Caledonian Railway (Further Powers) Act 1882
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1882 c. liii |
| Year | 1882 |
[45 VICT.] Caledonian Railway (Farther Powers) [Oh. liii.]
Act, 1882.
CHAPTER liii.
An Act for enabling the Caledonian Eailway Company to
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make railways and other works, and abandon authorised
and existing works, in and near the city of Glasgow, to
divert a road at Lochmaben, and to acquire lands and
works in the counties of Stirling, Perth, and Eenfrew;
and for other purposes. [19th June 1882.]
HERE AS it is expedient that the Caledonian Railway Company
(herein-after called " the Company") should be authorised
to make a railway for connecting the London Road branch in the
city of Glasgow with their railway from Buchanan Street in that
city to Coatbridge, and to make branch railways therefrom to their
Saint Rollox line and to the Monkland Canal, and a connecting line
between their Clydesdale Junction line and their Dalmarnock
branch; as also to divert a road in the burgh of Lochmaben, which
is at present crossed on the level by their Dumfries, Lochmaben,
and Lockerbie line; and to acquire lands for those purposes, and
also for additional station and other accommodation at Grangemouth,
and at Dunblane:
And whereas it is expedient that the Company should be em-
powered to abandon the construction of the authorised railways,
called Railway No. 2, Railway No. 3, and Railway No.
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in the
Caledonian Railway (Additional Powers) Act, 1876, (herein-after
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called " the Act of 1876 ",) which will be rendered unnecessary by c-lxiv-
the formation of the railway and branch railways first herein-
before mentioned, and to stop up and appropriate the site of certain
portions of streets for the purposes of that railway, and to make a
new street in lieu
thereof;
as also to abandon and stop up a small
portion of the Monkland Canal, which has been rendered unnecessary
by a deviation of that canal already authorised and completed:
And whereas an agreement has been entered into between the
magistrates and town council of the royal burgh of Rutherglen and
the Company, with respect to the land required for the connecting
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Act, 1882.
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1882. line herein-before mentioned and to relative accommodation works;
and it is expedient that the said agreement should be confirmed :
And whereas an agreement has been entered into, between the
proprietors of a private branch railway from the Company's Glasgow
and Greenock line to an ironstone pit at Linwood and the Company,
for the acquisition of that branch by the Company ; and it is expedient
that the said agreement should be confirmed, and that the said branch
should be made part of the Company's undertaking :
And whereas it is expedient to make better provision for the use
by the Company of the rails and other works of the Aberdeen Harbour
Commissioners on and adjoining to the quays at Aberdeen :
And whereas the Company are, under the authority of Parlia-
ment, proprietors of forty thousand pounds of the capital stock of
the Portpatrick Railway Company (herein-after called " the Port-
patrick Company") ; and by an agreement between those Companies,
dated the seventeenth day of October and thirtieth day of November
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, it was inter alia agreed
that the Company should, in respect of the stock so held by them,
have power to nominate two directors at the board of the Port-
patrick Company, and should he entitled at any time they might
see fit to apply to Parliament for such power; and it is expedient
that the Company should have power to appoint two directors of
the Portpatrick Company accordingly :
And whereas it is expedient that the Company should be authorised
to raise additional share and loan capital, for the purpose of executing
the several railways and other works and acquiring the lands and
works herein-before mentioned :
And whereas plans and sections, showing the lines and levels of
the several railways, new street, and diversion of road, by this Act
authorised to be made, and plans showing the lands by this Act
authorised to be taken, and also books of reference, containing the
names of the owners and lessees, or reputed owners and lessees, and
of the occupiers of the lands which may be taken for the several
purposes or under the powers of this Act, were duly deposited with
the principal sheriff clerks for the county of Lanark at Glasgow, for
the county of Dumfries at Dumfries, for the county of Stirling at
Stirling and Falkirk, and for the county of Perth at Perth and
Dunblane, respectively, and are herein-after respectively referred to
as the deposited plans, sections, and books of reference :
And whereas the purposes of this Act 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
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Caledonian Railway (Further Powers) [Oh. liii.]
Act, 1882.
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
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and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows :
1.
This Act may be cited as the Caledonian Railway (Further Short title.
Powers) Act, 1882.
2.
The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, the Incorpora-
Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860, the tionof Acts-
8 & 9 Vict.
Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, Part I (relating
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to construction of a railway) of the Railways Clauses Act, 1863, c.31o624V'°t'
the clauses and provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation
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vict-
(Scotland) Act, 1S45, with respect to the following matters (that is
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to say) the distribution of the capital of the Company into shares, s&.9Vict.
the transfer or transmission of shares, the payment of subscriptions °-17-
and the means of enforcing the payment of calls, the forfeiture
of shares for non-payment of calls, the remedies of creditors of the
Company against the shareholders, the borrowing of money by the
Company
on
mortgage
or
bond,
the conversion of the borrowed money
into capital, the consolidation of the shares into stock, the general
meetings of the Company and the exercise of the right of voting by
the shareholders, the making of dividends, the giving of notices, and
the provision to be made for affording access to the special Act by
all parties interested, and Part I (relating to cancellation and
surrender of shares), Part II (relating to additional capital), and
Part III (relating to debenture stock) of the Companies Clauses 26
&
27 Vict.
Act, 1863, are (except where expressly varied by this Act) incorpo- °- US-
rated with and form part of this Act; and all the provisions of the
Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, which relate
to stock into which shares in the capital of the Company have been
converted or consolidated, shall apply to the stock which the
Company are by this Act authorised to issue, and to the holders
thereof.
3.
In this Act the several words and expressions, to which Interpre-
meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or partially incorporated on°
herewith, have the same respective meanings, unless there be some-
thing in the subject or context repugnant to such construction ; and
in the Acts wholly or partially incorporated with this Act, as applied
to this Act, the expression "the Company" means the Caledonian
Railway Company; the expression " the special Act" means this
Act; and the expression " the railway " means and includes the
railways and other works by this Act authorised to be made.
4.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Company may make Power to
and maintain, in the lines and according to the levels shown on the make raiI"
A 9 o • ways and
•"• " " other works.
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