Lists Of British Enactments In Force In Native States, Northern India 1891 Comprising The Native States In Bengal, Assam, Burma, The North-Western Provinces And The Panjab, the Native States Of Kashmir And Nepal, And The Native States in Baluchistan Corrected Up To The 20th May 1891

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2CHAPTER VL—RAILWAYS GENERALLY.

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4APPENDIX A.

5Notification applying the Railways Act, 1X of 1890, and tssnuing orders thereunder.

6and in connection therewith.

7(?) No. 1328-]., dated the 23rd March, 1891.— Whereas the Governor General in Council has

8and erercises full Jurisdiction within those portions of the land forming the Bangalore Branch

9of the Madras Heateasy (including the land occupied by stutwns and out-buildings and for other

10purposes connected with the Ruilway) which lie within the terrritories of His Highness the

11Muahdrdjé of Mysore ;

12And whereas the Chiefs of Morvi, Wankaner, Wadhwan, Lakhtar, Sayla, Muli, Dhrot

13and Rajkot, and the Talukdars of Gavridad and Kotharia, in Kathiawar, have ceded to the

14British Government the civil and criminal jurisdiction exercised by them within the lands

15whioh lie within their respective territories and are occupied by the Morvi State Railway

16(including the lands occupied by stations and out-buildings and forall other Railway purposes,

17and the lunds occupied by culverts or bridges over uhich the Railway passes); and wh-reus the

18Governor General in Council now possesses full jurisdiction within those lands ;

19And whereas the Rulers or Administrators of the other States mentioned in the second column

20of the schedule hereto annexed have ceded to the British Government full jurisdiction, or all the

21jurisdiction they possessed, within the lands which lie within their respective territories, or which

22hie within the parts of their respective territories mentioned or referred to in the third column of

23the said schedule, and are occupied, or may be hereafter occupied, by the Railways mentioned

24opposite their names, respectively, in the first column of the said schedule (including the lands

25ocoupied by stations and out-buildings and for other Railway purposes); and whereas the

26Governor-General in Council now possesses full jurisdiction within those lands:

27In exervise of the jurisdiction referred to, and of the powers conferred by sections 4 and 5 of

28the Foreign Jurisdiction and Extradition Act, XXI of 1879, and of all other powers enabling him

29in this behalf, the Governor General in Council ia pleased to issue the following orders :—

30I.——The provisions, so far as they may be suitable, and as amended for the time being by

31subsequent enactments, of the Indian Railways Act, 1X of 1890, shall apply to all

32the aforesnid lands.

33¥1.—In cxercise of the power conferred by section 16 of the said Indian Railways Act, the

34Governor General in Council is pleased to sanction the use of locomotive engines or

35other motive power, and rolling-stock to be drawn or propelled thereby, on all Rail-

36ways occupying any of the aforesaid lands and for the time being used for the

37public carriage of passengers, animals or goods,

38I1].—The general rules for working open lines of Railway which were published under the

39Notification of the Government of India in the Public Works Department, No. 299,

40dated the 18th September 1880, in the Gazette of Indsa for 1880, Part I, page 450,

41shall, subject to the modifications shown in the second column of the schedule annex-

42ed to Public Works Department Resolution No. 467 R. T., dated the 15th August,

431890, published in the Gazette of India for 1890, Part I, page 647, apply to all Rail-

44ways ovcupying any of the aforesaid lands, and for the time being used for the public

45carriage of passengers, animals or goods.

461V.—The general rules for working Railways under construction and not used for the public

47carriage of passengers, animals or goods, which were published under the Notification

48of the Government of India in the Public Works Department, No. 4803, dated

49the 30th October, 1890, in the Gazette of India for 1890, Part I, page 795, shall

50apply to such portions of the Railways occupying any of the aforesaid lands as muy

51for the time being be under construction.

52V.—In exercises of the power conferred by seotion 144 of the said Indian Railways Act, the

53Governor General in Council is pleased to delegate to Local Governments, to the

54extent and subject to the conditions hereinafter specified, the following powers and

55ftunctiona which are now vested in him under the said Act; the powers and functions

56hereby delegated being liable to be revoked or varied, and the exercise and discharge

57thereof to be controlled, as the Governor General in Council may from time to timy

58think fit:—

59(1) Sections 7,'3, and 11.—All the powers and functions of the Governor General

60in Council, subject to the proviso that the exercise and discharge of such puw-

61ers and functions will not entail any expenditure in excess of the geneial pow-

62ers of sanction of the Local Government concerned.

63(') The portions of thig Notification printed in italics relate to Railways or sections of Railways aot dealt with in this

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