Caledonian Railway (Greenock and Gourock Extensions) Act 1866
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VICTORLE REGINJE.
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Cap.
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An Act for enabling the
Caledonian
Railway Com-
pany to make Railways to the Albert Harbour
at
Greenock,
and to Gourock in the County of
Renfrew, with a Pier at
Gourock,
and to acquire
the Undertaking of the Gourock Harbour Com-
pany ; and for other Purposes. [23d July 1866.]
W
THERE AS by " The
Caledonian
Railway Act, 1845," the
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Vict.
-
Caledonian
Railway Company (in this Act called " the c-clxii-
Company") were incorporated: And whereas under the
Provisions of "The
Caledonian
and
Glasgow,
Paisley,
and
Greenock
io&irVict.
Railways Amalgamation Act, 1847," the Glasgow, Paisley, and c-clxix-
Greenock
Railway was vested in the Company, and became a Part of
their Undertaking: And whereas an Act was passed in the Session of
Parliament held in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for erecting
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W.
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and maintaining a Pier or Harbour at Gourock in the County ofc- ixxvih.
Renfrew, by which Act the
Gourock
Harbour Company were incor-
porated : And
whereas
it would be attended with Advantage and Con-
venience to the Public if the Company were authorized to make and
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TJie Caledonian Railway (Greenock and Gourock Extensions)
Act, 1866.
maintain Railways from the said
Glasgow,
Paisley,
and
Greenock
Rail-
way to the Albert Harbour at
Greenock,
and to
Gourock,
with a Pier
or Quay at
Gourock,
and to acquire by Agreement the Undertaking
of the
Gourock
Harbour Company : And whereas Plans and Sections
showing the Lines and Levels of the said proposed Railways and Pier
or Quay, and the Lands which may be required to be taken for the
Purposes
thereof,
with a Book of Reference to the said Plans, have
been deposited for public Inspection in the Offices at Paisley and
Greenock
respectively of the Principal Sheriff Clerk of
the
County of
Renfrew, and are herein-after referred to as the deposited Plans, Sec-
tions,
and Book of Reference; but the Objects 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 Par-
liament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
Short
Title.
1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as " The
Caledonian
Railway
(Greenock
and
Gourock
Extensions) Act, 1866."
8&9Vict. 2. "The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845,"
cc.
17.,
19.,
((
The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, I860,"
23
&24 Vict. " The Railways Clauses Consolidation
(Scotland)
Act, 1845," Part L
c.
106.,
and (relating to Construction of a Railway) of " The Railways Clauses
SSTlt Act»
1863,"
and the Clauses and Provisions of " The Companies
incorporated. Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845," with respect to the fol-
lowing Matters; (that is to say,) the Distribution of the Capital of
the Company into Shares, the Transfer or Transmission of Shares, the
Payment of Subscriptions and the Means of enforcing the Payment of
Calls,
the Forfeiture of Shares for Nonpayment 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 also Part I. (relating
to Cancellation and Surrender of Shares), Part II. (relating to ad-
ditional Capital), and Part III. (relating to Debenture Stock), of
" The Companies Clauses Act,
1863,"
are (except where expressly
varied by this Act) incorporated with and form Part of this Act; and
all the Provisions of " The Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scot-
land) Act, 1845," so incorporated with this Act, 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 authorized to issue, and to the Holders
thereof.
3.
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