Cape Railway Dissolution Act 1873
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1873 c. xliii |
| Year | 1873 |
CHAPTER
xliii.
An
Act to
coiifirni nil
Agreeniciit
between the Cape
Railway
AD.
1853.
-
C‘oi11~1a11y
niid
tho
Local
Coiwiiiiieiit
of
the Cape
of
Good
IJolic
for
tlie
sale
niicl
timisfer
of the
Coiiipniiy’s
uucler-
taking,
ancl
to
provide
for
the
~~-iiicliiig-u1)
of
the
affairs
of
the
Coiiilmiy
;
niicl
for
other
piirposscs.
[act11
M:L?
1873.1
4
LEAS by
tlie
‘‘
Cape
Town
Railn-aj-
and
Dock Act,
1855,’’
IS
&
19
Vict.
-wlxc
the
’
Cape
Tomn
Railway
ancl
Dock Company (in this Act
cl
cxl*
callcd the Conipany)
were
incorporated for niaking certain
railmys
niid docks in the Colony
of
thc Capc
of
Good
Hope,
and
by
‘‘
The
Cape
Railway Act,
1867,’’
further powers were confcrrcd upon the
Conipany,
and
their naiiic
was
changcd
to
“
The Cape Itailway
Conipaiiy
;”
and
they ~vcrc authorised
to
enter into agreenieiits for
various pui*poses with tlic Local Gorernmcnt
of
the Cape
of
Good
IIopc
(in this Act called thc Local Government), including
the
sale
and
transfcr
of
their undertaking
to
that
Government
:
And
whereas
an
agreement has been cliterecl into for the sale and
transfer
of
the Company’s undertaking
to
the Local Government,
which agreement
is
set
forth in the schedule
to
this Act annexed
;
and
it
is expedient that the
same
should be confirmed, and that
provision should be
made
for winding-up the affairs of the Company
and
for
the distribution of their assets,
ancl
for
dissolving the
Company
:
And whereas the objects aforcsaicl cannot
bo
effcctecl without the
authority
of
Parliament
:
May
it
therefore
plcasc
Pour
Najcsty that
it
inay bc cnactcd
;
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
of
the
Commons, in this present Parliament asscmbled, and
by the authority
of
thc same,
as
follows
:
Act,
1873.’’
1.
This Act may
bc
cited
as
“
The Cape Railm-ay Dissolution
silort
title.
[
Locu
1.-43.]
A
1
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