The Robertstown Railway Act 1911 (SA)

ANNO SECUNDO

GEORGII V REGIS.

A.D. 1911.

No. 1070.

An Act to provide for the Construction of a Railway from

Eudunda to Robertstown, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, Jalzzlary gth, rpm.]

l3 i t Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

follows: B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

1, This Act may be cited as " The Robertstown Railway Act, Short title.

1911."

fay as the same are severally applicable, but with the exceptions other Acte. 2, The Acts mentioned or referred to in the First Schedule, so Incorporation with

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stated in the said Schedule, are incorporated with this Act.

3, In this Act, except where inconsistent with the context or Interpretation.

some other meaning is clearly intended-

Commissioner" means the South Au~tralian Railways Corn-

missioner:

Cost of the railway " means and includes-

I. The cost of constructing the railway and all works and

conveniences connected therewith or for the purposes

thereof;

11. The cost of purchasing or otherwise acquiring the land

required for the railway and the said works and con- veniences, and of compensating persons interested in such land or injuriously affected by the construction of the railway and the said works and conveniences;

m. The

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rrr. The cost of the additional rolling-stock which the Commis-

sioner estimates will be required for working the railway;

and

I v. All other expenses of constructing the railway or inci-

dental to the above-mentioned items respectively num-

bered I. , II., and III., or any of them:

Council" means a District Council whose district, or part of

whose district, is included in the Railway District:

District " means the district under the jurisdiction of a District

Council:

" Gazette " shall mean The South Australian Govewmen t Gazette: Ratepayer " means a ratepayer within the meaning of the

District Councils Act:

The District Councils Act " means " The District Councils Act, 1887," and all Acts amending that Act, or any Act substituted for that Act, and all Acts amending such substituted Act:

a The railway " or " the said railway " means the railway which, subject to the provisions of this Act, is authorised by section

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" The Railway District " means the Railway District constituted

by this Act:

" Year " means a period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth

day of June.

Power to oonstruct 4, Subject to the provisions hereafter in this Act contained, the

the railway.

South Australian Railways Commissioner may construct and main-

tain-

I. A railway from Eudunda to Robertstown, as the said railway

is delineated in the plan deposited in the office of the Sur-	veyor-General, in Adelaide, signed " Walter Rutt, Chief
Engineer for Railways," and dated the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, or as the said railway is delineated in any plans so deposited after the passing of this Act pursuant to any law for the time being in force as to the deposit of such plans; and

11. All proper works and conveniences connected with, or for

the purposes of, the said railway or any part thereof, or of

the said railway and any other railway:

Provided that in case the Houses of' Parliament are not sitting when any plans and books of reference are deposited in the office of the

No. 32 of 1876. Surveyor-General under section 9 of " The Railways Clauses Act, 1876," the Commissioner may make deviations under the said section before causing copies of such plans and books of reference to be laid before Parliament, but such copies shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after the next sittings of' such Houses respectively. 5. The

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5. The Commissioner shall call for tenders for the construe- Tendera.

tion of the said railway, to be sent in within such time, to such place, and to be upon and subject to such terms, conditions, and provisions. as he deems advisable, and may accept or reject any tender; and he may construct the said railway himself if no tender for the construction thereof is accepted: Provided that no tender which exceeds Three Thousand Pounds per mile shall be accepted, nor shall the Commissioner construct the said railway himself a t a cost exceeding that sum per mile.

6. The gauge of the said railway shall be five feet three inches, Gauge and rails.

and the rails to be used in the construction thereof shall be of iron or

steel, and of the weight of not lees than fort7 pounds to the yard.

7. The Commissioner miLy demand for the use of the said railway, Fares, toil,, and

mails, parcels, and passengers thereon, and for the loading and

unloading of goods, minerals, mails, and stock, such fares, tolls,

charges, and rates as are from time to time fixed by the Commis-

sioner, in manner prescribed by any Act or Acts under which the

and in respect thereof, and for the carriage of goods, stock, minerals, @hwge8. the railways under his control.

8. Subject to the provisions of this Act, all fares, tolls, rents, A ~ ~ r o ~ ~ t i o n o f fares, tolls, &C.]

dues, charges, rates, and sums of money which are received and levied under authority of this Act shall be paid, in such manner as is prescribed by the Governor, to the Treasurer of the said State for the public purposes of the said State.

9. The lands situated within the area defined in the plan in the ~ $ f t ~ ~ ~ f "The

Fifth Schedule and enclosed by the outer edge of the blue line Railway District."

shown on such plan, are hereby constituted a ~ a i l w a ~ District for

the purposes of this Act, and shall be called "The Robertstown

Railway District."

10. Within three months from the passing of this Act the Question to be

question whether the railway shall be constructed shall be submitted ~ ~ ~ ~ $ ~ ~ s " ~ l l	by each Council to a poll of the ratepayers who are assessed in	respect of such of the land included within the Railway District as is
situated within the district of such Council: Provided that no poll baken in pursuance of this section shall be invalid merely on the ground that it was taken after the expiration of the said three months.

11, (1) Every poll of ratepayers under this Act shall be taken by Provisions for ~011.

ballot, and the following provisions shall be obaerved in respect of

each poll: -

1. The Council shall appoint a Returning Officer for the purpose Returning O f i c ~.

of the poll, who shall, mutahs mutandis, have all the powers conferred by the District Councils Act, and all the powers

conferred by The Ballot Act, 1862," and any Act amend- No. 13 of 1852.

ing that Act, on a Returning Officer in case of an election, and shall preside at the taking of the poll: Provided that he may appoint deputies to preside at the polling-places where he does not preside personally: 11. 'l'he

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polling-places.	11. The Council shall appoint a polling-place in the district for such poll, and where the district is divided into wards shall appoint a polling-place in each ward which is in- cluded, or part of which is included, in the Railway District:
Notice of poll.	111. The Council shall, not less than twenty-eight days before

the day fixed for the poll, cause a notice stating-

(a) The day fixed for the poll;

( b ) The polling-place appointed for the district, or the

polling-places appointed for the several wards;

(c) The name and address of the Returning officer; and

( d ) The hours of polling,

to be inserted in at least two newspapers circulating in the district, and to be given in such (if any) other ways as the Council deems expedient:

TV. The Returning Officer, if it appears to him expedient, may cause rooms to be erected, or rooms to be hired and used as booths for the purpose of the poll, at the several polling- places in the district; and the same shall have such separate voting compartments as the Returning Officer deems most convenient, constructed so as to ecreen the voters from observation while they mark their voting- papers:

List of ratepayers.	v. The Returning Officer, before the day fixed for taking the poll, shall cause to be furnished for use at the polling-place a copy of the assessment-book of the Council, or, if the district is divided into wards, shall cause to be furnished for use at the polling-place in each ward in which the poll is to be taken a copy of such portion of the assessment- book as relates to land within the ward; and in such copy he shall indicate what ratepayers are entitled to vote at	the polling-place for which it is furnished, and the number	of' votes to which each ratepayer is entitled; and he shall
certify each such copy as correctly indicating the ratepayers who are entitled to vote at the polling-place and the number of votes to which they are respectively entitled, and shall sign such certificate. Such copy of the assess- ment-book or any such copy of portion thereof need not contain any matter relating only to rates;

Hours of polling. VI. The taking of the poll shall commence at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and shall continue open until all the voters present in the polling-booth at seven o'clock in the after- noon have had an opportuhity of voting, and shall then close; in any dispute as to time the decision of the Return-

ing - Officer or his deputy shall be final:

Scrutineers. V I I. I n respect of each polling-place two scrutineers, to be present

at the voting thereat, shall be appointed by the Council:

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vnr. The ratepayers entitled to vote are those whose names whoentitled tovote.

appear in tile assessment-book as ratepayers, in respect of such of the land included within the Railway District as is situated within the district: Provided that no person shall be entitled to vote unless he-

( a ) MTas a ratepayer in respect of land so included and

situated on the first day of December, nineteen

hundred and eleven, and

( b ) Is a ratepayer in respect of land so included and

situated on the day of the taking of the poll:

IX. In case any ratable property which is inclnded within the Exerclaeof voting power by body cor-

Railway District and situated within the district of the , . , ,

Council is held by a body corporate as a ratepayer, such M.c. hendment

body corporate may, by writing delivered to the Return- A C ~, 833 of 1903,

ing Officer on or 6efore the fourteenth day before the day

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fixed for the poll, nominate a person to vote at the poll on behalf of such body corporate. Such person shall, for the purposes of the poll, be regarded as a ratepayer instead of such body corporate, and his name shall accordingly be entered upon the copy of the assessment-book or of portion thereof furnished fbr use a t the poll, and he shall, not- withstanding anything in this section, have the same rights of voting as such body corporate would have if it were a natural person, in addition to any rights which he may have on his own behalf. Except by the means pro- vided by this paragraph no body corporate shall have any right to vote at the poll:

X. Each ratepayer entitled to vote may vote on a scale according Number of rotm

to the amount of the value at which he is assessed in the

assessulent-book in respect of land included in the Railway

District, as f'o1lows:-Not exceeding Twenty-five Pounds, one vote; exceeding Twenty-five Pounds but not exceeding Thirty-five Pounds, two votes; exceeding Thirty-five

exceeding Forty-five Pounds but not exceeding Fifty-five	Pounds but not exceeding Forty-five Pounds, three votes;	Pounds, four votes; exceeding Fifty-five Pounds, but not exceeding Six ty-five Pounds, - five votes; exceeding Sixty- five Pounds, six votes. No person shall have more than six votes; and except as by this section provided, no person shall have more than one vote. For the purposes
of this section, where land included in the Railway District and other land are assessed together in the as~essment- book, the Council shall determine what portion of the assessed value is in respect of the land so included, and such determination shall, for the said purposes only, be final:

XI. I n case joint tenants or tenants in common are assessed in Joint tenanta end

respect of any land the assessed value of the land shall be tenants in common.

divided by the number of joint tenante or tenants in

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ccmmon, and the quotient (ignoring any remainder) shall, for the purposes of paragraph X. of this section, be deemed to be the value at which each of such joint tenants or tenants in common is assessed in respect of such land:

When ratepayer as-	xir. When a ratepayer's name appears in the assessment-book in respect of land included in the Railway District and situ- ated in one ward and also in respect of land included in the Railway District and situated in another or other wards, the assessed values of all such lands' shall be added to- gether for the purpose of computing the number of votes to which he is entitled, and he shall be indicated as en- titled to vote on the copy of portion of the assessment- book furnished for the polling-place in each of such wards, but he shall vote at one polling-place only:
warde.
All ratepayers	XI I I. Both the owner and the occupier of any ratable property may

aeesed in two or more

entitled to vote. vote in respect thereof, but no person shall vote both as owner and as occupier either in respect of the same property or different properties:

Only to vote onoe. XIV. Subject to paragraph IX, hereof, no person shall vote more

than once, or a t more than one polling-place:

Voting-papers. xv. Every voting-paper shall bear the initials of the Returning Officer or his deputy on the back thereof, and shall have the following sentences on the face thereof :- -

" I approve of the railway authorised by 'The Robertstown Railway Act, 191 1 ' being con- structed."

" I object to the railway authorised by ' The Robertstown Railway Act, 1911 ' being con- structed.":

and shall also have a square printed opposite each such

the vote, shall be inserted in or placed on any vuting- sentence; and nothing else, except the cross indicating

paper. Any voting-paper not complying with this para-

graph shall be informal:

Voter to state his	x v ~.	Every person entitled and desiring to vote shall present
name, &C.

himself to the Returning Officer, or his deputy, at the polling-place for the district or for the ward in which he claims to vote, and shall state his Christian name and sur- name, abode, profession or occupation, the nature of his qualification, and the place where the property in respect of which he claims to vote is situate. The Returning Officer, or his deputy, shall thereupon place a mark against the voter's name on the copy of the assessment-book, or of poltion thereof, in use at the polling-place, and hand such voter a voting-paper for every vote to which he is entitled:

How to vote. xvi~. Upon receiving his voting paper or papers the voter shall

without delay- (a) Retire

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( c l ) Retire alone into some unoccupied voting compart-

ment of the booth, and there in private indicate his vote or votes bv making a cross having its point of intersection within the square on his voting-paper, or on each of his voting-papers, opposite the sentence which expresses his wish; arid

( b ) Fold the voting paper or papers so as not to show in

what way the vote or votes have been given, but to show the initi,als of the Returning Officer, or his deputy, and exhibit it or them so folded to the Xeturning Officer,.or his deputy, and then without unfolding, deposit it or them in a ballot box to be provided by the Returning Officer for that purpose.

No voting-paper deposited in the ballot box shall on any account be taken therefrom except in the presence of a scrutineer or scrutineers after the poll:

XVIII. If any voter satisfies the Returning Officer, or his deputy, that Voter requiring

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he is unable to vote without assistance, the Returning such voter to accompany him into the voting compartment and to mark, fold, and deposit his voting paper or papers for him:

xrx. Subject to paragraph X.VIII. of this section, the only persons who allowed in

who shall be allowed to remain in the polling-booth shall be the persons about to vote, the Returning Officer, his deputy, and the scrutineers:

xx. No inquiry shall be permitted at the poll as to the right of

any person to vote, except as follows, that is to say: -The

Returning Officer, or his deputy, may, or if required by any

What questions may

be put.

paper at the time of his so applying, but not afterwards, scrutineer shall, put to any person applying for a voting- the following questions, or any of them, and no other :-

(l) Are you the person whose name appears as [stating the name] and as the owner (or occupier) of the property set opposite such name in the assess- ment-book now in force for this District ?

(2) Are you the owner (or the occupier) within the meaning of the District Councils Act of the property in respect of which you now claim to vote 1

(3) Have you already voted a t the present poll?

Provided that the Returning Officer or deputy may, by reference to the copy of the assessment-book or of portion thereof or otherwLk, give any information necesAwy to explain any of the said questions:

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Anewers to questions. xxr. No person shall be entitled to vote unless his answer to the first and second questions, or such of them as is put to him, is in the affirmative, and to the third, if put, is in the negative:

Ballot boxes.

The Returning Officer, or his deputy, shall, before any vote is taken, in the presence of one a t least of' the scrutineers, exhibit the ballot box empty; and shall, a t the close of the poll, in the presence of one at least of the scrutineers, close, fasten, and seal the ballot box containing the voting- papers which have been deposited at the voting-place at which he presided, and shall also allow any scrutineer so desiring to seal the same; and each deput! shall, with as little delay as possible, deliver, or cause his box to be delivered, to the Returning Officer:

Scrutiny and count,

and declaration of sxrlr. At the close of the poll the Returning Officer shall fix a

poll. time, which shall be as soon as conveniently may be, and a place, for examining the votes and declaring the result of'the poll, and shall at such time and place, in the presence of one at least of the scrutineers and of as many more of them as choose to he present-

( a ) Open all the boxes containing voting-papers deposited by voters at the taking of the poll a t the several voting-places:

( b ) Examine all such voting-papers and reject all such as are informal as above mentioned, or contain crosses against both of the above sentences; and

(c) Ascertain from the voting-papers not so rejected,

the total numbers of votes given in favor of the

respective sentences.

The Returning Officer shall then openly declare the said

numbers and declare the result of the :

Papers to be

preserved.	x x ~ v. All voting-papers deposited at the poll shall be preserved by the Returning Oficer until the expiration of' three months after the publication of the certificate of the result of the poll, as provided by section 12.
Offences connected

with poll. (2) Any person who, at or in connection with any poll taken under this section-

(a ) Votes or attempts to vote more than once, or at more than

one polling-place, or

( b ) Personates any other person for the purpose of voting at such

poll, or

(c) Wilfully makes a false answer to any question lawfully put to him by the Returning Officer or his deputy, or

( d ) Wilfully obstructs the voting by any unnecessary delay in performing any act within a polling-booth, or

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( e ) Unlawfully tampers with any ballot box or voting-paper used

or to be used at such poll, or

(f) I n any other way wilfully infringes, whether by act or

omission, any of the provisions of subsection (1) of this

section,

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and uhall be liable to be imprigoned,

with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding six months.

12. (1) The result of each poll shall be embodied in a certificate certificate of reeult of poll.

under the hand of the Returning Officer who presided thereat. Such certificate may be in the form in the Second Schedule, or in a form to the like effect.

(2) Each such certificate shall be published in the Gazette, which shall, after the expiration of the period of three months immediately following such publication, be conclusive evidence of such result and of the validity of the poll and the performance of all conditions precedent thereto, unless the poll has, during such period, been declared to be invalid by the Supreme Court.

13, If the aggregate result of the polls .is that two-thirds or order for carryingout

more of the formal votes given at such polls are in approval of the the undertaking.

railway being constructed the Governor may make an Order that

the railway shall be constructed in pursuance of this Act, and

such Order shall be published in the Gazette. When such Order

has been so published, and not before, the railway may be con-	-
strutted.

14. Within the meaning of any Act incorporated with this Act, The railway deemed a railway constructed

the railway shall be deemed to be- at the public expense.

(a) A railway authorised to be constructed at the public

expense;

( b ) A railway by this Act authorised to be constructed; and

(c) An undertaking authorised by this Act.

15. With respect to any land purchased or taken by the Com- Method of determin- ing purchase-money

missioner for the purposes of this Act, or with respect to which he . , comp,,ionfo~

exercises for such purposes the powers conferred by section 4 of land taken.

The Railways Clauses Act, 1876," if the amount of compensation to be paid to any owner thereof is not determined by agreement in writing, signed by or on behalf of such owner and the Com- missioner, within twenty-one days after the Commissioner has given

notice to such owner, as required by section 18 of " The Lands NO. 6 of 184;.

Clauses Consolidation Act," that he requires to purchase or take such land, or that he desires to have the compensation for the exercise of the said powers fixed, as the case may be, the amount of compensation shall be determined by arbitration in the following manner :-

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Notice to arbitrate

and appointment of I. The Commissioner may give notice in writing to such owner

arbitrator bp Com-	of his intention to have the compensation settled by arbitra-
missioner.	tion, and may, by the same or a subsequent notice in writing to such owner, nominate and appoint an arbitrator
to act in the reference on behalf of the Commissioner:

Appointment of 11. Such owner may, within twenty-one days after the giving of such notice appointing an arbitrator, give notice in writing to the Commissioner agreeing that such arbitrator shall be sole arbitrator, or nominating and appointing another arbitrator to act in the reference on behalf of such owner:

arbitrator by owner.

Notioe of appoint -

ment deemed a sub -	111. Each such notice nominating and appointing an arbitrator, or agreeing to the appointment of a sole arbitrator, shall be deemed a submission to arbitration on the part of the party by whom the same is given; and after the giving of any such notice neither party shall have power to revoke the appointment there by made or such submission without the consent in writing of the other party, nor shall the death of either party operate as a revocation:
misaion.
In default of appoint-
ment by owner	rv. Unless such owner, within twenty-one days after the giving

arbitrator appointed	by the Comniissioner as aforesaid of notice nominating and
by Commissioner to
act alone.	appointing an arbitrator, gives notice to the Commis- sioner, as provided by paragraph J I. hereof, agreeing that such arbitrator shall be sole arbitrator or nominating and appointing another arbitrator, the Commissioner may appoint the arbitrator nominated and appointed by him to act on behalf of both parties; and such arbitrator shall proceed to hear and determine the matter and shall give his award determining the price and compensation (if any) to be paid:

Provisions aa to v. All the provisions of sections 26 to 35 inclusive, of " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act " shall, mutatis mutandis,

umpire, vacancies, &c.

apply with respect to the determination of the corn- pensation:

Informality not to	vr, No notice, appointment, or award made under this section shall be set aside or hp invalid for irregularity or error in matter of form:
Award to be 5nal.	v11. Every award under this section of arbitrators, or of a single

invalidate.

arbitrator (in a case where it is agreed, as mentioned in paragraph 11. hereof, that an arbitrator shall be the sole arbitrator, or where a single arbitrator is empowered by this section to give an award), or of an umpire, shall be final: Provided always that where an arbitrator or umpire has misconducted himself the Court may remove him, and that where an arbitrator has misconducted himself, or an arbitration or award has been improperly procured, the Court may set the award aside. " Court" in this paragraph means the Supreme Court or a Judge thereof:

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VIII. A submission to arbitration under this section shall have the Effect of subrnianian

and award.

same effect as if it had been made an order of the Supreme the Supreme Court or a Judge thereof, be enforced in the same manner as a judgment or order of the said Court to the same effect:

rx. In this section-	and "land."
Meaning of "owner"

( a ) The word owner " includes, with respect to any land,

any person having any estate or interest (legal or equitable) in the l a d, or any easement, right. power, or privilege in, under, over, affecting, or in connection with the land, or by the "Lands Clausee Consolidation Act " enabled to sell and convey, No. 6 of 1847.

transfer, release, assign, or otherwise assure such estate, interest, easement, right, power, or privi- lege; ar,d

( h ) The word " land " includes any estate or interest (legal or equitable) in land, and any easement, right, or privilege in, under, over, affecting, or in connec- tion with land.

16, A statement of the cost of the railway shall, within a reason- statement of coat of railway to be

able time after the completion of the railway, be published by

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the Commissioner in the Gazette, which shall be conclusive evidence

of the cost of the railway.

17, A fund shall be constituted for the Railway District, and h i l w a ~ District

Fund to be con-

shall be held by the Treasurer of the said State. Such fund shall stituted.

be called The Robertstown Railway District' Fund."

18, ( 1 ) An account shall be kept by the Commissioner of the ~ ~ ~ p " ~: " ~ ~, " ~. ", ~ $

narticulars and in the manner stated in sections 19 and 20, in of the A C ~. r -

respect of the railway for each year; and an abstract of shch	account for every year shall be published by the Commissioner in
the Gazette within three months after the end of such year.
(2) The accounts required to be kept by virtue of this section shall be merely for the purpose of the special financial provisions of this Act, and shall not interfere with any other accounts usually kept by the Commissioner, or which he is required to keep, for other purposes.

What to be credited

thereof shall be credited by the Commissioner in the account by in the accounts. 19, (1) All earnings in respect of the railway or of any part

this Act required to be kept in reapect of the railway.

(2) When in the courae of the same journey, goods, stock, minerals, parcels, mails, or passengers are carried partly on the railway and partly on another or other railways in the said State, one-third of the earnings on account of such carriage on such other railway or railways (in addition to the whole of the earnings on

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account of such carriage on the railway) shall be credited by the Commissioner in the account to be kept as aforesaid in respect of the railway.

(3) All divisions, apportionments, and creditings made by the Commissioner fbr the purposes of this section shall be final and conclusive for the purposes of this Act.

What to be debited	20. (1) In the account by this Act required to be kept in respect of the railway, the Commissioner shall debit, as the first charge, the working expenses in respect of the railway, and a8 a further charge, interest at the rate of four per centum per annum on, the cost of the railway.
in the accounts.
(2) The working expenses in respect of the railway so to be debited shall be the following :-

I. 'She expenses of and incidental to the carriage, loading, and

unloading of goods, stock, minerals, parcels, mails, and

passengers on the railway;

11. The expenses of maintaining the railway, and the works

and convenience8 connected therewith or for the purposes

thereof; and

r r r, Such proportion of the expenses of maintaining, and (subject

to subdivieion (b) hereof) of repairing and replacing the rolling-stock used for working the railway, as the Com- missioner considers fairly attributable to the working of the railway;

but shall not include-

( U ) Amounts paid in respect of personal injuries suffered by

passengers, employ& of the Commissioner, or other persons

on the railway, whether whilst travelling or not;

( b ) The expenses of repairing or replacing rolling-stock damaged	or destroyed on the railway otherwise than by ordinary wear
and tear; or

(c) Amounts paid in respect of damages to property through fires caused by running trains on the railway:

Provided that in all cases the decision of the Commissioner upon the question whether any item is or is not a working expense i n respect of the railway shall be final and conclusive for the purposes of this Act.

Cndit in the 21. If in any year the earnings credited as aforesaid for that

account to be carried

to the Railway	year, in the account by this Act required to be kept in respect of
District F U U ~.	the railway, exceed the working expensea and interest for that year debited as aforesaid in such account, the difference shall be carried by the Commissioner to the credit of the fund constituted for the Railway District.

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22. If in any year the earnings credited as ~bforesaid for that How debit bd-ce the account to be

year, in the account by this	Act required to be kept in respect of the h,,.
railway, are less than the	working expenses and interest for that

year debited as aforesaid i .n such account, the difference shall be debited in the account of the fuud constituted for the Railway District. If after such debiting the said fund shows a debit balance, then-

I. If such balance does not exceed the interest debited as afore-

said for that year, such balance shall be made good, in manner hereafter in this Act provided, by the Councils; and

11. If such balance exceeds the interest debited as aforesaid for

that year, such balance shall, to an amount equal to such interest, be made good in manner aforesaid, by the Coun- cils, and the remainder thereof shall be made good by the Commissioner.

23. Whenever under the provisions of section 22 a debit balance

or part of a debit balance is to be made good by the Councils-

I. Each Council shall, within one month after being re- Commis~ionerbmAe

quested so to do by the Commissioner, furnish him with requiaitione.

a certificate under the hand of the chairman of the Council

showing the assessed value of all the ratable property in

its district which is included in the Railway District:

11. For the purposes of this section, where ratable property

included in the Railway District and other ratable pro- perty are assessed together by any of the Councils, the Council shall determine how much of the assessed value is in respect of the property so included; and if the Council fails to make such determination within the month mentioned in paragraph 1. of this section the Commissioner may make such determination; and such determination of	the Council or the Commissioner, as the case may be,	shall, for the purposes of this section, be final and be
regarded as part of the Council assessment for the time being in force:

111. The Commissioner shall apportion the amount to be made

good by the Councils between such Councils in proportion to the assessed values, as shown by the various Council assessments for the time being in force, of the ratable property included in the Railway District which ia situated in the districts of the several Councils, and shall accord- ingly charge the respective sums ascertained by such appor- tionmen t against the several Councils; and the Commis- sioner shall forward to the clerk of the district of each Council a requisition signed by the Commissioner for the sum so charged against such Council:

IV. Every

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W. Every such requisition shall be published in the Gazette,

which shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of the requisition, of the correctness of all amounts therein stated, and of the due performance of all cont1it.ions precedent thereto, and all conditions precedent to the declaring of a rate under the provisions hereinafter contained.

Council to declare 24, Upon any such requisition being forwarded to the clerk of a

rate.

district, the Council thereof shall forthwith declare a rate sufficient

to produce the sum required by the requisition.

Railway rate, how

25. Such rate shall be called a railway rate, and shall be declared, in accordance with the assessment then in force, on the ratable property included in the Railway District which is situated in the district of the Council.

to be declared.

use or transcription 26.

For the purposes of such rate the Council may either use the assessment-book already existing or may transcribe the necessary portions thereof into a separate assessment-book, and may make such apportionment, or such separate and fresh assessment, as appears just in any case where only part of the property comprised in an assessment is included in the Railway District.

of existing

aesessment-book.

Railway rate to	27, (1) The railway rate when declared shall be entered in the assessment-book of the Council, and so that particulars, similar to those required in the case of other rates declared 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 moneys due for such rate in respect of' every assessed property.
be entered in
aeseeement -book.
(2) The Council may make such additions to or alterations in the form of the assessment-book used for the railway rate as it deems expedient for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Notice of railway	28, Within fourteen days after declaring any railway rate the Council shall cause notice to be given in the Gmette, and in a newspaper (if any) generally circulating in its district, of the nature and amount of the rate. Such notice shall be in the form in the Third Schedule, or in a form to the like effect.
rate.

amount of requiai- 29. Unless the amount of the requisition upon a Council is

tionnot two years paid Commis- within fully paid to the Commissioner within two years from the publica-

sioner may pub lid^	tion of such requisition in the Gazette, ae provided by section 23,
notice.	the Commissioner may publish in the Gazette a notice in the form No. 1 in the Fourth Schedule, or in a form to the like effect; or, if the rate has not been declared, he may declare such rate by a notice published as aforesaid, and in the form No. 2 in the said Schedule, or in a form to the like effect.

~ n o s f e r uoner of Council's to Commia- 30. Upon the publication of a notice under section 29 all the

right8 for recovery of rights and powers of the Council in reference to the recovery of

mu. rates

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The Robertstown Railway Act.-1911.

rates, and for the letting or sale of land for non-payment of rates, shall, as regards the railway rate or rates mentioned in or declared by such notice, be transferred to and become vested in the Commis- sioner by virtue of such publication; alrd the Commissioner, or

any person authorised by him in that behalf, may exercise any power

and do any act which could before such publication, or could, if the rate had been declared by the Council, have been exexised or done in reference to the recovery of any such rates by the Council or by any district clerk, collector, receiver, or other officer of, or person acting under the authority of, the Council.

declaration produce the required sum, the Council shall from time railway raterr. 31, If any railway rate does not within one year from its supplementary

to time declare another railway rate or other railway rates until the required sum is produced; and a l l the provisions of this Act with regard to a rate declared or to be declared under section 24 or declared under section 29 shall, so far as applicable, apply to every rate declared or to be declared under this section.

for its purpose, the surplus shall be held by the Council as a fund of radwrty rate. 32. If any railway rate produces more money than is required Applicntionof8ur~lu8

applicable towards meeting any requisition thereafter made by the Commissioner upon such Council under this Act, and so much thereof as is not required for that purpose within five years from the declaration of the rate shall be applied from time to time towards payment of any Council rate due in respect of the ratable property on which the railway rate has been paid.

33. All the provisions of the District Councils Act, so far as the ", P $ ! ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

same relate to rates declared, or to be declared, under such Act and to railwav rates.

the recovery thereof (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 declared, or to be declared, under

this Act.

34. The Gazette containing a notice of the declaring of a railway Gazattdevidence railway rate.

rate in the form in the Third Schedule, or in a form to the like effect, or in the form No. 2 in the Fourth Schedule, or in a 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, and of the amount thereof, and the correctness of such amount.

to the amount for which the Commissioner has made a requisition rate to Commissioner. 35. The moneys received in respect of a railway rate shall, up Paymentof railway

or requisitions, be paid to him by the Council, and shall be carried by him to the credit of the fund constituted for the Railway District.

36. If the total of the earnings credited for any period of ten W h e n g u m t e e

consecutive years, as provided by section 19, in the accounts by this provisions to end.

Act

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Act required to be kept in respect of the railway, is not less than the total of the working expenses m d interest debited for the same period, as provided by section 20) in such accounts, the Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable after the termination of such period, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that the fund constituted for the Railway District i p closed; and thereupon-

(a ) The Treasurer shall transfer the amount standing to the credit of the said fund to the credit of the revenue of the South Australian Railways generally, and

( b ) The provisions of sections 17 to 36, both inclusive, of this

Act shall cease to apply to, and shall not again come into

force with respect to, the railway and the Railway District.

Qaerttrtobeeyidence

of etatementa, &c. 37. The Gazette containing any order, statement, notice, requi- sition, 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, requisition, 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 pre- liminary thereto not having been duly done.

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

, this Bill.

DAY H. BOSANQUET, Governor.

SCHEDULES.

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SCHEDULES.

T H E FIRST SCHEDULE,

Ordinance No. 6 of 1847.-"The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act," except Sec 2.

sections 9, 12 to 17 inclusive, 21 to 25 inclusive, 38 to 62 inclusive, 64 to 68

inclusive, 110, 114 to 120 inclusive, 136, and 137.

Act No. 26 of 1855-6, being an Act to amend "The Lands Clauses Consolidation

Act," except sections 1, 4, and 6.

Act No. 202 of 188 l.-" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Amendment Act, 1881,"

except sections 5 to l1 inclusive.

Ordinance Xo. 7 of 1847.-" The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act."

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

Act."

Act No. 32 of 1876.-"The Railways Clauses Act, 1876."

Act NO. 414 of 1887.-"The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act,

1887."

Act No. 51 2 of 1891 .-" The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act Amendment Act, 1891."

Act No. 612 of 1894.-"The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act

Amendment Act, 1894."

Act No. 912 of 1906.-"The South Australian Railways Commissioners Further

Amendment Act, 1906."

Act No. 988 of l909.-" The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act

Amendment Act, 1909."

All Acts amending or substituted for any of the said Acts and all Acts amending any such substituted Act.

T H E SECOND SCHEDULE.

THE ROBERTBTOWN RAILWAY.

I, [name of Returning Oficerl, hereby certify that a poll taken on the day Sec. 12.

of, 19, in tht IYstrict of on the question whether the railway authorised by " The Robertstown Railway Act, 19 11 ," should be constructed, resulted as follows :-

Number of votes in approval of the railway being constructed ....

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

Number of informal mtes ................................

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

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Dated this	day of	19	.
[Signature] Returning Officer.

THE

No.

The R O M - Ilailway Act.--l 9 l l.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

THE ROBERTBTOWN RAILWAY DISTRICT.

Y -, Notice uf AaiBsaay Rate.

District Council of , duly held on

, 19 , a railway rate was declared of in

of that patt of the District of which is

included in the Robertstown Railway District; and all persons liable are required to pay the amount of the said rate, according to the assessment, to the District Clerk (or Collector or other o$Ecer) at the district office.

Dated this	day of	, l 9	.
[Signed] A B.,

Chairman of the District Council (or District Clerk).

T H E FOURTH SCHEDULE.

FORM No. 1.

THE ROBEBTBTOWN RAILWAY DIBTRICT.

Dbtrict of

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

(or rates) declared by the District Council of on the

day of 19, [ifmore than one rate odd date of declaration of

every other rate] are to be paid to the South Auutralian Railways Commissioner. Dated this	day of	19	.
[Signature]

The South Australian Rallways Commissioner.

FORM No. 2.

TBE ROBEETBTOWX R A ~ L W A Y DISTRICT.

Notice of Railway Rate declared by Railways Commissioner.

Notice is hereby given that on the day of

19, the South Australian Railways Commissioner, pursuant to " The Robertetown Railway Act, 1911," forwarded to the clerk of the District of

a requisition for the sum of and that

the Council of the said District not having declared a railway rate to produce the said sum as required by the said Act, the said Commissioner, in exercise of his

under the said Act, hereby declares a railway rate of in

the assessment of that part of the District of which

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the Robertstown Railway District; and all persons liable are

amount of the said rate, according to the assessment, to the

Railways Commissioner.

Dated this day of 19 .

[Signature)

The 80nt.h Australian Railways Commirlsioner.

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.

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Adelaide ; By authority, 8. X. E. BOQBBS, &vernment:Friuter, North T m e.