A code of the law of compensation under the Lands clauses acts; and other statutes relating to the compulsory purchase or injurious affecting of land together with an appendix

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...gates shall cause the same to be closed as soon as such horses, cattle, carts, or carriages shall have passed through the same, under a penalty of forty shillings for every default therein: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Board of Trade, in any case in which they are satisfied that it will be more conducive to the public safety that the gates on any level crossing over any such road should be kept closed across the railway, to order that such gates shall be kept so closed, instead of across the road, and in such case such gates shall be kept constantly closed across the railway, except when engines or carriages passing along the railway shall have occasion to cross such road, in the same manner and under the like penalty as above directed with respect to the gates being kept closed across the road. By the Railways Clauses Act, 1863, s. 7 (0), the Board of Trade has power to require a bridge to be made in place of a level crossing. (m) London ami North-Western Railway Company v. Ogwen District Council (1899). 80 L. T. 401; 63 J. P. 295. (n) Perth Magistrates v. Earl of Kinnoul (1872), 10 Sc. Scss. Cas. 874. (o) Post, p. 436. Sect. 48. As to crossing of turnpike roads adjoining stations. Where speed exceeds four miles an hour--injunction. Sect. 49. Construction of bridges over roads. 48. Where the railway crosses any turnpike road on a level adjoining to a station, all trains on the railway shall be made to slacken their speed before arriving at such turnpike road, and shall not cross the same at any greater rate of speed than four miles an hour; and the company shall be subject to all such rules and regulations with regard to such crossings as may from time to time be made by the Board of Trade. ARTICLE 1.--If a railway company drive their t...