Bristol and North Somerset Railway Act 1863
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1863 c. clxviii |
| Year | 1863 |
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Cap.
clxviii.
An Act for making a Railway from the Great
Western Railway at Radstock to Bristol, together
with Branches therefrom to Camerton and other
Places; and for other Purposes.
[21st July 1863.]
W
HEREAS the making of Railways which would pass through
important Parts of the County of Somerset, and would
connect the Great Western Railway at
'Radstock
with the
City and Port of Bristol, together with Branches therefrom, which would
communicate with
Camerton
in the same County, and with the Floating
Harbour at Bristol respectively, would be of great local and public
Advantage: And whereas Plans and Sections showing the Lines and
Levels of the intended Railways and Tramway, and describing the Lands
in and through which the same may be made, or which may be required
for the Purposes of the Undertaking, with Books of Reference to such
Plans containing the Names of the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees
or reputed Lessees, and of the Occupiers of those Lands, have been
deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of Bristol,
and those Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference are in this Act
referred to as the deposited Plans and Books of Reference: And
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2526 26° & 27° VICTORIA C^.clxviii.
The Bristol and North Somerset Railway Act, 1863.
whereas the Purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the Authority
of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be
enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Autho-
rity of the same, as follows ; (that is to say,)
Short Title.- 1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as " The Bristol and North
Somerset
Railway Act,
1863."
8 & 9 Vict.
cc.
16. 18. &
20.
and
23
& 24
Vict.
c. 106. incor-
porated.
Interpre-
tation of
Terms.
Subscribers
incor-
porated.
Capital.
2.
"The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," "The Lands
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," "The Railways Clauses Consolidation
Act, 1845," and " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment
Act, 1860," (save so far as the same are expressly varied or excepted
by this Act,) shall be incorporated with and form Part of this Act.
3.
Where in this Act the Words " the Company " occur, the same
means " the Company incorporated by this Act;" where the Word
" Railway " occurs, the same includes the Railways and other Works
and Conveniences connected therewith by this Act authorized; the
Expression " Superior Courts," or " Court of competent Jurisdiction," or
any other like Expression in this Act, shall be read and have effect
as if the Debt or Demand with respect to which the Expression is
used were a common simple Contract Debt, and not a Debt or Demand
created by Statute, unless there be something in the Subject or Context
repugnant to such Construction respectively.
4.
John Colthurst,
Charles
Mullins, Joseph Langford, Joseph SUl,
George
Feare,
William Evans, James Thatcher, William Adlam,
Joseph
Cary, Robert Jameson, and Daniel
Charles
Wait, and all other Persons
and Corporations who have already subscribed or shall hereafter subscribe
to the Undertaking, and their respective Executors, Administrators, Suc-
cessors, and Assigns respectively, shall be united into a Company for the
Purposes of the Undertaking hereby authorized, and for the Purposes
aforesaid such Company shall be incorporated by the Name of " The
Bristol and North
Somerset
Railway Company," and by that Name shall
be a Body Corporate with perpetual Succession, and shall have Power to
purchase, acquire, take, hold, and dispose of Lands and other Property,
and by Agreement any Easements, Interests, Rights, Powers, and Privi-
leges in, over, and affecting the same, for the Purposes of the Under*
taking, but subject to the Restrictions herein and in the incorporated
Acts respectively contained.
5.
The Share Capital of the Company shall be Two hundred and
seventy-five thousand Pounds. 6. The
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