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Arrangements between debtors and creditors
creditors. Deeds of arrangement affecting land must be registered under the Land Charges Act, 1925. See LAND CHARGES. Railway companies unable to meet their engagements with their creditors may, under the Railway Companies Act, 1867, by schemes
Bridge
may erect new bridges. And see (English) Pub. Health Act, 1936, s. 343. The construction and repair of railway bridges over or under a public highway is mainly regulated by the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845
Building
v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building' if the interior arrangements are altered, Hanrahan v. Leigh Urban Council, (1909)
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By-laws, or bye-laws
250-252 deals with the procedure for making by-laws and penalties for their breach, and evidence of their existence. Railway Companies have the power of making by-laws, by the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9
Carrier
party delivering the goods declare the value, and offer to pay, if required, an extra charge for carriage. Railway companies (see RAILWAY) carry under the 86th s. of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9
Appropriate government
installations belonging to, or under the control of, the Central Government or in relation to any mines oilfields, railways, aerodromes, telegraphs, broadcasting stations and any works of defence, the Central Government, and in any other case, the
Conciliation
Conciliation, the settling of disputes without litigation, as (1) disputes between railway companies and freighters of goods, by the Minister of Labour under s. 31,commonly called the 'conciliation clause,' of
Ferry
Simpson v. Att.-Gen., 1904 AC 490. The owner if he lose his traffic by the competition of a railway bridge can get no compensation under the Lands Clauses Act, Hopkins v. Great Northern Railway Co., (1877) 2
Contract, freedom of
has fre-quently interfered with freedom of contract, as, e.g., by invalidating contracts, as, e.g., by invalidat-ing contracts exempting railway companies from their liabilities as carriers of goods by the 7th s. of the Railway and Canal Traffic
Distress
being the property of a gas company incorporated by statute, by 10 Vict. c. 15, s. 14; (9) Railway rolling stock in works not belonging to any tenant thereof, by the (English) Railway Rolling Stock Protection Act,
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