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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
2. Recited Act and this Act to be construed together.
4. Notice of intended opening of railway for conveyance of passengers.
5. If railway opened without notice, company to forfeit #20 per day.
6. Board of Trade may postpone the opening.
10. Railway companies to erect and maintain fences.
11. Disputes between connecting railways to be decided by the Board of
Trade.
12. Powers of making branch communication with passenger railways, and of
entering upon them with locomotive engines, to be regulated by the
Board of Trade.
13. Power to build bridges, &c. in lieu of level crossings.
14. Power for railway companies to enter upon adjoining lands to repair
or prevent accidents.
15. Compulsory powers of taking land for the purposes of railways
extended where thought necessary for safety by the Board of Trade.
16. Carriages of greater weight than four tons may be used on railways.
17. Punishment of persons employed on railways guilty of misconduct.
21. Meaning of the words ""railway'' and ""company''.
22. Recovery and application of penalties.
5. Lands, &c. purchased for the service of the ordnance, &c. and all
buildings, &c. thereon, vested in the principal officers.
6. Lands hereafter taken, &c. to be vested in the same manner.
7. Lands may be vested in trustees for the use of the ordnance
department, &c.
9. Principal officers may purchase land, &c. and take leases on behalf
of the crown.
10. Power given to bodies politic and others to treat.
12. Lands, &c. may be sold, exchanged, or let.
13. Purchase monies shall be paid to those whom the principal officers
may direct, for the use of Her Majesty.
14. After purchase money paid, the purchaser to have full right and
possession.
15. Compensation to be made where legal or equitable rights are
established;
16. Principal officers may authorize persons to survey and mark out
lands, &c. and treat with owners for the absolute purchase thereof,
&c.
17. When footpaths, &c. are stopped up, other paths to be made in lieu
thereof.
18. Bodies politic, &c. may agree for the sale of lands, &c.
19. In default of treating, or where the parties do not agree, the
persons authorized by Her Majesty may requrie two justices, &c. to
put Her Majesty's officers in possession.
20. Appeal may be made to the Court of Exchequer, &c. if either party
is dissatisfied with the verdict of the jury.
21. Jury may ascertain the proportion to be paid out of compensation
for land to lessees, &c.
22. Court to require the party to give security for costs.
23. Lands not to be taken for the defence of the realm without consent
of the owners unless in certain cases.
24. Erections on lands taken for a temporary purpose may be removed
before the lands are restored to the owner, and compensation shall
be made for the injury done.
25. Application of purchase money of the amount of #200 or upwards,
payable for lands of incapacitated persons, &c.
26. Barons of Exchequer, &c. to make order for the investment of such
purchase money.
27. Application of purchase money when less than #200 and above #20.
28. Application of purchase money when less than #20.
30. Persons in possession deemed entitled til the contrary shall be
shown.
32. Deeds not required to be acknowledged, &c.
33. Office copies of enrolments of such deeds, &c. admissible in
evidence.
36. Principal officers may give notices, make claims, and authorize
entries, &c.
37. Principal officers exempted from personal liability.
39. Property belonging to Her Majesty not to be vested in the officers
of the ordnance.
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