CO129-198 - Governor Hennessy Acting Governor Tonnochy - 1882 [3] — Page 383

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Company limited powers to construct and manitain tramways.

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The traumosys to be auctiorized in the par instance are spacified in sec. and by see 6 provision is made for the future construction of other lines not uno Refacesi s

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The Ordinance confers Comy, my computery powers to take lands, and for that purpose incorporates with some

modifications the provisions

of the Land Clavice Consolidation Act "(Jumperial).

This is I believe the firet instance in which thone powers have been confered in thus beslony and it is not at all ~ clear that the company might not have

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obtained all the land they was d for their present purpose with . two triffing exceptions without any

such powers. The

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1 provisions for ascessing value of lands to be computiority purchased by the company special

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Where the compensation clained does not excue $1000 the amount is to be

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settled by a Judge in the bowth. Summary Jurisdiation (Sec. 62) wlure the compensation claimed is more than $1000 the amounth is to be settled by arbitration (see 65 Juta appeal to the Covernor in Comcil

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(Ale. 1291

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