Wallaroo and Moonta Railway Act 1890 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO TERTIO ET QUINQUA-

GESIMO QUARTO

No. 490.

An Act to provide for the construction of a Line of

Itailway from Wallaroo to Moonta.

HEREAS it is expedient to provide for the construction of' a Preamble.

W Line of Railway from Wallaroo to Moonta : And whereas plans of the proposed railway, showing the line thereof, together

with books of reference thereto, have beer1 duly prepared and deposited in the officcs of the Surveyor-General, at Adelaide, and signed Alex. B. $1 oncrieff, l h gineer-in-Chief "-Be it therc- fore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia,

with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House

of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament

assembled, as follows:

1, '' The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act," and an Act, No. 26 Incorporation.

of 1855-6, to amcnd a The L a d s Clauses Consolidation Act," and

" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Amendment Act, 1881," and

" The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act," and an Act, No. 6 of 1858, to amend The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act," and " The Railways Clauses Act, 1876," and "The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act, 1887," and all other Acts passed or hereafter to be passed amending the said Railways Clauses Consolida- tion Act or Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts, so far as the same are severally applicable to this Act, shall be incorporated therewith, and the said Acts shall be read and construed accordingly.

2. The South Australian Railway Commissioners," hereinafter Pol~erta make

called LL the said Commissioners," may make and maintain a line of

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railway from Wallaroo to Moonta, together with all proper works and conveniences connected therewith, as the same is delineated in the said plans so deposited at the offices of the Surveyor-General, at Adelaide, as aforesaid, or as may be delineated in any plans which may hereafter be so deposited, pursuant to any law for the time

being in force respecting such deposit of the said plans.

Gauge. 3. The gauge of thc said railway shall be three feet six inches,

and the rails to be used in the construction thereof shall be of steel,

and of the weight of not less than fifty pounds to the yard.

Powere of Commie- 4, The said Commissioners may demand for the use of the said

sionem. Tolls and

chargee.	railway and the carriage of goods and passengers thereon, and for the loading and unloading of goods, such tolls ancl charges as may from time to time be fixed in manner prescribed by any Act or Acts under which thc said Commissioners fix such tolls or charges in respect of the railways under their control.
Appropristion ~ttoils,	5. All tolls, rents, dues, charges, and sums of money which may at any time be received.and 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 province.
&C.

Present tntmway 6. I t shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, a t any time

may be

they may deem i t expedient, to discontinue the working of the tramways now vested in them situate between Wallaroo and Moonta and between Kadina and Wallaroo, or any part or parts thereof, and to take up and remove the same, and may use the materials so taken up and removed in such manner as they may deem expedient,

or they may sell and dispose of the materials of thc said tramways

or any part thereof, and the proceeds of any such sale shall be paid

to the 'l'reasurer for the public purposes of the said province.

'Short title. 7, 'l'his Act may be cited as the '' Wallaroo to Moonta Rail-

way Act, 1890."

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to this Rill,

KINTORE, Governor.

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Adelaide: By authority, C. E. BXISTOW, Government