Great Western Railway (Leamington Line) Act 1848
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1848 c. clviii |
| Year | 1848 |
ANNO UNDECIMO & DUODECIMO
VICTORLE REGINTE.
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Cap.
clviii.
An Act
to
enable
the
Great Western Railway
Company
to
construct
a
Loop Line from
the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway through
the Town of Leamington, wid for other Purposes.
[31st August 1848.],
W
HEREAS 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 5&.6W.4.
making a Railway from Bristol, to join the London and Birmingham
c-I0?-
Railway near London,
to
be called
u
The Great Western Railway,"
with Branches therefrom
to
the Towns
of
Bradford and Trowbridge
in the County of Wilts, whereby several Persons were incorporated
by the Name and Style of
"
The Great Western Railway Company :"
And whereas the Provisions of the said Act were amended and en-
larged by several subsequent Acts passed respectively in the Sixth
Year of the Reign of His said Majesty, and in the First, the Second,
the Seventh, and the Ninth Years
of
the Reign
of
Her present
Majesty Queen Victoria, and in the last Session of Parliament: And
whereas Two several Acts, called respectively " The Birmingham and
Osford Junction Railway Act, 1846," and "The Birmingham and
Oxford Junction {Birmingham Extension) Railway Act, 1846," were
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passed
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Provisions of
8 & 9 Vict.
CC.I8.& 20.
incorporated
with this Act.
Short Title.
Powertoraise
additional
Capital by
Creation of
new Shares.
Calls.
Mode in
which new
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passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Ninth and Tenth
Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, whereby certain Persons
were incorporated under the Name of " The Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Company:" And whereas the Line of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway has been agreed to be sold to the
Great Western Railway Company, and the last-mentioned Company
propose to alter a Portion of the Line of the said Birmingham and
Oxford Junction Railway, and to form a new Line of Railway in lieu
thereof,
between the Points herein-after described : And whereas, by
reason of the Formation of such new Line of Railway, it is expedient
that the Formation of a certain Portion of the Line of the Birming-
Bir-
mingham be
ham and Oxford Junction Railway, as authorized by the said
and Oxford Junction Railway Act, 1846/' should
abandoned: And whereas it is expedient that some of the Powers
and Provisions of the said recited Acts should be amended and en-
larged, and further Powers granted to the said Company; but the
Aid of Parliament is necessary for such Purposes: 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 Authority of the same,
That the Provisions of " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,"
and of "The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," in so far
as the same may be applicable and are not inconsistent with the Pro-
visions herein-after contained, shall be incorporated with and form
Part of this Act.
F
II.
And be it enacted, That in citing this Act in other Acts of
Parliament, and in legal Instruments, it shall be sufficient to use
the Expression
Act, 1848." "The Great Western Railway {Leamington Line)
III-
And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Great
Western Railway Company from Time to Time to raise, by creating
new Shares in addition to the Sums of Money which they are autho-
rized to raise under and by virtue of the Acts relating to their Under-
taking herein-before recited, or any of them, or which they may be
authorized to raise under or by virtue of any other Act to be passed
in the present Session of Parliament, any Sum of Money not exceed.
ing in the whole the Sum of One hundred and twenty thousand
Pounds : Provided always, that all and every Part of such Sum of
Money so to be raised shall be applicable only to the Objects and
Purposes, by this Act authorized.
IV. And be it enacted, That Five Pounds per Share shall be the
greatest Amount of any One Call which the Great Western Railway
Company may make on the Shareholders in respect of the Money by
this Act authorized to be raised, and Three Fifths of the Amount of
a Share shall be the utmost aggregate Amount of Calls that may be
made in any One Year upon any Share, and Two Months at the least
shall be the Interval between successive Calls.
V. And be it enacted, That the new Shares so to be created shall
be of such nominal Value as the Great Western Railway Company
may
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