Works not to be proceeded with until Plans, &c., of all alterations ap

proved by Parliament have been deposited, .

vii. 8

Clerks of Peace, &c., to receive Plans of alterations and preserve and

allow inspection of same, (see Deposit),

Certified Copies of Plans, &c., to be evidence,

vii. 9

vii. 10

Deviations from deposited Plans and Sections; see Deviations. PLATE, &c., carriage of; see Losses.

POLICE; conveyance of, by Railway: see under Troops.

Acts for Payment of Constables and appointment of additional Constables for keeping the Peace during construction of public works, (see under Constables,)

POOR RATE and Land Tax:

xxvii, xxviii. xxix

Depreciation of assessments for Land Tax and Poor Rate, on lands taken

by Company, during execution of Works, to be made good by them, xix. 133 Deficiency to be computed according to rating at time of Company's

Act passing,

But Company may redeem Land Tax,

POOR TRAVELLERS; see Parliamentary Trains.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL: see Mails.
POSTMASTERS; see under Deposit.

POST OFFICE: see Mails.

Service of Notices through, &c. ; see under Notices.

POWERS of Directors, General Meetings, &c., see Directors, Meetings, &c.
PRECIOUS STONES, &c., carriage of: see Losses.

xix. 133

xix. 133

PRE-EMPTION, right of, in regard to Surplus Lands taken but not required by Railway; see under Surplus Land, &c.

PREFERENCE:

Mortgagees or Bondholders entitled proportionally, according to amounts, without priority or preference,

vi. 42, 44

Interest to be paid in preference to Dividends to Shareholders, (see under Borrowing Powers,)

vi. 48

Tolls, &c., to be alike for all parties equally, and without favour or preference, (see under Traffic, Tolls, &c.,) vii. 90, viii. 3, xv. 2 No preference iu use of Telegraphs on Railways, (see Telegraph), . v. 14 "PRESCRIBED:" meaning of the term, vi. 2, vii. 2, xix. 2, xx. 29

PRIORITY of Debts or Mortgages, &c.: see under Borrowing Powers, &c.
PRIVATE or Branch Lines: see Branch Lines.

PROBATE of Wills: see Transmission of Shares, &c.

PROFITS of Railways:

Limitation of; and power to Treasury to revise Scale of Tolls and fix new
Scale, in cases where the profits upon an average of 3 years exceed
10 per cent. after 21 years from passing of the Company's Act,
Option to Treasury to purchase the Railway in certain cases,
Such powers not to apply to Railways made or authorized before 1844;
nor to Branches in certain cases,

v. 1

Provisions for affording access to special acts (see Special Act) of Companies; in Companies Clauses Act,

In Railways Clauses Act,

In Lands Clauses Act,

Of Bye-Laws, Penalties in Acts, &c.; see under respective heads, Bye-
Laws, Penalties, &c.: and see Accounts, Inspection, Notices, &c.

PURCHASE: Of Lands, &c.; see Lands, &c.

Of Railways: see Sale, Treasury, &c.

Purchase Money, and application of same; see under respective heads of

subjects.

QUALIFICATION:

Of Auditors, (see Auditors),

Of Directors, (see Directors),

QUARRIES: not to be taken by Company for temporary purposes, or for obtaining or depositing materials, &c.,

QUORUM:

For General Meetings of Company, (see Meetings of Company,)

If no quorum for one hour after time for meeting, no business to be transacted,

vi. 102

vi. 85-87

vii. 32

vi. 72

vi. 72

Except declaring dividend, where that is one purpose of the meeting, vi. 72 And meeting to be adjourned sine die,

vi. 72

Except for appointment of Directors, for which it is to be adjourned
to next day,

vi. 72, 81

And if no quorum next day, existing Directors continue in office, For meetings of Board of Directors, (see Directors),

v. 23

Definitions of: all Railways constructed under an Act and intended for conveying Passengers by steam or other mechanical power, iii. 21, iv. 21 Railways constructed under the powers of any Act of Parliament, Includes Stations for public traffic, in Cardwell Act,. Includes all Works, Buildings, and Undertakings authorized, &c., xxxv. 38 Definitions of Passenger Railway; no Railway a Passenger line if twothirds of revenue be derived from Mineral Traffic,

Where one-third or more of revenue is derived from conveyance of Passengers,

v. 25

vii. 6 et seq.

Railway and Works; as to construction of, (see Works, &c.,)

RECEIVER:

Appointment of, in cases of non-payment of Bonds or interest thereon,

(see under Borrowing Powers),

.

vi. 53, 54

RECOVERY of Costs, Damages, Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties; see under
Penalties, &c.

REFERENCE, Books of, &c.: see Deposit, &c.

REGISTRY:

Register of Shareholders to be kept by Company,
Particulars to be entered therein, (and see Certificates),
Names to be registered alphabetically,

Form for Register of Shareholders,

To be authenticated with Company's Seal,

Seal to be affixed at first ordinary or next subsequent Meeting,
And at each ordinary Meeting (see Meetings of Company),
Register to be open to inspection of Execution Creditors, (see Creditors),

Register of Stockholders to be kept; Form,

Shareholders Address Book to be kept (see Address Book),

vi. 10

Form for,

p. 392

And open to inspection; and copies or extracts on payment of Fee,. vi. 10

in certain cases,

Stock may be transferred in same manner as Shares, (see Transfer),
And transfers to be registered: Fee for Registry,

And to be open to inspection,

[REGISTRY,-continued.

REGISTRY: continued.

Register of Transfers of Shares or Stock to be kept, (see Transfer and

Transmission),

Register of Mortgages and Bonds, (see under Borrowing Powers),
Register of Loan Notes, &c., (see Loan Notes, &c.,)

REGULATIONS, RULES, and ORDERS: see Bye-Laws.

Regulation of Traffic, &c.: see Traffic, &c.

vi. 15, 19

vi. 45

v. 21

REMEDIES of Creditors of Company against Shareholders (see Liability), vi. 36, 37

RENTS and RENT-CHARGES, &c., on Lands taken for Railway:

Purchase of Lands, subject to a rent, &c.,

Payment and recovery of rent in such case,

Tithe Rent-Charge, and apportionment of, (see Tithe),

Provisions of Lands Clauses Act as to Lands charged with any Rent Ser-
vice, Rent-Charge, Chief Rent, or other Incumbrance, &c., not
Mortgage, &c., (see Mortgage, &c..)

xix. 10

xix. 11

v. 22

xix. 115 et seq.

Release of Lands from Rent-Charges, &c.; in case of dispute, compen-
sation to be settled by Arbitration or Jury, (see Arbitration, Jury), xix. 115
In case part only of Lands subject to Rent-Charge, &c., be required;

xix. 118

mode of apportioning and releasing charge, (see Apportionment), xix. 116
Deposit of Money in Bank in case of refusal to release or show title, xix. 117
Continuance of Rent-Charge, &c., on Lands not taken,
REPAIR of Works: (see Works, and under respective works, as Fences,
Bridges, Roads, &c.,)

REPORTS:

vii. €5

iv. 7, 8

vi. 108

vi. 108, 118

Accidents to be reported to Board of Trade, (see Accidents),
Auditors to confirm or report on Accounts of Company, (see Accounts),
Report or Confirmation, with Report of Directors, to be read at Ordi-
nary General Meeting, (see Meeting of Company, &c.) .
RETURNS:
Board of Trade may require returns, in form prescribed by them, of
Traffic, Accidents, Fares, and Tolls,

But only returns from all Railway Companies alike, except upon
special reason for exempting any particular Company,
Penalty for not making returns £20 a day,
And false Return, a Misdemeanor,
Accidents on Railways to be reported to Board of Trade, who may call
for returns of same in form and manner to be prescribed by them,
(see Accidents), .

Provisions as to crossing of Roads, or other interference with, (see Cros-
sings, Bridges, Gates, &c.,)

vii. 46 et seq.

Private Roads, within 500 yards of Railway, may be temporarily occu-

pied; Notice; Compensation,
But Owners and Occupiers of Road and Lands may object, on the
ground that other Roads should be taken, .

Before existing roads interfered with, others to be substituted,
Penalty for not substituting new road before interfering with existing
road, £20 a day,

And party suffering damage from interruption of road may recover by

action,

vii. 55

[ROADS,—continued.

ROADS: continued.

Restoration of roads temporarily interfered with,

vii. 56

Or formation of new road,

vii. 56

Within prescribed periods,

vii. 56

Penalty for failing to restore road, or make new road, within specified
time, £5 a day, .

vii. 57

And Justices may order penalties to be expended in completing the road, vii. 57
Damages to roads used by Company, to be made good by them; under

Penalties, .

Power to Board of Trade to vary requirements of act as to construction

of roads or other works,

Consent of Trustees of, to alteration of Levels of Railway,
Screens for protection from frightening Horses; Penalties (see Screens), vii. 63, 64
ROTATION of Directors, (see under Directors),

RULES, Regulations, and Orders; see Bye-Laws.

SAFETY: see under respective heads, as Board of Trade, Offences, Screens, &c.
SALE:

Of Railways:

Act of 1845 to restrict the power of selling or leasing Railways,
General powers restrained; and no Company to grant or accept a
Lease, Sale, or Transfer of Railway without Act of Parliament
specifying name of Railway and names of parties,

Act of 1858, containing like provision restricting the leasing of Canals
of Railway Companies, (see Leuses, Canals, &c.,) .

Of Shares or Stock, &c. :

Shareholders may sell and transfer Shares or Stock, Debentures or
Bonds, &c., (see Transfers),

Sale of forfeited Shares, (see Forfeiture, &c.,).

Of Lands taken for Railway:

Provisions of Lands Clauses Act, as to Lands taken by Company but
not required by them, (see Surplus Lands, Conveyances), xix. 127 et seq.
Power to re-sell Lands purchased for extraordinary purposes and take
other Lands, (see under Lands, &c.), .

SCHOOLMASTERS; see under Deposit.

SCOTLAND:

Provisions specially relating to,

As to Parliamentary Trains, (see Parliamentary Trains),
Interpretation of terms: "Justice" includes Sheriff or Magistrate in,
Provision for recovering Calls from Shareholders residing in Scotland,
(see under Calls),
vi. 27, 30, 164 and notes.

SCREENS:

Provision for screening Railway from being seen so as to frighten horses, vii. 63
On application to Board of Trade and their Certificate,
Penalty for failing to construct screens in time limited, according to Cer-
tificate of Board of Trade, £o a day,

Which may be expended, under order of Justices, in doing the work,
SEA WORKS: see Lights, Works, &c.

SEAL of Company: Evidence, (see Evidence),

Documents to be Sealed; see under respective heads, as Registry, Certi-
ficates, &c.: Notices, under Mails, &c.

SECRETARY:

Definition of, in Companies Clauses Act,

Remuneration of, to be fixed in General Meeting,

vi. 3

vi. 91

Duties imposed by statute upon; see under the various heads of subjects, passim.

SECURITIES:

Officers entrusted with Moneys, to give Security (see Accountability), vi. 109, 114 Securities for Loans, &c.; see Borrowing Powers, Loan Notes, & c. SERVANTS of Companies: see under Officers.

SERVICE:

Of Notices, Summons, Writ, &c., upon Company,

vi. 135, vii. 138

xix. 134

Of Notices, &c., under Lands Clauses Act, upon the Company, Of Notices, Requisitions, Certificates, &c., from Board of Trade; form and mode of service upon Companies, iii. 20, iv. 19, v. 23, vii. 67, xiii. 3 By post, addressed to Secretary, vii. 67 Service of Notices,. Returns, &c., for Board of Trade, by Companies or other parties; by post, or by delivery at office of Board of Trade in London, iii. 20, iv. 19, v. 23, vii. 97

Of Notices from Post Office to Company, or from Company to Post Office, (see under Mails), i. 1, 7, 8, 9, 15, 17

On Shareholders, &c.: see further, under Notices. SEVERANCE of Lands:

xix. 93 et seq.

Provisions in Lands Clauses Act, as to small portions of intersected
Lands,
Where quantity less than half an acre is severed, Owner may insist on

Or on its being properly connected with adjoining lands, And Company may require to purchase, where expense of Bridge or works of communication would exceed the value,

xix. 93

xix. 94

Disputes as to value, &c., to be settled by Arbitration or Jury, &c., xix. 94 (See Arbitration, Jury, Lands, &c.)

Tenants or Lessees to be compensated for damage from severance of

xix. 120

Lands, &c., Compensation to Tenants at Will or from year to year, where possession required before expiration of term, and for damage from severance, &c. (see under Lease, &c.),

In Ireland, Arbitrator to inquire and make award as to injury by severance of Lands, &c. (see under Lands, Ireland), .

SEWERS:

Consent of Commissioners of, to alterations of Levels of Railway,
Drains, &c.: see under Accommodation Works, Drainage.

SHARES:

Capital of Company to be divided into Shares,

Shares to be numbered, each having its own number,

xix. 121

Shares, Personal Estate and transmissible as such, and not real Estate,.
Shareholders, who; (see Shareholders, and Registry,).
Certificates of Shares to be issued on demand of Shareholder,
Under Seal, and in Form prescribed,

Fee for Share Certificate, (see further, under Certificates), Share Certificate to be evidence of proprietorship,

But want of Certificate not to prevent holder of Share from disposing of same (see Transfer, Transmission), Transfer or Transmission of Shares (see Transfer and Transmission), vi. 14–20 Shares held in Trust; Company not bound to see to execution of Trust or application of Money,

Receipt of party in whose name Shares stand, sufficient discharge for dividend, &c.,

vi. 20

Where Shares stand in names of more parties than one, receipt of one
of them named in Register of Shareholders, sufficient, .
Whether Company have had notice of Trusts, or not,