obtaining to convey Police, at Line, Ordnance Corps, Marines, Militia, or the Police Force, by any Railway, the Directors thereof shall and are hereby required to permit such Forces respectively, with their Baggage, Stores, Arms, Ammunition, and other Necessaries and Things, to be conveyed at the usual Hours of starting, at such Prices or upon such Conditions as may from Time to Time be contracted for between the Secretary at War and such Railway Companies for the Conveyance of such Forces, on the Production of a Route or Order for their Conveyance signed by the Proper Authorities; And whereas it is expedient to amend such Provision in regard to the Prices and Conditions of Conveyance by any new Railway, or any Railway obtaining new Powers from Parliament: be it enacted, That all Railway Companies which Companies have been or shall be incorporated by any Act of the acts in or present or any future Session, or which by any Act of since 1944, the present or any future Session shall have obtained or Military and shall obtain any Extension or Amendment of the Powers prescribed conferred by their previous Acts or any of them, or rates: have been or shall be authorized to do any Act unauthorized by the Provisions of such previous Acts, shall be bound to provide such Conveyance as aforesaid for the said Military, Marine, and Police Forces, at Fares not exceeding Two-pence per Mile for each Commis- Fares; sioned Officer proceeding on Duty, such Officer being entitled to Conveyance in a First Class Carriage,-and not exceeding One Penny for each Mile for each Soldier, Marine, or Private of the Militia or Police Force, and also for each Wife, Widow, or Child (above Twelve Years of Age) of a Soldier, entitled by Act of Parliament or by competent Authority to be sent to their Destination at the public Expense,-Children under Three Years of Age so entitled being taken free of Charge, and Children of Three Years of Age or upwards, but under Twelve Years of Age, so entitled, being taken at Half the Price of an Adult; and such Soldiers, AccommodaMarines, and Privates of the Militia or Police Force, E tion; Luggage. and their Wives, Widows, and Children so entitled, being conveyed in Carriages which shall be provided with Seats, with sufficient Space for the reasonable Accommodation of the Persons conveyed, and which shall be protected against the Weather; provided that every Officer conveyed shall be entitled to take with him One Hundred Weight of personal Luggage without extra Charge, and every Soldier, Marine, Private, Wife, or Widow shall be entitled to take with him or her Half a Hundred Weight of personal Luggage without extra Charge, all Excess of the above Weights of personal Luggage being paid for at the Rate of not more than Charges for One Halfpenny per Pound; and all public Baggage, Stores, Arms, Ammunition, and other Necessaries and Things, (except Gunpowder and other combustible Matters, which the Company shall only be bound to convey at such Prices and upon such Conditions as may be from Time to Time contracted for between the Secretary at War and the Company,) shall be conveyed at Charges not exceeding Two-pence per Ton per Mile, the Assistance of the Military or other Forces being given in loading and unloading such Goods. Public Baggage. Electric Telegraphs: Lines of lished by Trade, for the public service: 13. And whereas Electrical Telegraphs have been established on certain Railways, and may be more extensively established hereafter, and it is expedient to provide for their due Regulation; be it enacted, That to be estab- every Railway Company, on being required so to do by the Lords of the said Committee, shall be bound to allow any Person or Persons authorized by the Lords of the said Committee, with Servants and Workmen, at all reasonable Times to enter into or upon their Lands, and to establish and lay down upon such Lands adjoining the Line of such Railway, a Line of Electrical Telegraph for Her Majesty's Service, and to give to him and them every reasonable Facility for laying down the same, and for using the same for the Purpose of receiving and sending Messages on Her Majesty's Service, subject to Remunera such reasonable Remuneration to the Company as may tion: Company. be agreed upon between the Company and the Lords of the said Committee, or in case of Disagreement as may be settled by Arbitration: Provided always, that, sub- Use of Teleject to a prior Right of Use thereof for the Purposes of graph by the Her Majesty, such Telegraph may be used by the Company for the Purposes of the Railway upon such Terms as may be agreed upon between the Parties, or, in the event of Difference, as may be settled by Arbitration. established open to the subject to 14.... Where a Line of Electrical Telegraph shall have Telegraphs been established upon any Railway by the Company to by Comwhom such Railway belongs, or by any Company, Part- panies to bo nership, Person or Persons, otherwise than exclusively Public, for Her Majesty's Service, or exclusively for the Pur- prior uses; poses of the Railway, or jointly for both, the Use of such Electrical Telegraph, for the Purpose of receiving and sending Messages, shall, subject to the prior Right of Use thereof for the Service of Her Majesty and for the Purposes of the Company, and subject also to such equal Charges and to such reasonable Regulations as Charges and may be from Time to Time made by the said Railway Regulations. Company, be open for the sending and receiving of Messages by all Persons alike, without Favour or Pre ference. of Inspectors Trade: c. 97, ex 15. And whereas by an Act passed in the Fourth Appointment Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to by Board of regulate Railways", Power is given to the Lords of the provisions of said Committee to appoint any proper Person or Persons 3 & 4 Vict. to inspect any Railway, and the Stations, Works, and tended. Buildings, and the Engines and Carriages belonging thereto; and in order to carry the Provisions of this Act into execution it is expedient that the said Power be extended; be it enacted, That the said Power given to the Lords of the said Committee of appointing proper Persons to inspect Railways shall extend to authorize the Appointment by the Lords of the said Sie: 3 & 4 Vic. c. 97, "An Act for regulating Railways," § 5 (III. 5), the "said Act" being correctly referred to in § 16 of the present act, (p. 52). Powers of Repeal of prohibition Inspectors not to interfere in affairs. Proceedings against Railway non Committee of any proper Person or Persons, for such Purposes of Inspection as are by the said Act authorized, and also for the Purpose of enabling the Lords of the said Committee to carry the Provisions of this and of the said Act and of any general Act relating to Railways into execution; and that so much of the lastagainst Di recited Act as provides that "no Person shall be eligible Inspectors" to the Appointment as Inspector who shall, within One "Year of his Appointment, have been a Director, or "have held any Office of Trust or Profit under any Rail"way Company,"shall be repealed: Provided always, that no Person to be appointed as aforesaid shall exercise any Company's Powers of Interference in the Affairs of the Company. 16. And whereas by the said Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act for reCompanies gulating Railways, it is among other things enacted, that "whenever it shall appear to the Lords of the said "Committee that any of the Provisions of the several § 11 of 3 & 4 Acts of Parliament regulating any Railway Companies, "or the Provisions of that Act, have not been complied "with on the Part of any of the said Companies or any "of their Officers, and that it would be for the public "Advantage that the due Performance of the same "should be enforced, the Lords of the said Committee "shall certify the same to Her Majesty's Attorney "General for England or Ireland, or to the Lord Advo"cate for Scotland, as the Case may require; and there"upon the said Attorney General or Lord Advocate shall, by Information, or by Action, Bill, Plaint, Suit "at Law or in Equity, or other legal Proceeding (as "the Case may require), proceed to recover such Penal"ties and Forfeitures, or otherwise to enforce the due "Performance of the said Provisions, by such Means compliance with acts: Repeal of Vict. c. 97. as any Person aggrieved by such Non-compliance, or "otherwise authorized to sue for such Penalties, might a 3 & 4 Vic. c. 97, “An Act for regulating Railways," § 5 (III. 5). b See note in p. 51. "employ under the Provisions of the said Acts; pro"vided always, that no such Certificate as aforesaid "shall be given by the Lords of the said Committee "until Twenty-one Days after they shall have given "Notice of their Intention to give the same to the Com"pany against or in relation to whom they shall intend "to give the same": And whereas it is expedient that more effectual Provision should be made, not only for enforcing a Compliance on the Part of Railway Companies with the Provisions of their Acts, but also for restraining Railway Companies from performing Acts unauthorized by such Provisions; be it enacted, That so much of the said Act as is herein-before recited shall be repealed. any panies for or exceeding Railway Trade samo to the 17... Whenever it shall appear to the Lords of the Proceedings said Committee that any of the Provisions of the several against ComActs of Parliament regulating any Railway Company, contravening or the Provisions of this Act or of any general Act re- Provisions of lating to Railways, have not been complied with on the Acts, on the Part of any Railway Company or any of its Officers, or Board of that Railway Company has acted or is acting in a certifying Manner unauthorized by the Provisions of the Act or Attorney Acts of Parliament relating to such Railway, or in General, &c. ; Excess of the Powers given and Objects defined by the said Act or Acts, and it shall also appear to the Lords of the said Committee that it would be for the public Advantage that the Company should be restrained from so acting, the Lords of the said Committee shall certify the same to Her Majesty's Attorney General for England or Ireland, or to the Lord Advocate for Scotland, as the Case may require; and thereupon the said Attorney General or Lord Advocate shall, in case such For nonDefault of the Railway Company shall consist of Non- with acts; compliance with the Provisions of the Act or Acts relating thereto or of this Act, or of any general Act relating to Railways, proceed by Information, or by Action, Bill, Plaint, Suit at Law or in Equity, or other legal Proceeding, as the Case may require, to recover |