Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Act 1844
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1844 c. lxxxi |
| Year | 1844 |
ANNO SEPTIMO & OCTAVO
VICTORLE REGIN
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Cap.
lxxxi.
An Act to alter, explain, revive, and continue the
Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to
the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway,
and to make Two Branch Railways therefrom.
[19th July 1844.]
HEREAS an Act was passed in the Seventh Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth,
intituled An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or 6 &7
W.
4
Railways from the City of Edinburgh to Leith, and to the Shore of the c*131*
Frith of Forth, at or near to Newhaven and Trinity, all in the County
of Edinburgh, whereby a Company was incorporated by the Name
and Style of " The Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway Com-
pany," and was authorized and empowered to make and maintain the
foresaid Railways in the Lines and in the Manner therein set forth :
And whereas another Act was passed in the Third
Year"
of the Reign
of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to alter,
amend,,
and enlarge 2
& 3
Vict
the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the Seventh Year oftJie
c*
^
Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled* An Act fc
i
[Local.'] from the City of
45 D ~ < Edinburgh
4062
Extending
Provisions
of former
Acts to this
Act.
Name and
Style of
Company
altered.
Limiting
Number of
Directors.
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' Edinburgh to Leith, and to the Shore of the Frith of Forth, at or near
* to Newhaven and Trinity, all in the County ^/Edinburgh,' and to alter
and vary the Lines and Levels of the Railways thereby authorized to
be made, and for other Purposes relating to the said Undertaking:
And whereas a Portion of the Railway by the said recited Acts autho-
rized to be made has been completed and opened to the Public, and
the Remainder thereof is in course of being executed and in a State of
great Forwardness : And whereas the Utility and Convenience of the
said Railway to the Public: would be much increased by the Formation
of a Branch .Railway from the Main Line of the said Railway to or
near to the Pier erected by his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and
Queensberry at Granton, and of another Branch Railway from the
Main Line of the said Railway to or near to the Wet Docks at North
Leith;
and it is expedient that some of the Powers and Provisions of
the said recited Acts should be altered, amended, repealed, explained,
and enlarged, and that farther Powers should be granted to the said
Company, but the Purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the
Aid and 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 Parlia-
ment assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all the
PowTers, Provisions, Matters, and Things contained in the said recited
Acts,
so far as the same are now unrepealed and are in force, or would
be in force but for Effluxion of. Time only, (except such of them
as are by this Act repealed, altered, or otherwise provided for,) shalls
extend to this Act, and to the several Purposes
hereof,
and Things
hereby authorized to be done, as fully and effectually as if the same
Powers, Provisions, Matters, and Things were repeated and re-enacted
in this Act in reference to the Purposes hereof and Things hereby
authorized to be done.
II.
And whereas it is expedient that the Name and Style of the
Company should be altered as after mentioned; be it enacted, That it
shall be lawful for the* Company incorporated by the said recited Act
passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King. William
the Fourth, and they are hereby directed and required, to take and use
the Name and Style of "The Edinburgh, Leith, and GrantonRml-
way Company," as and for their Name of Incorporation, and to alter
their Common Seal, and do all other Acts consequent upon such Change.
of Name accordingly ; and the Company shall and may, from and after
the passing of this Act, by that Name and Style sue and be sued, and-
have Power and Authority to purchase and hold Lands, Grounds,,
and Heritages for the Purposes of the said recited Acts and this Act;
but neither such Change of Name and Style nor other Act consequent
thereon shall in any way prejudice, alter, or affect any Suit, Action,
or Proceeding commenced or taken by or against the Company, or
any thing done by them, before the passing of this Act, nor shall the.
same many respect vary or affect the Rights or Liabilities of the.
Company.
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III.
And whereas by the said last-recited Act it is enacted, that
the Directors of the Company shall consist of Nine Persons, and it is
l expedient
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