Commissioner may stop and close roads. Commissioner may convey roads stopped or closed. Commissioner not bound to fence or make compensation when railway abuts on Crown lands. Compensation to be paid by Commissioner for land taken, &c. The Railways Clauses Act.-1876. railway which the said Commissioner is not bound to fence; and the said Commissioner may stop and close, either wholly or in part, any road at the point of intersection by any line of railway so authorized to be constructed as aforesaid, as he may from time to time deem expedient: Provided that the owners of all lands which shall abut upon any road so stopped or closed shall be entitled to receive full compensation in respect of any loss or damage to be occasioned by such stoppage or closing. 11. When any road shall have been stopped or closed in whole or in part, by virtue of the powers herein given, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioner to convey such roads, so far as the same may be stopped or closed, or any part thereof, to the owner of the land upon which such road or part of a road may abut. 12. The said Commissioner shall not be bound to fence or to make any compensation in respect of the fencing of any of the lines of railway so authorized to be constructed as aforesaid, where the same abut upon waste or other lands of the Crown, whether unoccupied, or leased for pastoral, or mining, or other purposes, or upon any waste or other lands of the Crown which may be granted or leased, after the passing of this Act. 13. The compensation to be paid by the said Commissioner in respect of any land entered upon, taken, or injuriously affected, for the purposes or in the execution of any Act authorizing the construction of any line of railway, shall, unless otherwise fixed by agreement, be computed in the following manner 1. With respect to land alienated from the Crown in fee-simple, and granted before the passing of the Act authorizing the construction of the line of railway, in respect of which such lands shall be entered upon, taken, or injuriously affected, the compensation payable under "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act" and "The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act." but not exceeding what would have been payable if the value of such land had been assessed six months before the entering upon and taking of the said land for the construction of the said last-mentioned line of railway: II. With respect to land alienated or contracted to be alienated in fee-simple from the Crown, after the passing of the Act authorizing the construction of the line of railway in respect of which such lands shall be entered upon, taken, or injuriously affected, the same rate per acre as was paid or contracted to be paid when the same was alienated or contracted to be alienated from the Crown, with an addition of Ten Pounds per centum thereon, together with the value of the buildings and improvements, if any, on such lands. The compensation in respect of any land which shall be under contract for sale from the Crown shall be deducted from The Railways Clauses Act.-1876. from the purchase-money on the completion of the purchase tion 12 of "The Im 14. In the construction of the twelfth section of "The Immigration Construction of secAct, 1872," the words "Colonial industry" shall include the railways migration Act, 1872." which may be so authorized to be constructed as aforesaid, and any other public works authorized, or the funds for the construction whereof may be voted by Parliament; and the provisions of the said section shall apply to the wives and families of emigrants therein mentioned, and the approval thereby required may be given by any immigration agent on the arrival of such emigrants in South Australia, as well as by any Emigration Agent in Europe; and the residence until death or for two years continuously within the said Province by any person or persons under the privileges conferred by the said section, shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a sufficient compliance with the conditions of the seventh section of the said Act. 15. Land Orders under the powers of section 5 of "The Immigration Act, 1872," may be issued to any person who may arrive in the said Province, notwithstanding the ship in which such person may arrive had not, or has not, been approved by any Emigration Agent; and notwithstanding such person has not been approved as suitable by some such Emigration Agent before sailing: Provided always that such ship shall have sailed direct from Europe for the said Province, and that no such immigrant shall avail himself of the privileges of this Act if he shall have previously resided in the said Province, nor unless he shall have paid the full costs of passage of himself or of some other person, nor unless such immigrant shall have been examined at Port Adelaide, and approved by the Immigration Officer there as a person suitable for an emigrant within the terms of the regulations in force at the time such emigrant left Europe. Issue of Land Orders. (Immigration Act.) under 29 of 1872. of 1872, not varied hereby. 16. Nothing in this Act contained shall alter, vary, limit, or affect Immigration Act, 29 the provisions of "The Immigration Act, 1872," so far as regards the terms and conditions upon which Land Orders issued under the said Act or under this Act are held. Laws. 17. In all legal proceedings the production of a document pur- Production of Byporting to be signed by the Commissioner of Railways, and to be a correct copy of any by-law made by him, shall be prima facie evidence that such by-law has been duly and properly made, and that such by law is valid and binding for all intents and purposes. 18. The clause numbered CXI. of "The Railways Clauses Repeal of Clause CXI. Consolidation Act" shall be and the same is hereby repealed. In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby A. MUSGRAVE, Governor. Adelaide By authority, W. C. Cox, Government Printer, North-terrace. of The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act." B An Act to amend Act No. 16 of 1872, intituled "An Act to provide for the Carrying of Lights by Vehicles at night." [Assented to 20th September, 1876.] it are HEREAS it is expedient to amend so much of Act No. 16 of Preamble. WE 1872, as fixes the limits within which lights are to be carried by vehicles at night-Be it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Asssembly of the said Province, in Parliament assembled, as follows: 1. The provisions of Act No. 16 of 1872 shall extend to all main Further extension of roads within the Province and cross roads within fifty miles of the Act No. 16 of 1872. City of Adelaide, to all streets and roads within any corporate town, and to all cross roads within ten miles of any corporate town. 2. Clause 1 of the said Act shall be read and construed as if the words" and the two nights immediately following the night of the full moon " in the sixth and seventh lines of the said clause had been omitted therefrom. Lights to be carried after full moon. and address. 3. Every person offending against any provision of the said Offender to give name Act, who shall refuse, on demand, to give to any officer of any Corporation, District Council, or Road Board, or to any police constable his name, and address, may be apprehended without warrant by such officer or police constable, and conveyed to the nearest police station, there to be detained until such time as he may be brought before a Special Magistrate or two Justices of the Peace. 4. This Act shall take effect and come into force on the first day Commencement of of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby A. MUSGRAVE, Governor. Adelaide By authority, W. C. Cox, Government Printer, North-terrace. Act. |