Maryport and Carlisle Railway Act 1843
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1843 c. lxx |
ANNO SEXTO & SEPTIMO
VIGTORLE REGINJE.
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Cajo.lxx.
An Act for altering and enlarging the Powers of
the Act relating to the Mart/port and Carlisle
Railway. [12th July 1843.]
HEREAS by an Act passed in the First Year of the
Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for
making a. Railway from the Town and Port of Mary port
to the Borough of Carlisle, to be called the Maryport and Carlisle
Railway, certain Persons 'were incorporated by the Name of
"The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Company," and were thereby
empowered to make and maintain a Railway, with all proper Works
and Conveniences connected therewith, commencing at and from
the South Quay of the Harbour and Port of Maryport in the Town-
ship of Ellenborough in the Parish of .Dearham in the County of
Cumberland, and near to a certain Coal Steath or Shed there situate,
then the Property and in the Occupation of Humphrey Senhouse
Esquire, and passing from thence into and through the several and
respective Parishes, Townships, and Places in the said Act men-
tioned, and terminating by a Junction with the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
and
Carlisle
Railway, at, in, or near a certain Field or Close of Land
called by the Name of Bog
field,'
in the Township of Botchergate in
the Parish of Saint Cuthbert, Carlisle, in the said County: And
whereas the said Company were in and by the said Act empowered
to raise amongst .themselves any Sum of Money for. the Purposes qf
. [Local] 24 JB the
7W.4.&
1 Vict, c, 101
2122
Powers of
recited Act
to extend to
this Act.
66 & 7° VICTORIA, CapAxx.
the said Act not exceeding in the \vhole the Sum of One hundred
and eighty thousand Pounds, and in case the said Sum of One hun-
dred and eighty thousand Pounds should be found insufficient for the
Purposes of the said Act, the said Company were empowered, at any
Time after One Half Part of the said Capital Sum of One hundred
and eighty thousand Pounds should have been actually raised and
paid, to borrow and take up at Interest any additional Sum, not
exceeding in the whole the Sum of Sixty thousand Pounds, on the
Credit of the said Undertaking: And whereas the said Company
have made considerable Progress in the said Undertaking, and a
Part of the said Railway has been completed and is now open to
the Public, and thereby the Transit of Passengers, Merchandize,
and Materials within the said County of Cumberland, as well for
Home Consumption as for Exportation or Shipment to
Ireland,
Scotland, and other Places, is greatly facilitated, and the Convenience
and Advantage of the Public in general greatly promoted: And
whereas in the Progress of the said Undertaking many Alterations
and Improvements in the Line and Course of the said Railway, as
originally authorized to be made, have been suggested ; and it is
found expedient that the said Company should be enabled to pur-
chase and take Lands for the several Purposes aforesaid, and that
the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act should be in
other respects extended; but these Objects 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 Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the
same, That all the Powers, Provisions, Matters, and Things con-
tained in the said recited Act (except such Parts thereof as are by
this Act repealed, altered, or otherwise provided for) shall extend to
this Act and to the Purposes and Things hereby authorized or
required to be effected and done, and shall be in force in respect to
the Objects and Purposes of this Act as effectually, to all Intents
and Purposes whatever, as if the same Powers, Provisions, Autho-
rities,
Matters, and Things were re-enacted in this Act and made
Part
thereof.
Capital.
Power to
raise an ad-
ditional Sum
of Money by
Subscription.
II.
And whereas the estimated Expence of making the said Altera-
tions of the said Line of Railway is One hundred and seventeen
thousand nine hundred and forty-six Pounds ; be it enacted, That the
said Sum of One hundred and seventeen thousand nine hundred and
forty-six Pounds shall be added to the existing Capital of the said
Company.
III.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the
said Company forthwith, or from Time to Time and at any Time
hereafter, to raise for the Purposes of the said recited Act or of this
Act, or either of them, in addition to the Sums authorized to be
raised by the said recited Act, such further Sum of Money, not
exceeding the Sum of One hundred and seventeen thousand nine
hundred and forty-six Pounds, by the Issue of new Shares of such
nominal Value or Amount, and at such Discount or Price, and with
such
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