Act '78, s. 38. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 61. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 101. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 61. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 101. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 55. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 55. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120. pursuance of the Highway Act, 1862, and the Highway Act, 1864, or one of such Acts: "Highway board" means the highway board having jurisdiction within a highway district: "Highway parish" means a parish or place included or capable of being included in a highway district in pursuance of the Highway Acts, 1862 and 1864, or one of such Acts: Highway authority" means as respects an urban sanitary district the urban sanitary authority, and as respects a highway district the highway board, and as respects a highway parish the surveyor or surveyors or other officers performing similar duties: "Rural sanitary district" and "rural sanitary authority" mean respectively the districts and authorities declared to be rural sanitary districts and authorities by the Public Health Act, 1875: "Urban sanitary district" and "urban sanitary authority" mean respectively the districts and authorities declared to be urban sanitary districts and authorities by the Public Health Act, 1875, except that for the purposes of this Act no borough having a separate court of quarter sessions, and no part of any such borough, shall be deemed to be or to be included in any such district, and where part of a parish is included in such district for the purpose only of the repairs of the highways such part shall be deemed to be included in the district for the purposes of this Act: "The metropolis," means the parishes and places mentioned in the Schedules A. B., and C., annexed to the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and any parish to which such Act may be extended by order in council in manner in the Act'78, ■.38. said Act provided; also the city of London and the liberties of the said city: "Quarter sessions" includes general sessions: "Locomotive" means a locomotive propelled by 4 "Person" includes a body of persons corporate or unincorporate. CONSOLIDATED ABSTRACT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE ACTS, 1861 & 1865, AND OF THE HIGHWAYS AND LOCOMOTIVES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1878, SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO LOCOMOTIVES. In this Abstract the following abbreviated expressions have been used, viz: Act '61, means "The Locomotive Act, 1861." (24 & 25 Vict. c. 70.) Act '65, means "The Locomotives Act, 1865." (28 & 29 Vict. c, 83, temporary.)” Act '78, means "The Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878." (41 & 42 Vict. c. 77, temporary as to Locomotives.) PRELIMINARY. Act '61, s. 14. Act'65, s. 13. Act '78, s. 1. Act '65, s. 13. Construction. Id. s. 1. Duration. The Act 24 & 25 Vict. c. 70, may be cited as "The Locomotive Act, 1861." The Act 28 & 29 Vict. c. 83, be cited as "The may Locomotives Act, 1865." "The may The Act 41 & 42 Viet. c. 77, be cited as Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878." "The Locomotives Act, 1861," and "The Locomotives Act, 1865," are to be construed together as one Act. "The Locomotives Act, 1865," shall cease and de termine on the 1st of September, 1867. (N. B., this Act '65, s. 1. Act is continued by 41 & 42 Vict. c. 70, until the 31st day of December, 1879). Duration. The second part of the Act 41 & 42 Vict. c. 77 Act '78, s. 33. (amending the Locomotive Acts, 1861 and 1865), remains in force so long only as the Locomotive Act, 1865, continues in force INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION "County" has the same meaning in the Highways Id. s. 33. "County authority" means the justices of a county County auin general or quarter sessions assembled: thority. Borough" means any place for the time being Borough. to provide for the regulation of municipal corpo- polis. "The metropolis" means the parishes and places The Metromentioned in the Schedules A., B., and C., annexed to the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and any parish to which such Act may be extended by order in council in manner in the said Act '78, s. 38. Quarter sessions. Locomotive. Person. Id. s. 36. The Summary Jurisdiction Acts. Court of Summary jurisdiction. Id. s. 17. Turnpike road in several counties. 66 Act provided; also the city of London and the liberties of the said city: Quarter sessions," includes general sessions. "Locomotive" means a locomotive propelled by steam or by other than animal power: "Person" includes a body of persons corporate or unincorporate: The expression "The Summary Jurisdiction Acts," means the Act of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 43, “An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders," inclusive of any Acts amending the same. The expression "court of summary jurisdiction means and includes any justice or justices of the peace, metropolitan police magistrate, stipendiary or other magistrate, or officer, by whatever named called, to whom jurisdiction is given by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts: Provided that the court when hearing and determining an information or complaint under this Act, shall be constituted either of two or more justices of the peace in petty sessions, sitting at a place appointed for holding petty session or of some magistrate or officer sitting alone or with others at some court or other place appointed for the administration of justice, and for the time being empowered by law to do alone any act authorized to be done by more than one justice of the peace. Where a turnpike road subject to one trust extends into divers counties, such road, for the purposes of this Act, shall be treated as a separate turnpike road in each county through which it passes. |