Metropolitan Railway (Notting Hill and Brompton Extension) Act 1864
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ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO & VICESIMO OCTAVO
VICTORLE REGIN.E.
Cap.
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An Act to enable the Metropolitan Railway Com-
pany to extend their Railway to Notting Hill,
Kensington, and Brompton. [29th July 1864.]
W
HEREAS the Metropolitan Railway Company, by virtue of
" The Metropolitan Railway Act, 1854," and divers other ]7&i8Vict.
Acts,
have constructed a Railway from the Great Western c> CCXX1-
Railway at Paddington to Farringdon Street, and are authorized to
make a Railway to a Point nearly opposite the Great Western Hotel
in the Parish of Paddington : And whereas it would be of great public
Advantage if the Metropolitan Railway were extended to Notting Hill,
Kensington, and Brompton, and it is expedient that the Metropolitan
Railway Company should be authorized to construct such Extension,
and to raise additional Capital for that Purpose: And whereas it is
expedient that the Company should be authorized to raise the addi-
tional Capital as a separate Capital in the Manner and subject to the
Conditions in this Act mentioned; but the Purposes 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
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4470 27° & 28° VICTORIA,
Cap.
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The Metropolitan Railway (Notting Hill and Brompton
Extension) Act, 1864.
present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as
follows ; (that is to say,)
Short Title. 1. In citing this Act for any Purpose, it shall be sufficient to use
the Expression " The Metropolitan Railway (Notting Hill and
Brompton Extension) Act, 1864."
8&9Viet. 2. " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," " The Lands
^•2108- Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, I860," and " The
23&24Vict. Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," and Part I. of "The
c. 106., and Railways Clauses Act,
1863,"
are incorporated with and form Part of
26&27Vict. ... . \ ' r
c 92. this Act.
incorporated.
Interpreta- 3. The following Words and Expressions in this Act have for the
ton of Purposes of this Act the following Meanings, unless there be something
in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; (to wit,)
" The Company " means " the Metropolitan Railway Company,"
" the Metropolitan Railway " means the Railways and Works
of the Metropolitan Railway, exclusive of the Extension Rail-
way by this Act authorized to be made :
" Extension Railway " means the Railways, Road, and Works by
this Act authorized to be made :
" Extension Shares" means the Share Capital by this Act autho-
rized to be raised for the Purposes of the Extension Railway.
Same
Mean- 4. The several Words and Expressions to which by the Acts
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incorporated herewith Meanings are assigned have in this Act the
tMs Act as same respective Meanings, unless there be in the Subject or Context
in incorpo- something repugnant to or inconsistent with such Construction.
rated Acts. ° r a
Power to 5. And whereas a Plan and Section of the Extension Railway,
accord- °T S showing the Line and Levels thereof and describing the Lands which
ing to depo- the Company may purchase for the several Purposes of this Act, with
sited Plans. a R00k 0f Reference to the Plan containing the Names of the Owners
or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed Lessees, and of the Occupiers
of those Lands, have been deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for
the County of Middlesex: Therefore it shall be lawful for the Com-
pany, subject to the Provisions in this and the incorporated Acts
contained, and to the Powers of Deviation given by those Acts and
" The Metropolitan Railway Act, 1854," to make and maintain the
Extension Railway, with all proper Stations, Works, and Conveniences
connected therewith, in the Line or Course shown on the said Plan,
or in any Line or Course within the Limits of lateral Deviation thereon
defined, and upon the Lands delineated on the said Plan and described
in the said Book of Reference, and according to the Levels described
on the said Section; and the Company may enter upon, take, and
use
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