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REPORT, 1899-1900. 101
taken, or which would in any manner impede
or interfere with the objects of the Act.
To authorize alterations, diversion of roads, etc.,
and the Company shall not be liable under Sec. 46
of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Acts, 1845, to
repair or maintain the surface of any road over any
bridge or immediate approaches except so far as the
level of such road or approaches shall be permanently
altered.
To extinguish all rights of way over the public
carriage and other roads, etc., proposed to be
stopped up, and for vesting the site and soil, etc.,
in the Company or Committee exercising the
powers of the intended Act.
To enable the Company as they may think
proper, and so far as is necessary, to alter, amend,
and extend the provisions of the Land Clauses
Consolidation Act, 1845, with reference to the sale
of superfluous lands, and to enable the Company to
retain portions of land which may now be deemed
superfluous, notwithstanding anything in the said
Act or the Acts relating to the Company.
To alter, amend, and explain all or some of the
provisions contained in Sec. 7 of the Great Western
Railway (Additional Powers) Act, 1896.