Tramways Declaratory Act 1883 No 18a (NSW)

[SECOND SESSION.]

iSi'lu Soutij SSIalt's.

ANNO QUADli’AGESIMO SEXTO

VICTOE,l.E EEGINJ5.

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An Act to declare the cniployinciit of ] ) kclahatoky.

Steam Motors on Tramways constructed worked or m aintained in pursuance of the ^'Tramways f]xtension Act 1880” \2n(l Jane, 1888,]

”\]¥7nE l{E A S tlu' ('mplovmenl of stoam motors upon Tramways ricumEie.

(•onstructed worked or maintained in pursuance of itie “ Tramxvays Extension iVet 1880” lias been adjmilled by the Supreme Court to be illegal and it is necessary in the jmblie interest to legalizi' tlic employment of smdi motors in the manner licreinaftei' provided Be it therefore enacted by the (((ueen’s Most J']xcellent jMajesiy by and u itli the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Li'gislative Assembly of New South M'ales in Earliann'nt assembled and by the authority of the same as follows

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1. I t shall be lawful for the Commissioner for Ilailways under tlie direction of the Government to employ steam motors on the Tramways already constructed or to bo constructed in pursuance of the provisions of tlic “ I'ramu ays Extension Act of 1880.” of

2. No action brought on or after the eighteenth day of i\Iay one thousand eight hundred and cighty-tlu'ce and no claim existing ®

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previous to that day hy reason of the working of steam motors shall he maintainahle in any Court on the ground of any alleged illegality in the use of the steam motors hcrcinhcfore referred to Provided nevertheless that nothing in this Act shall affect any cause of action existing hy reason ol' the v\'orking of any such steam motor in respect of which a suit or action was pending prior to the eighteenth day of iMay one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

? > . This Act mav be cited as the “ 'rramwavs Declaratorv Act siioii liiio.

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