Oxford and Rugby Railway Act 1845
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1845 c. clxxxviii |
| Year | 1845 |
ANNO OCTAVO & NONO
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Cap.
clxxxviii.
An Act for making a Railway from the City of
Owford to the Town of Rugby.
[4th August 1845.]
HERE AS the making of a Railway in continuation of the
Oxford Branch of the Great Western Railway, from the City
of Oxford to the Town of Rugby, would be of great public
Advantage, by opening an additional, certain, and expeditious Means of
Communication between the said Places, and also by facilitating Com-
munication between more distant Towns and Places : And whereas the
Persons hereafter named are willing, at their own Expence, to carry such
Undertaking into execution ; but the same cannot be effected without
the Authority of Parliament: And whereas an Act has been passed
during the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for con^ 8&9
solidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts c. iG.
with respect to the Constitution of Companies incorporated for carry-
ing on Undertakings of a public Nature, and called " The Companies
Clauses Consolidation Act, One thousand eight hundred and forty-
five :" And whereas another Act has also been passed during the
present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for consolidating in 8
&
9 Vict
One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing the c. 18.
taking of Lands for Undertakings of a public Nature" and called
" The J^ands Clauses Consolidation Act, One thousand eight hundred
50 L
Vict.
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and
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c.20.
Recited Acts
incorporated
will) this
Act.
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Short Title.
Subscribers
incorporated
8° & 9° VICTORIA, G/p.clxxxviii.
and forty-five;" And whereas another Act has also been passed during
the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for consolidating
in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts authorizing
the making of Railways, and called " The Railway Clauses Consolida-
tion Act, One thousand eight hundred and forty-five:" May it there-
fore 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 said recited Acts shall be incorporated
with and form Part of this Act, save as to such of the Provisions
thereof (if any) as may be inconsistent with this Act.
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 " The Oxford and Rugby Railway Act, One thousand
eight hundred and forty-five."
III. And be it enacted, That Henry Simonds, George Jones,
Robert Frederic Gower, Charles Stevens, William Tothill, Peter
Maze, William Singer Jacques, John William Miles', and James
Lean,
and all other Persons and Corporations who have already sub-
scribed or shall hereafter subscribe to the Undertaking, and their
Executors, Administrators, Successors, and Assigns respectively, shall
be united into a Company for the Purpose of making and maintaining
a Railway from the City of Oxford to the Town of Rugby, with proper
Works and Coveniences belonging thereto, according to the Provisions
of the said recited Acts and of this Act, and for other the Purposes
herein and in the said recited Acts contained ; and for the Purposes
aforesaid such Company shall be incorporated by the Name of " The
Oxford and Rugby Railway Company," and by that Name shall be a
Body Corporate, with perpetual Succession, and shall have Power to
purchase and hold Lands for the Purposes of the Undertaking, within
the Restrictions herein and in the recited Acts contained.
Capital.
Number and
Amount of
Shares.
Calls.
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IV. And be it enacted, That the Capital of the Company shall be
Six hundred thousand Pounds.
V. And be it enacted, That the Number of Shares into which the
Capital shall be divided shall be Twelve thousand, and the Amount
of each Share shall be Fifty Pounds.
VI.
And be it enacted, That Ten Pounds per Share shall be the
greatest Amount of any One Call which the Company may make on
the Shareholders, and Thirty Pounds per Share shall be the utmost
aggregate Amount of Calls that may be made in any One Year upon
any Share, and Three Months at the least shall be the Interval
between successive Calls.
After 5L paid
up,
Interest
to be paid
till Railway
completed.
VII.
And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Directors of
the said Company, when and so soon as the Sum of Five Pounds shall
have been paid up in respect of any of the Shares of the said Under-
taking,.and from thenceforth until the said Railway shall be completed
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