INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - As at 28 September 1998 - Act 27 of 1927 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Act 2. Work sanctioned 3. The plan 4. Cost 5. Line may be constructed on road 6. Fencing Schedule INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - LONG TITLE An Act to sanction the construction of a line of railway from Inverell to Ashford; to amend the Public Works Act 1912; and for purposes connected therewith. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - SECT 1 Name of Act 1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Inverell to Ashford Railway Act 1927. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - SECT 2 Work sanctioned 2 Work sanctioned The carrying out of the work described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby sanctioned. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - SECT 3 The plan 3 The plan The plan of the said work is the plan marked “N.S.W. Railways, Inverell to Ashford, Schedule Plan”, signed by the Railway Commissioners for New South Wales and countersigned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway Construction, and deposited in the public office of the said Railway Commissioners. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - SECT 4 Cost 4 Cost The cost of carrying out the said work (exclusive of land resumptions) is estimated at two hundred and sixty-two thousand pounds, and such estimated cost shall not, under any circumstances, be exceeded by more than ten per centum. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - SECT 5 Line may be constructed on road 5 Line may be constructed on road The said line of railway may be constructed on or along or by the side of any road or highway. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - SECT 6 Fencing 6 Fencing Notwithstanding the provisions of section ninety-one of the Public Works Act 1912, the Constructing Authority shall not be compelled, nor shall it be the duty of the said Authority to make or maintain any fence along the said line of railway for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever; but the said Authority may, in its discretion, make and maintain such fences in connection with the said line of railway as it may think fit. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - SCHEDULE THIS railway commences by a junction with the branch line from Moree to Inverell at 508½ miles from Sydney and about 2 miles north-westerly from Inverell terminus, and it proceeds north-westerly on the western side of Macintyre River, and across Spicer’s, Rob Roy, and Jessie Gullies, also about 1 mile west of the village of Byron to 517 miles, thence to 527 miles where it crosses the Macintyre River the line runs northerly, and the eastern side of that river is ascended to 531 miles; thence a generally northerly direction is taken in close proximity to the western boundary of Travelling Stock Reserve 337 to the village of Ashford where the line terminates at 540½ miles from Sydney, being a total distance of 32 miles, and subject to such deviations and modifications as may be considered desirable by the Constructing Authority. INVERELL TO ASHFORD RAILWAY ACT 1927 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: _____________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| Table of ActsInverell to Ashford Railway Act 1927 No 27. Assented to 7.3.1927.