Midland Railway (Nottingham and Lincoln Railway) Act 1845

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1845 c. xlix
Year1845
ANNC
OCTAVO
&
NON0
VICTORIA3
REGINB.
cap.
X1i.x.
Ail
Act
to
empower the
MidZuncZ
Railway
Company
to
exterid
the
said
Railway
from
Nottinqhaz
to
2Vewar/c
and
Li72coZrz.
[3Q
th
JAe
1845
.]
HEREAS
under and by virtue
of
several Acts
of
Parlia-
ment Railways have been made from the
London and
Birminghcim
Railway at
Rugby
in the County of
Wsrrzrick
to
Leicester, Nottinghrcm,
and
Derby,
by
a
Company called the
Mid-
land
Counties
Itailway Company, and fiom
Biminghcini
to
De1.b~
by
a
Company called the
Bi~wzinghain
and
Derby
Jzrnction
Railwaj-
Company, and from
Derby
to
Leeds
by
a
Company called the
A'ortli
Midland
Railway Conipany
:
And whereas by an Act passed
iii
the
last Session
of
Parliament, intituled
An
Act
to
consolickrte
the
North
7
A
s
Vict.
Midland, Midland Counties,
and
Birmingham and Derby Junction
c.
18-
liailzcny
Conapanies,
the said Conipaiiies were united into One, under
the Name
of
the
Midland
Railway Company
;
and the said several
Railways, and all Branches thereof respectively, were thereby rested
in the said last-mentioned Company, under the Name
of
the
Afidlcrnd
Itailways
:
And whereas it
would
be attended with great public
anti
local Advantage if a Railway were made, in extension of the said
Jlidlsrnd
Railways, from
i\Totfing?icrm
by
Arework
to
Lincoltz,
dierebv
an iiiiproved Coiiimuiiicatioii
would
be obtained between
Nottiizg?~~~~;,
LincoZn,
and
Nelijurk,
and
the
Towns
and Districts on the Line
of'
the
Jfidlund
Railway, and
the
other Railways cornniunicatiiig there-
[Local.]
11
N
with
;
970
8”
&
9”
VICTORIB,
Cap.xlix.
with
:
And whereas the
Midland
Railway Company are willing
to
undertake the Execution of the said Railway,
if
authorized by Parlia-
ment
so
to do
:
And whereas
Two
Acts have been passed during the
present Session of Parliament, one thereof intituled
An
Act
for
con-
solidating in One
Act
cey
tain
Provisions
usudy
inserted
in
Acts
authorizing
the
making
oj
Railwnys,
called
U
The Railway Clauses
Consolidation Act, 1845,” and the other thereof intituled
An
Act
for
consolidating
in
One
Act certain Provisions usually inserted
in
Acts
authorizing
the
taking
of
Lands
for
Undertakings
of
a
public
ATafure,
called
The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845
:”
May it therc-
fore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted
;
and be it enacted
by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
Aciyice
and
Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,
in
this
present Parliament assembled, and by tlie Authority of thc samc,
Extending
That
all
the Provisions of the said first-recited Act,
so
far
as
the
Provisions
of
same are or may be applicable and are now in force, and
except
such
of them as are by this Act repealed, altered, or otherwise provided
first-recited
Act.
for,
or
as
may be inconsistent with the Provisions ofthe said Railwaj-
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the said Lands Clauses
Con-
solidation Act, 1845, shall extend to this Act, and to the seT-era1
Purposes thereof, and to the several Matters and Things herebj-
authorized to be done, as fully and effectually
as
if the said
Provi-
sions were re-enacted in this Act in reference to such Purposes,
Matters, and Things; and the said Acts and this Act shall bc
construed and read together as forming Oiie L4ct.
8
&
9
Vict.
c.
20.
8
&-
9
Vict*
c.
18.
Extending
11.
And be it enacted, That the said Railways Clauses Consolida-
~rovisions
of
tion Act, 1545, and the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,
shall,
so
far
as
tlie same are applicable, and are not modified by this
Two
last-
recited Acts.
Act, or inconsistent with the Provisions thereof, be held to apply
to
the Railway and Works by this Act authorized to be madc, and shall
be
read and construed as forming Part of this Act.
Short
Title.
111.
And be it enacted, That in citing this Act it shall be
suffi-
cient to describe
it
as
CL
Midlund
Railways
(Nottinghaitz
and
Lincoln
Railway) Act, 1545.”
Power to
IV.
And whereas the estimated Expence
of
the Works
by
this
raise 5Ioney.
Act authorized
is
Four hundred and eight thousand Pounds
;
be
it
therefore enacted, That it shall
be
lawful for the said Company to
raise the said Sum of Four hundred and eight thousand Pounds by
the Creation of new Shares or Stock, in like Maimer and subject
to
the same Provisions
as
the Provisions under which they are
by
the
said first-recited Act empowered to raise new Shares or Stock in lieu
of
the Money thereby autliorizcd to be borrowed, and for paying
off’
any Mortgages, Bonds, or Securities created by the respective Com-
panies thereby incorporated.
~\’ew
Sliares
V.
And be it enacted, That the new Shares or Stock to be crcated
to
forill
Part
by virtue of this Act shall be considered Part of the general Capital
of
general
of
the Company, and shall be subject
as
such to the same Provisions
Capital.
in all respects
as
are contained in the said first-recited Act with refer-
ence
to
the new Shares or Stock thereby authorized to be created,
4
and

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