of this Act the question ~, ~ t i, ~ to be ,,b.

whether the railway shall be constructed in pursuance of this Act m'tted poll

ratepayera.

shall be submitted by the Council to a poll of the ratepayers within the District who arc assessed in respect of the land within the Railway District. A poll in pursuance of this section shall be valid although taken after the expiration of the said three months.

11, Every poll of ratepayers under this Act shall be taken by Ro.i.iond tor poll.

ballot :-

I. The Council shall appoint a Returning Officer, who shall,

mutatis mutandis, have all the powers conferred by the

District Councils Act or " The Ballot Act, 1862," on a Returning Officer in case of an election, including the power to appoint deputies, and ehall preside at the taking of the poll:

IJ. The Council shall appoint a polling-place for such poll, and

appoint a polling-place in each ward. The taking of the

shall continue open until all the voter6 present in the poll shall commence at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and polling-booth at seven o'clock in the afternoon shall have had an opportunity of voting, and shall then close:

1 1: . Two scrutineers, to be present at the voting at each polling-

place, shall be appointed by the Council:

I V. At every poll the Returning Officer, if it shall appear to him

expedient, may cause booths to be erected, or rooms to be

hired and used as booths, at the several polling-places of

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the District; and the same shall be so divided and allottcd into ~ompartm~nts as to the Returnillg Officer mar seem most convenient, and the Retnrning Officer shall, 'before the day fixed for taking the votes, cause to be furnished for use at each polling-place a copy of the assessment-book, so far as it relates to ratepayers entitled to vote, or of that portion thereof which contains the names of the ratepayers

entitled

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entitled to vote, and assessed for property in the ward in which such polling-place is situated, and shall, under his hand, certify such copy to be a true copy:

v	F ~ c h	ratepayer entitled to vote may vote on a scale according to the amount of value at which he is assessed, as follows: -Twenty-five Pounds or under, one vote; over Twenty-five Pounds to Thirty-five Pounds, two votes; over Thirty-five Pounds to Fort y-five Pounds, three votes; over Forty-five Pounds to Fifty-five Pounds, four votes; over Fifty-five Pounds to Sixty-five Pounds, five votes; over Sixty-five Pounds upwards, six votes. No person
shall have more than six votes. Both the owner and the
occupier may vote in respect of any ratable property:

VI. I n case of joiot tenancy, or tenancy in common, one person

only shall vote, unless the assessed value of the property shdl exceed Seventy-five Pounds, and then one other joint tenant, or tenant in common, may vote for each additional Seventy-five Pounds, or for any fractional part of Seventy- five Pounds, of assessed value, on the same scale as is allowed for the first Seventy-five Pounds, or the fractional part thereof, and joint tenants, or tenants i n common entitled, may vote in the order in which they shall tender their votes, until votes shall have been taken for the whole assessed value, or all the joint tenants, or tenants in common, shall have voted:

n r. Except as by this Act otherwise provided, no person shall

have more than one vote:

rrll. Every person entitled to vote shall present himself to the

Returning Officer or his Deputy at the polling-place for the District, or for the ward in respect of which such person claims to vote, and stata his Christian and surname,

abode, profession, or occupation, the nature of his	qualitication, and the place where the property or qualifi-
cation is situate. The Returning Officer or Deputy shall thereupon place a mark against the voter's name on the copy of the assessnlent-book or the portion thereof in use a t the polling-place, and hand such voter a voting-paper for every vote to which he shall be entitled, which voting- paper shall bear the initials of the Returning Officer or
Deputy and the following sentences: -

" I aunrove of the Laura to Rooleroo Centre railwav

constructed in pursuance of The Laura to

Booleroo Centre Railway Act, 1907 ' ":

'' I object to the Laum to Booleroo Centre railway

being constructed in pursuance of ' The Laura to

Booleroo Centre Ra.ilway Act, 1907 ' ":

Aiid shall have a square printed opposite each such sentence, and nothing else shall be insertcd in, or placed on, such voting-paper; rx. There

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r S. 'l'here shall he provided one or more separate apartments or

places forming part of the polling-booth, into which the voter shall, on receiving his voting-l~qwr or papers, irn- mediately retire, and tllere alone and h private, without interruption, indicate his vote or votes by making a cross within one of the squares on his voting-paper, or on each of his voting-papers, as the case may be, opposite the sentence wliich expresses his wish, ancl shall then fold the paper or papers and immediately deliver it or them so folded to the Returning Ofticer or his Deputy, who shall forthwit11 pblicly, and without opening the same, deposit i t or them in a box t,) be provided for that purpose; and no voting-paper so deposited in any box shall on any account be taken therefrom unless in the presence of the scrutineers aft,er the close of the poll. No voting-paper shall be received unless i t be so folde t as to render it impossible for the Iteturning Oficer, his Dcputy, or any other person to see - which way the vote is given:

S. Any voter wilfully infringing any of the provisions of this scction, or obstructing the voting by any unnecessary delay in lwrforming any act within the said l)olling-booth or room, shall be guilty of a misciemeanor:

XI. iiny voter may signify to the Returning Oficer or his Deputy that, by reason of Idindness or defective eyesight, he is unable to vote without, assistance, and thereupon such Officer or Deputy, it' satistied of' such inability, shall per- mit any agent named by such voter to accompany him into the apartment or place for voting to mark the voting-paper on such voter's behalf, and shall receive such paper from such agent and deposit i t in the ballot-box:

srr. The only persons who shall be allowcd to remain in the poll ing booth or room sl~all be the persons about to vote, the

Ketuming Officrr, the Deputy Returning Officer, and the

s c ~ u t incers:

srrr. No inquirj. shall be perinitted a,t any poll as to the right of any person to vote, except as follows, that is to say :-The any scrutineer sha,ll, put to any person applying for a voting-pyer at the time of his so applying, but not after- wards, the following questions, or any of them, and no other :-

(l) Are you the person whose name appears as

and as the owner (or occupier) of the pro- perty set opposite your name in the assessnlent- book now in force for this Ilistrict 1

(2) Have you already voted at the present poll 1

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(3) Are you the owner within the meaning of " The District Councils Act, 1887," or other Act in force relating to District Councils (or the occu- pier) of the property for which you now claim to vote ?

lqnd no person shall be entitled to vote unless his answer to the first and third questions, or such of them as shall be put to him, shall be in the affirmative, and to the second, if put, in the negative; and any person who shall wilfully make a false answer to either of such questions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:

XI^. Every persou who shall vote a second time, or offer to Yote a second time at any poll, or who shall any other person for the purpose of voting at any such poll, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months:

XI-. Immediately before taking the rotes the Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer shall exhibit the ballot-box empty; and shall, immediately upon the close of the vot- ing, publicly close and seal the box containing the voting- papers which shall have been taken at the voting-place at which he presided, and each Ilepnty Returning Ofiicer shall, with as little delay as possible, deliver, or cause his box to be delivered, to ihe Returning Officer; and any Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer who shall unlawfully tamper with any ballot-box or voting-paper shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable to imprison- ment for a term not exceeding six months:

svr. At the close of the poll the Returning Officer shall fix a time, as soon as conveniently mav be, for examining the votes and declaring the result oi the poll, and shall, in the presence of one at least o f the scrutineers, and of as many

morc as choose to be present, open all the boxes containing

voting-papers delivered in a t the taking of the poll, and shall examine such voting-papers, and shall reject all such as shall contain crosses against both of the above-mentioned sentences, or shall contaiii anything other than such matters as are hereintrefore prescribed for such voting-papers: And shall opcnly declare the general state of the votes at the close of the poll, as the same sl~ttll be made up by him from the voting-papers taken at the several voting-places: And shall declare the result of the poll:

XVII. All voting-papers s l d l be peserved by the Returning Officer until three months after t.he declara'tion of the result of the poll.

Certificate of result 12. The result of the poll shall be embodied in n certificate

of poll. under the hand of the Returning Oficer in the form of the Second Schedule to this Act, or in a form to the like effect. 'l'he certificate

shall

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shall be published in the Governwent Caze t t~, which shall, after the expiration of three months from the declaration of the result of the the poll, be conclusive evidence of such result, and of the validity of the poll, and the performance of all conditions precedent thereto.

23. If the result of such p011 be that two-thirds or more of Order for construction

the votes of all the ratepayers voting approve of the railway being suance of this Act,	of raiiway in pur-
constructed in pursuance of this Act, the Governor may make an order that the railway shall be constructed in pursuance of this Act, and the order shall be published in the Gocernnttnt Gtrzetre. The railway shall not be constructed unless and until such order shall be so published.

14. In assessing the purchase-money or compensation to be paid Betterment proviaion.

in respect of land purchased, taken, or acquired fbr the purposes of the undertaking hereby authorised, allowance shall be made in favor of the Commissioner for any increased value given by such under- taking to any other land of the same owner, but no such allowance shall in any case be more than the purchase-money and compensation which would, but for this section, have been payable to the owner in respect of the land so purchased, taken, or acquired.

15. stateme~~t of the cost of the railway shall, within a, Statement of cost of railway to be

reasonable time after the conipletion thereof, be published by the pbli8hedin carelte.

Comrnissioner in the	Gl~ze t t~,	which shall be conclusire evidence of
such cost.

16. All moneys received in respect of goods carried on the Constitution of fund.

railway shall be carried by the Commissioner to a fund to be con- stituted for the Railway District, and to be called " The Laura and 13ooleroo Ccn tre Railway District Fund."

17, There shall also be carried to the said fund one-half of the Netpmfitsfrom carriage of goods

moneys received for the carriage of	such goods on other lines.	through other linea to
be carried to fund. .

18. Pull and separate accounts shall be kept by the Commis- separate accounts of

sioner of the receipts and working expenses in respect ot the railway ~ l W a y.

for each year, and an abstract of such accounts shall be published by

the Commissioner in the Caxct/e within three months after the end

of the year.

19, The working ex1)enses of the railway, which shall be a first Work;ng expehses and mtamet to be

charge upon such fund, and interest at the rate of four per centum per pid	out of fund.
crnnum on the cost ot the railway, shall be paid out of the said fund.

fund shall not be sufficient to pay the working expenses in respect of how made good. 20. If in any year the amount standing to the credit of the Deficiency (if any\

such railway and interest at the rate of four per centum per annum on the cost of the railway, the deficiency in respect of the working expenses (if any) shall be made good by the Commissioner, and in respect of interest shall be made good by the District Council of Port Germein, 21. When

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Commiseioner to 21. When any sum shall be required from the said Council

make reguisitione. to make good a deficiency under section 20-

I. The said Council shall, on the request of the C'ommissioner,

furnish to him a certificate under the hand of the chair- man of the Council showing the assessed value of the ratable property in such District and situated within the Railway District:

1 1. 'l'he Comi~~issioner shall forward to the clerk of the said

Council a requisition under tile hand of the Commissioner for the required sum chargeable to such Council.

11 r. Every such requisition shall be published in the Gorernmen t

Gazette, which shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of the requisition, and of the due performance of all con- ditions precedent thereto, and to the declaring of a rate under the provisions hereinafter contained.

Council to declare

rate 22* Upon anv such requisition being so forwarded, the Council

shall forthwith dkclare a rate sufficient to produce the suin mentioned

in the requisition.

Bailway rate, how to 23, Such rate shall be called a railway rate, and shall be declared

be declared.

on the assessment then zn force, and on the ratable property situated

in the District and comprised within the Railway bistrict.

Use or transcription

of existing assess- 24, For the purposes of such rate the Council may either use the

ment-book. assessnient-book already existing or may transcribe the necessary portions thereof into n separate assessment-book, and may make such apportionment, or separate and fresh assessment, as shall appear just in any case where only part of the property comprised in one assess. ment shall be situated withit] the Railway District.

Railway mlate to be 25. The railway rate when declared shall be entered in Part IT.

e n t e w a " ~ m e n t	of
the assessment-book, and so that particulars, similar to those re- quired in the case of other rates made by the Council, shall be entered in a proper column opposite the names of the ratepayers liable to pay the railway rate, and the assessment-book shall at all times show a complete record of the honeys due for such rate in respect of every assessed property.

book.

Additionetooraltera-

tions of aesessment- 26, The Council may make such additions to or alterations in the

book.

form of Part 11. of the assessment-book used for the railway rate as

shall be expedient for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Notioe of railway

27, Within fourteen days after declaling any railway rate the Council shall cause notice to be given in the Gooertl~~teut Gnzettr, and in a newspaper (if any) generally circulating in its I Iistrict, of

rate.

the nature and amount of the rate, in the form in the Third Schedule

hereto, or in a form to the like effect.

28. If

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If amount of

28. If within two years from the publication in the Government requisition not paid

Gazette of a requisition upon the said Council as hereinbefore	within two yeara Commissioner may
provided the amount of the requisition shall not be paid to	publish notice.
the Commissioner, he may publish in the Government Gazerte a notice in the form in the Fourth Schedule hereto, or in a form to the like effect.

29, Upon such publication all the rights and powers of the Transfer to Commis- sioner of Council'e

Council in reference to the recovery of the railway rate or rates	rights for recovery of
mentioned in the notice, or for the letting or sale of land for non-	rate.
payment of such rate or rates, shall be transferred to and vested iu the Commissioner; and the Commissioner, or any person authorised by him in that behalf, may exercise any power or do any act which could before such publication have been exercised or done in reference to the recovery of any such rates by any district clerk, collector, receiver, or other officer of or person acting under the authority of the Council.

30, If any railway rate shall not within one year from its declara-	way rates.
Supplementary reil-

tion produce the required sum, the Council shall from time to time declare another railway rate until the required sum shall be produced; and all the provisions of this Act with regard to a rate declared under section 22 shall, so far as applicable, apply to a rate under this section.

31, If any railway rate shall produce more money than required	of railway rate.
Application of su@us

for its purpose, the surplus shall be held by the Council as a fund applicable towards meeting any requisition thereafter made by the Commissioner under this Act, and so much thereof as shall not be required for that purpose within five years from the declaration of the rate shall be applied from time to time towards payment of any District Council rate due in respect of the ratable property on which

the railway rate shall have been paid.

32. All the provisions of the District Councils Act, so far as the same relate to rates declared under such Act, and the recovery thereof	Applicationof District
Councila Act to
railway rates.
(except as to limitations of the amounts of such rates) shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and so far as applicable, apply to railway rates under this Act.

33, The Government Gazette containing a notice of the declaring @o~erfiment Qamtta evidende of railway

of a railway rate in the form in the Third Schedule hereto, or in a rate.

form to the like effect, shall be evidence, and, except on proceedings

to quash such rate, shall be conclusive evidence that the rate has been

duly declared.

34, The moneys received by a railway rate shall, up to the amount Payment of railway rate to Commiesioner.

for which the Commissioner shall have made n requisition, be paid to

him by the Council.

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Qovernmmt 6azelf8

to km evidence of 35, The Government Gazette containing any order, statement,

etatement, &c. notice, requisition, or other publication made or given by the Governor or the Commissioner under this Act shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, tenor, and validity of such order, statement, notice, requisi- tion, or other publication, and of the facts stated, recited, or assumed therein; and no such order, statement, notice, requisition, or other publication shall be invalid by reason of any thing required as preliminary thereto not having been duly done.

I n the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

GEORGE R. LE HUNTE, Governor.

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SCHEDULES.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act."

Act No. 26 of 1855-6, to amend The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act!'

" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Amendment Act, 1881."

.' The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act."

Act No. 6 of 1858, to amend "The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act."

The Railways Clauses Act, 1876."

" The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act, 1887."

'' The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act Amendment Act, 1894."

All other Acts passed, or hereafter to be passed, amending any of the said Acts, or substituted therefor.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

THE LAITRA TO BOOLEROO CENTRE RAILWAY.

I. [name of Returni?zg O$icer], certify that a poll taken on the

day of, 19, in the District of Port Germein on the question whether the above-mentioned railway should be constructed in pursuance of " The Laura to Booleroo Centre Railway Act, 1907," resulted as follows :-

Number of votes in approval of the line being so constructed,.

Number of votes in objection thereto. .....................

Number of informal votes ..............................

Total number of votes ..........................

Dated this day of , 19 .

[Signnture] Returning Officer.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

At a meeting of the District Council of Port Germein, duly held on

the day of , 19 , a railway rate was declared

of in the pound upon the assessment of that part of the District of Port Germein which is situated within the Laurtl and Booleroo Centre Railway District; and all persons liable are required to pay the amount of the rate, according to the cssessment, to the District Clerk (or Collector or other oflcer) at the district office.

Dated this day of , 19 .

[Signed] A. B.,

Chairman of the District Council of Port Germein for District Clerk).

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THE FOURTH SCHE1)'tJLE.

Disfrict of Port G'ermei?,.

Notice is hereby given that all moneys unpaid in respect of the railway rate (or

rates) declared by the District Council of Pnrt Oermein on the

day of 19 [g more than one rate add date of cleclaratiofi

of B v e y other rote] are to be paid to the South Australian Railways Commissioner,

Dated this day of 19 .

[Signature of Commissioner]

The South Australian Railways Commiesioner.

THE FIFTH sCI~EDULE~

PLAN

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