This Work IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED ΤΟ THE RIGHT HONORABLE EDWARD STRUTT, M. P., PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR RAILWAYS. b TABLE OF CONTENTS. § 2. Course of Proceedings upon Railway Bills in Parliament. 1. Progress of the Bill through the Commons 2. Progress of the Bill through the Lords 1. Authority of the Commissioners to sanction a Deviation 88 3. Authority to superintend the Line and Works of a Rail- 4. Authority to sanction Bye-laws 8. Authority to regulate the Speed of Mail Trains 9. Authority to appoint Umpires and Auditors I. Powers to take and purchase Lands II. Powers to take temporary Possession of Lands III. Powers to take temporary Possession of Roads IV. On the Compensation which may be claimed by the Owners and Occupiers of Lands taken or injuriously |