1888 Nova Scotia Chapter 87 - An Act to amend chapter 59, of the Acts of 1887, entitled, An Act to incorporate the Cornwallis Valley Railway Company, limited

1888 Nova Scotia Chapter 87 - An Act to amend chapter 59, of the Acts of 1887, entitled, An Act to incorporate the Cornwallis Valley Railway Company, limited

An Act was approved by the Nova Scotia legislature on April 16th 1888 to adjust the proposed route of the Cornwallis Valley Railway Company. The originally authorized route was between Kingsport and Kentville or Berwick. The new route added details: Kingsport to Kentville by way of Centreville, and from Centreville west to connect with the Windsor and Annapolis Railway at the junction of the Nictaux and Atlantic Railway with the Windsor and Annapolis Railway. The company was also newly permitted to operate steamships from Kingsport. In section 3 the costs for private property taken for the railway was to be a county charge, as in the original act, but was subject to the rules in the Nova Scotia Railway Act, chapter 53 of the Revised Statutes, fifth series. The complete text of the act is shown just below, while a digital image of the one page of the act is shown at the bottom of this page.

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CHAPTER 87.

An Act to amend chapter 59, of the Acts of 1887, entitled, An Act to incorporate the Cornwallis Valley Railway Company, limited.

(Passed the 16th day of April, A.D., 1888.)

SECTION.
1. Section 1 of said chapter amended.
2. Section 7 amended.
3. Section 15 repealed, and following substituted.

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:

[Section 1 of said chapter amended.]
1. Section one of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting instead of the words, “ Kentville or Berwick to Kingsport ” when they occur therein, the words “Kingsport to Kentville by way of Centreville, and from Centreville west to connect with the Windsor and Annapolis Railway at the junction of the Nictaux and Atlantic Railway with the Windsor and Annapolis Railway.”

[Section 7 amended.]
2. Section seven of the said Act is hereby amended by adding thereto the words following: “The company shall also have the power to equip and run a line or lines of steamers to connect the terminus of the land line of railway at Kingsport with any port or ports on the Minas Basin and Bay of Fundy, and to acquire by lease or purchase and to own suitable steamers, boats, and all necessary equipments for the successful running of such line or lines of steamers. Any of such steamers, boats, and equipment, may be disposed of by sale or lease, as the company may determine.”

[Section 15 repealed, and following substituted.]
3. Section 15 of the said Act is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor: “The moneys payable for lands for track and station purposes, for the line of railway to be built under this Act, shall form a county charge, and shall be assessed upon the county in which said lands lie, subject to the provisions of chapter 53, of the Revised Statutes, fifth series, ‘Of Railways,' or any other Acts in force in relation thereto.”

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