The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-29 00:00:00

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; NOVEMBER 29, 1851.
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BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.

(teUBTHER POWERS to BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY—
ALTERATION of CONSTITUTION of BIRKENHEAD DOCK
TRUSTEES ARRANGEMENTS between BIRKENHEM)

DOCK COMPANY

GREAT

WESTERN RAILWAY

COMPANY, the SHREWSBURY and CHESTER RAILWAY
COMPANY, and the SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM

RAILWAY CO NIPANY, and the BIRKENHEAD, LANCA-
SHIRE, and CHESHIRE JUtiCTION RAILWAY WMPANY,
or any of them, and BIRKENHEAD DOCK TRUSTEES, and
AMENDMENT OF ACTS.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that APPLICATION is in-"
tended to be made to Parliament in the ensamg, session, fa* an
ACT to alter arid amend, extend and enlarge, and to repeal sonic of
the powers and provisions of the several Acts of Parliament fol-
lowing, or some of them (that is to say): local and personal Acts,
7 and 8 Vic., cap, 79 ; 8 arid 9 Vic.; cad. 4; 10 and 11 Yie., cap. 264
and cap. 265 ; 11 and 12 Vic. cap. 144 ; and 13 and 14 Vie., cap.
100; all relating to the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners and the
trustees of the rsirkenlicad Docks ; and also the local and personal
Acts 8 and 9 Vic., cap. 60, and 11 and 12 Vic., cap. 9, relating to the
Birkenhead Dock Company.
And it is proposed by the Intended Act to provide fer the effectual
completion, withm a period to be prescribed by the said intended
Act, et all the work auillorised to be constructed by the said Acts
relating to the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners and the Trustees of
the Birkenhead Docks, and to enable the said Company and the
Great Western Railway Company, the Shrewsbury and Chester
Railway Company, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
Company, and the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
Railway Company, or any of the said companies, to i,dvatice monies,
or to give security for monies to be raised for the execution and
completion of the said works or some of them, on the security of the
lands, soil, or shore'at Birkenhead, known as the South Reserve, and
ether property now vested in the s id trustees under tile said last-
mentioned Acts, or some of them, and on the rates and tolls to be levied
and raised under the same Acts, or some of them, and to mike provi-
sion for such security ; and also to enable the said trustees to grant
to the said Companies, or any of them, and the said Comport*, or
any of theta, to take bonds or other securities to be charged upoci and
made payable out of the said lands, soli, and shore, and other pro-
perty, rates, and tolls, fer securing any monies to be advanced or
guaranteed or secured by the ratid•Companies, or any of them, for
the purposes aforesaid, 'for the purpose or in the construction of.the
works authorised to be constructed by such trustees, or any of them,
-,asur to enable the said.Corepaniqs, or any, of them, to become the
purchasers of the said lands, soil, and shore at Birkenhead, known-
as the South Reserve, and to enable the trustees for the time being
of the Birkenhead Docks to sell the same th the- said Companies or
any of them,,or othertviseto provide lbr the 4arrte being vested in
the said Companies or any,pf them, in manner to be provided in the
said Act; and alSo to enablis rise paid Birkenhead Dock Company to
raise money for-the purposes aforesaid by-the creation of new shares
in their undertaking,'and by borrowing on loan and upon the secu-
rity as well of their existing property as of the aforesaid lands, pro-
perty, tolls, and dues of the said trustees, and upon any property or
security they may receive or become entitled to under time authority
of the said intended Act from the said trustees.
And it is also proposed by the'said intended Act to alter the con-
stitution of the said trustees of the Birkenhead Docks and the mode
of appointment of such trustees, and to provide for the appointment
of a board of trustees to hold office until the completion of the au-
thorised works of the trust, or until such other period as shall be
fixed by the said intended Act, and to constitute the Directors of the
said. Comp Antes, or any of them, members of such board ; and also to
provide for a further alteration in the constitution of such board of
trustees, from and after the completion of the authorised works of
the trust, or from and after such other period as shall be fixed by
the Said intended Act, 'and to enable the said Companies, or any of
them, to nominate orappoint a certain number of trustees, who are
to constitute such last-mentioned or permanent Board of 'trustees.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take powelNl
enabling the said Companies or any of them to enter into, and carry
into effect, such arrangements with the persons holding securities
upon the property of the said trust, for the-conversion of their securi-
ties into fixed or other interests, as may be mutually agreed upon,
or ar shall be provided by the said BM.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take powers to
alter the application of the tolls, rates, and duties authorised to be
-takes and received under the said several Acts hereinbefore referred
to, or any or either of them, and to take powers to make any sums
to be advanced under the autkority of the 'said intended Act by the
said'Companies, for the purposes of the completion of the authorised
works of the said trust, or any'of them, a charge upon the property
and future:income of such trust prior to allsums already advanced
and expended under the authority of the six drat- recited Acts, or
tray of them.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to amend, so far
as-thay be requisite for the purposes aforesaid, the several Acts fol-
lowing, relating to the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners
and the Wallasey Improvement Commissioners, that is to say, local
and personal Acts, 3 and 4 William IV. cap. 68; I and 2 Vicioria,
cap,.33;- 5 and 6_,Victoria, cap. 5; 6 and 7 Victoria, oap. 13 and cap.
44; 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 32; 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 28 ; 13 Victo-
ria, cap. 3 ; and 8 and 9 Victdria, cap: 6. "
And also,the several (local and personal) 'Acts of Parliament fol-
lowing, or some of theta (that is to say), sth and 6th William IV:,
cap. 107 ; 6th William IV., caps. 36. 38, 77, and 79 ; 7tli Willialin
IV. and Ist Victoria, caps. 9 t and 92 ; Ist and 2d Victoiire, caps.
24 and 26 ; 2d and 3d Victoria, cap. 27 ; 3d and 4th Victoria, caps.
47 and 105; 4th and sth Yi...toria, cap. 41 ; sth Victoria, session 2,
cap. 28 ; 6tlT -Victoria, cap. 10 ; 7th Victoria; cap. 3 ; 7th and Bth
Victoria, cap. 68 ; Bth and 9th Victoria, caps. 40, 53, 155, 156,
184, 188, 190, and 191; 9th Victoria, cap. 14; 9th and 10ta Vic-
toria, caps. 166, 151, 256, 239, 240, 278, 313, 315, 335, 337, 338,
3 i 9, and 402 ; 10th and 11th Victoria, caps. 60, 72, 76, 91,
101, 109, 149; 154, 226, and 243 ; 11th and 12th Victoria, caps. 28, 59,
74, 77, 82, 95,131, 133, 135, 157, 158, and 159 ;14th and 15th Victories,'
caps. 48 and 81 ; 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 99 ; Bth and 9th Victoria,
caps. 42 and 115 ; 9th and 10th Victoria, caps. 250,251,274, and 275 ;
10th and filth Victoria, cap. 144; 12th and 13th Victoria, cap. 55;
and 14th and 15th Victoria, cap. 131; Ist Victoria, cap. 107 ; 3d
,Victorite, cap. 2; Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 99 • 9th and 10th Victo-
ria, cap. 91 ; 10th and 11th Victoria, caps. 222 Ltd 223 ; and 14.. h and
15th Victoria, cap. 71; and 9th and 10th Victoria, caps. 307 and
398 ; 10th and lith Victoria, cap. 80; and 12th and 13th Victories,
cap. 85.

Dated the 13th day of November, 1851.
WIC STEPHENS, 30, Bedford-row, London,
.4 Solicitor for the Birkenhead Dock Company.