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Confidential.-Revise No. 6.

Railway and Canal Traffic Bill.

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES.

Clause.

1. Short title.

2. Commencement.

3. Construction.

PART I.-COURT AND PROCEDURE OF RAILWAY

COMMISSIONERS.

4. Railway Commission to be a court of record.

5. The Chief Commissioner to deliver judgment, and on questions

of law his opinion to prevail.

6. Commissioners to sit locally when necessary.

7. Assessors.

8. Orders of Commissioners. Injunctions, &c. Costs. General

rules.

9. Provision for complaints by public authority in certain cases. 10. Decisions on questions of fact and locus standi final.

11. Appeals to superior court of appeal.

PART II-JURISDICTION.

12. Extension of jurisdiction of Commissioners to special Acts. 18. Jurisdiction in questions affecting rates, tolls, or fares.

14. Power to award damages.

15. Orders on two or more companies.

16. Transfer of actions, &c. from courts to Commissioners.

17. Power to transfer rating appeals to Commissioners.

18. Power for Commissioners to apportion expenses between railway

company and applicants for works.

Revised Schedules of Bates.

19. Revised rates and terminals to be submitted to and settled by Commissioners. Objections to be heard. Rates to be

▲ 87.-8.

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