Nelson and Cobden Railway Act Amendment Act 1869
Nelson and Cobden Railway Act Amendment Act 1869
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Nelson and Cobden Railway Act Amendment Act 1869
Nelson and Cobden Railway Act Amendment Act 1869
Public Act |
1869 No 12 |
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Date of assent |
6 August 1869 |
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Contents
An Act to amend “The Nelson and Cobden Railway Act 1868.”
Preamble.
WHEREAS by “The Nelson and Cobden Railway Act 1868”
it is enacted that the payment for the Railway shall be made in Waste Lands of the Crown situated within the present boundaries of the Province of Nelson having a drainage to the valleys through which the Railway shall pass And whereas it is expedient to extend the area within which such lands shall be taken as aforesaid and also to make provision for the payment of preliminary expenses to be incurred in the formation of a Company by whom such Railway shall be constructed
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows—
1 Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Nelson and Cobden Railway Act Amendment Act 1869.”
2 Fourteenth section repealed.
The fourteenth section of “The Nelson and Cobden Railway Act 1868”
is hereby repealed.
3 Payment for Railway to be made in land within certain boundaries.
The payment for the construction of such Railway shall be made in Waste Lands of the Crown situated within the present boundaries of the Province of Nelson having a drainage to the valleys through which the Railway shall pass or which are included within a district bounded on the North by a straight line drawn from the summit of Mount Owen to the southern bank of the River Mokihinui at its junction with the sea on the West by the sea on the South by the River Buller and on the East by the boundary line of the Nelson South-west Gold Fields and shall not exceed ten thousand acres for every mile of Railway constructed and the land shall be taken in such places and in such blocks as may be agreed upon between the Superintendent and the Contractor.
4 Payment of projectors’ expenses to be made in land.
It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to reserve from sale such portions of the Waste Lands of the Crown situated in the valleys or within the boundaries aforesaid not exceeding in the whole five thousand acres as may be agreed upon between the Superintendent and the projectors of any Company for the construction of such Railway and to grant the same to such projectors in consideration of expenditure incurred in the formation of such Company.
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