Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway and Port of Goole Act 1846
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1846 c. ccxii |
| Year | 1846 |
ANN0 NON0
&
DECIMO
VICTORIA3 REGINA":.
Cap.
ccxii.
An
Act
for empowering the
Wakejekd,
Po~ztefract,
and
Goole
Railway Company to construct a Jetty
and other
Works,
and to provide a Station, Coal
Staiths, and other Conveniences at the Port
of
Goole,
and
for
other Purposes relating to
the
said
Port.
[ICith
Jzcliy
1846.1
HEREAS
an Act
was
passed
in
the Session
of'
Parliament
held in the Eighth and Ninth Ycars
of
the Reign of Her
vv
present Majesty Queen Victorin, intituled
Ai2
Act
J&*
h
ct
9
1'11
t.
mnki?ag
a
Railu;ayf,.om
the
Manchester and Leeds
Rcriluw~
nt
Wake-
c*
field to the
Towns
of
Pontefract
und
Goole, with
certain
Bmnchs
thereji-om
:
And whereas the said
Waktfield,
Pontefract,
and
Goole
Railway Company have proceeded to put the said Act
into
cxecution
:
And whereas it
is
expedient that the said WctkeJield, Pontejiiact,
and
GooZe'Railway Company should be authorized to construct a Jetty in
the River
Ouse
at the Terminus
of
the
XIiufleton
Bight Branch
of
their Railway, and
to
provide a Station, Coal Staiths, Landing Places,
and other Conveniences, with proper Roads and Approaches thereto,
at the said Terminus
of
the said Branch Railway
:
And whereas the
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said
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&
10"
VICTORIISE,
Capccxii.
said
Wakffield, Pontefract, and Goole
Railway Company are willing
to
undertake the Execution of the same, if authorized by Parliament
so
to
do
:
And whereas an Act
was
passed in the Tenth and Eleventh
IOW.
3.
c
19.
Years
of'
the Reign
of
His Majesty
William
Third, intituled
An
Act
Jor
the inaking and keeping navigable the Rivers
of
Aire
and
Calder
in
the
County
of
York
:
And whereas an Act was passed in the
Fourteenth Year of the Reisn of His late Majesty King
George
14(;.3.~.96.
Third, intituled
An
Act to amend an Act passed
in
tlie Tenth
and
Eleventh Years
of
tlie Reign
of
King
William
Third, intituled
'
Ati
'
Act
for
the making and keeping navigable the Rivers
of
Aire
nnd
'
Calder
inethe County
of
York
;'
and
for
improving the ATauigation
of
the
said
River
Aire
jrom
Weelland
to the River
Ouse;
andjor
making
a
nnvignble Canal
from
the said River
Aire
at
or
rLear
Haddlescy
to the River
Ouse
at the
Old Brick Garth
at
Ouse Gate
End
within the Township
of
Selby
in
the
said
County; and-for other
Purposes:
And whereas an Act
was
passed in the First Year of the
1
G.4.c.39.
Reign of His late Mqjesty King
George
Fourth, intituled
ATL
Act
to enable the Undertakers
of
the Navigation
of
the Rivers
Aire
and
Calder
in
the West Ridirg
of
the County
of
York
to
make
a
navi-
b.
cable Cut or Canal
from
and
out
of
the said Nacigation at
Knot-
tingley
to conainunicate with the River
Ouse
near
Goole,
with
Two
collateral Branches, all
in
the
said Riding; and to amend the Acts
.relating to the said Navigation
:
And whereas an Act
was
passed
in the Ninth Year
of
the Reign
of
His
Majesty King
George
Fourth,
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c.98.
intituled
An
Act to enable the Undertakers
of
the Navigation
oj'
the Rivers
Aire
and
Calder
in
the West Riding
of
the
Count-y
of
York
to
nzake certain Cuts
und
Canals, and to improve the said Ncivi-
gation
:
And whereas the said Undertakers have, by virtue of
the
said Acts passed in the First and Ninth Years of the Reign
of'
King
George
Fourth, purchased (amongst other things) all the Lands in
the Township of
Goole
aforesaid, lying
on
the North Side
of
the
Dutch
River, and also other Lands
of
considerable Extent in the
Township
of'
Hook
aforesaid, upon Part of which Lands in each
of
the same Townships they have, in pursuance
of
the same Acts or oce
of them, constructed divers extensive Docks, Whaifs, Quays, Ware-
houses, and other Works and Conveniences for Shipping, and other
Parts of which Lands still remain vested in the said Undertakers or
their Trustees for the Uses and Purposes of the
same
Acts
:
And
whereas
it
will be for the public Convenience and Advantage,. and
also
for the mutual Benefit as well of the Undertakers
as
of
the said
Wake-
.field, Pontefract, and Goole
Railway Company, that the Means provided
at
the said Port for the Reception and Security of Ships or Vessels,
and
of
Goods, Cattle, Minerals, and other Articles, should be preserved
undiminished
:
And whereas, in order effectually and conveniently
to
carry into effect the several Objects and Purposes aforesaid, and
for
the Protection and Security of the said Undertakers, it
is
expedient
to invest the said Undertakers with the several Rights and Powers,
but subject nevertheless to the several Restrictions and Provisions,
herein-after in that Behalf granted or contained
:
And whereas it
is
expedient that some of the Powers and Provisions of the said recited
Acts relating to the said Undertakers should be amended, extended,
and repealed
;
but the several Objects and Purposes aforesaid cannot'
be cff'ccted without the Authority of Parliament
:
May it therefore
9
please
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&
10”
VICTORIA$
Cap.
ccxii.
3779
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 b
7
the Authority
of
the same, That
8
81
9
Vict.
1845,”
shall be incorporated with this Act, and the Provisions
of
the
this
Act.
said “Lands Clauses Consolidation Act” shall bc applicable to the Un-
dertaking hereby expressly authorized, but not further or otherwise.
Parliament, and in legal Instruments,
it
shall be sufficient to use
the Expression
‘‘
The
Wukefield,
Pont@act,
and
Goole
Railway, and
Port
of
Goole
Act,
1846.”
the Act
of
Parliament called
“
The
L
ands Clauses Consolidation Act,
;oif;ei:t:;h
11.
And be it enacted, That in citing this Act under the Acts
of
Short
Title.
111.
And whereas the estimated Expence of making the said Jetty
Power
to
and Works, and
of
providing such Station or Coal Staiths and other
~~~~$~&
Conveniences,
is
Forty thousand Pounds
;
be it enacted, That it shall
by
Creation
be lawful for the said Company
to
raise
by
the
Creation
of
new
ot-neiv
Shares
an
additional Capital
Sum
of
Forty thousand Pounds orer and
Sllare~.
abbve
‘the
Monies which they are authorized to raise
by
the said
first-
reci&d:
Act,
or ’any Act or Acts to be passed during the present
Session
of
Parliament.
IV.
And whereas the
Manchester and Leeds
Railway Company
Power
for
the
manc chest er
and Leecls
have agreed to subscribe towards the Formation of the said Works, if
authorized by Parliament
so
to do, the Sum of Twenty thousand
Railway
Pounds
;
be it therefore enacted, That the said
Manchester and Leeds
Company
to
Railway Company may and they are hereby empowered to subscribe
subscribe
;
towards the Undertaking hereby authorized, either in their own
Name
or in the Names or Name
of
any Persons or Person to be appointed
by them, to the Extent
so
agreed to be subscribed by them as aforesaid,
or to any
less
Extent.
V.
And
be
it enacted, That for such Purpose it shall be lawful for
and
to
raise
the said
Manchester and Leeds
Railway Company
to
raise
all
or any
2;
tyreY
Part
of
the Money
so
agreed to be subscribed by them
as
aforesaid
Purpose.
by
the Creation
of‘
new Shares or Stock in the Undertaking
of
the
said
Manchester and Leeds
Railway of such Amount, and to be
appropriated and disposed
of
in
such Manner, to such Person or
Persons, and for such Prices, and
on
such Terms, and by such
Ways
rrnd
Means,
and
under such Conditions,
as
by the Order
of
any
General
or Special General Meeting
of
the said
Manchester
m2d
Leeds
M-y
Company
has
been or shall be determined
;
and all the
Pro-
~6~8’‘~0nt&ued
in
or referred to by the
“Nunchester and Leeds
Raifway.Act,
1841,”
with regard
to
the Capital thereby authorized to
MFitkd
by
Shares,
and
to
the
Proprietors thereof, shall in
all
respects
exce
t
88
herein otherwise provlded)
be
applicable to the Capital
ind
Stares
hereby
authorized
to
be raised and created by the
Mcin-
chester and Leeds
Railway Company and to the Proprietors thereof;
aud all the Provisions contained in the
‘‘
Manchester and Leeds
Rail-
way
Act,
1844,”
authorizing the same Company
to
consolidate their
existing Shares into a general Capital Stock, shall in like Manner be
applicable to the Shares hereby authorized to be created by the
same
Company
;
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