forces at reduced rates. 44 and 45 Vict. c. 58. (a) any of the officers or men in or belonging to Her Majesty's navy, or royal naval volunteers, and any other officers or men under the command or government of the Admiralty; and (b) any of the officers or soldiers in Her Majesty's regular reserve or auxiliary forces (within the meaning of the Army Act, 1881, or any Act amending the same) for the time being subject to military law; and (c) any officers or men of any police force; (all and any of which officers, soldiers, and men are in this Act called the "forces "); every railway company shall, on the production of a route duly signed for the conveyance of the forces, provide conveyance for them and their personal luggage, and also for any public baggage, stores, arms, ammunition, and other necessaries and things, whether actually accompanying the forces or not, at all usual times at which passengers are conveyed by the company, on such terms as may be agreed on between the railway company and the Secretary of State, Admiralty, or police authorit, and subject to or in default of agreement on the following terms: (i.) The passenger carriages provided shall be of such classes in use on the railway, and in such proportions, as specified in the route, all carriages being protected from the weather and having proper accommodation: (ii.) The fares shall not exceed the following proportions of the fares charged to private passengers for the single journey by ordinary train in the respective classes of carriages specified in the route, that is to say, if the number of persons conveyed is less than one hundred and fifty, three-fourths; and if the number is one hundred and fifty or more, then for the first one hundred and fifty, threefourths, as for four officers and one hundred and forty-six soldiers or other persons; and for the numbers in excess of the said one hundred and fifty, one half: (iii.) This section shall apply to such wives, widows, and children of members of the forces as are entitled to be conveyed at the public expense, in like manner as if they were part of the forces, but children less than three years old shall be conveyed free of charge, and the fare for a child more than three and less than twelve years old shall be half the fare payable under this section for an adult : (iv.) One hundred weight of personal luggage shall be conveyed (v.) The said public baggage, stores, arms, ammunition, necessaries, amend such provision in regard to the prices and conditions of conveyance by any new railway or any railway obtaining new powers from Parliament: Be it enacted, that all railway companies which have been or shall be incorporated by any Act of the present or any future session, or which by any Act of the present or any future session shall have obtained or shall obtain any extension or amendment of the powers conferred by their previous Acts or any of them, or have been or shall be authorised to do any act unauthorised by the provisions of such previous Acts, shall be bound to provide such conveyance as aforesaid for the said military, marine, and police forces, at fares not exceeding twopence per mile for each commissioned officer proceeding on duty, such officer being entitled to conveyance in a first-class carriage, and not exceeding one penny for each mile for each soldier, marine, or private of the militia or police force, and also for each wife, widow or child above twelve years of age of a soldier entitled by Act of Parliament or by competent authority to be sent to their destination at the public expense, children under three years of age so entitled being taken free of charge, and children of three years of age or upwards, but under twelve years of age, so entitled, being taken at half the price of an adult; and such soldiers, marines, and privates of the militia or police force, and their wives, widows, and children so entitled, being conveyed in carriages which shall be provided with seats, with sufficient space for the reasonable accommodation of the persons conveyed, and which shall be protected against the weather; provided that every officer conveyed shall be entitled to take with him one hundredweight of personal luggage without extra charge, and every soldier, marine, private, wife, or widow shall be entitled to take with him or her half a hundred-weight of personal luggage without extra charge, all excess of the above weights of personal luggage being paid for at the rate of not more than one halfpenny per pound, and all public baggage, stores, arms, ammunition, and other necessaries and things (except gunpowder and other combustible matters, which the company shall only be bound to convey at such prices and upon such conditions as may be from time to time contracted for between the Secretary at War and the Company), shall be conveyed at charges not exceeding twopence per ton per mile, the assistance of the military or other forces being given in Loading and unloading such goods. (a) Cheap Trains Act, 1883. [46 & 47 VICT., c. 34.] Extract from An Act to amend the Law relating to Railway Passenger Duty, and 6. (1) For the purposes of moving by railway on any occasion Conveyof the public service (a) This section is repealed, except as to Ireland, and except as respecting tre coneyance of forces by companies which lose the benefit of the Cheap Trains Act, 1883. (46 and 47 Vict. c. 34.) See s. 6 of that Act below. ance of the Queen's forces at reduced rates. 44 and 45 Vict. c. 58. (a) any of the officers or men in or belonging to Her Majesty's navy, or royal naval volunteers, and any other officers or men under the command or government of the Admiralty; and (b) any of the officers or soldiers in Her Majesty's regular reserve or auxiliary forces (within the meaning of the Army Act, 1881, or any Act amending the same) for the time being subject to military law; and (c) any officers or men of any police force; (all and any of which officers, soldiers, and men are in this Act called the "forces "); every railway company shall, on the production of a route duly signed for the conveyance of the forces, provide conveyance for them and their personal luggage, and also for any public baggage, stores, arms, ammunition, and other necessaries and things, whether actually accompanying the forces or not, at all usual times at which passengers are conveyed by the company, on such terms as may be agreed on between the railway company and the Secretary of State, Admiralty, or police authorit, and subject to or in default of agreement on the following terms: (i.) The passenger carriages provided shall be of such classes in use on the railway, and in such proportions, as specified in the route, all carriages being protected from the weather and having proper accommodation : (ii.) The fares shall not exceed the following proportions of the fares charged to private passengers for the single journey by ordinary train in the respective classes of carriages specified in the route, that is to say, if the number of persons conveyed is less than one hundred and fifty, three-fourths; and if the number is one hundred and fifty or more, then for the first one hundred and fifty, threefourths, as for four officers and one hundred and forty-six soldiers or other persons; and for the numbers in excess of the said one hundred and fifty, one half : (iii.) This section shall apply to such wives, widows, and children of members of the forces as are entitled to be conveyed at the public expense, in like manner as if they were part of the forces, but children less than three years old shall be conveyed free of charge, and the fare for a child more than three and less than twelve years old shall be half the fare payable under this section for an adult : (iv.) One hundredweight of personal luggage shall be conveyed (v.) The said public baggage, stores, arms, ammunition, necessaries, accommodation belonging to or required for the working of such railroad or tramway. "Plant" shall include any engines, rolling stock, horses, or other animal or mechanical power, and all things necessary for the proper working of a railroad or tramway which are not included in the word "railroad." Definitions. tion of cer 19. In this Act if not inconsistent with the context, the following Interpreta terms have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them; that is to say : "Lieutenant of a County" includes a Vice-Lieutenant, also the Militia similar to that of Lieutenant or Lieutenants or 1 tain terms in the Act. National Defence Act, 1888. [51 & 52 VICT., c. 31.] Extract from An Act to make better provision respecting National Defence. ment, on 4. (1.) Whenever an order for the embodiment of the Militia Power of is in force, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen, by order Govern signified under the hand of a Secretary of State, to declare that occasion of it is expedient for the public service that traffic for naval and national danger, or military purposes shall have on the railways in the United King- great dom, or such of them as is mentioned in the order, precedence over emergency, other trattic. to have precedence (2.) When any such order is in force as respects a railwav an in traffic of officer of any part of Her Majesty's naval or military forces acting railway. under the authority of a Secretary of State or the Admiralty may, by warrant under his hand addressed to the railway company working that railway, require that such traffic as may be specified in the warrant shall be received and forwarded on the railway in priority to any other traffic, and the company shall comply with such warrant, and shall, so far as may be necessary, suspend the receiving and forwarding of all other traffic on such railway. (3.) If a director of or person employed by a railway company refuses or fails to comply with the exigency of the warrant, or obstructs the carrying thereof into effect, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and any such officer as aforesaid may take such means as seem to him necessary for carrying (and if need be, by force) the warrant into effect. (4.) A warrant issued in pursuance of this section shall not be in Short title. force for more than one month after the date thereof unless renewed. (5.) An order made by Her Majesty in pursuance of this section may be revoked by Her Majesty at any time, and upon the Militia being ordered to be disembodied shall cease to operate. (6.) There shall be paid, out of moneys provided by Parliament, to a railway company required to receive and forward traffic in pursuance of this section, such reasonable remuneration as may be agreed upon, or in default of agreement may be determined by arbitration. (7.) If any person suffers any loss by reason of anything done under the authority of a Secretary of State or the Admiralty in pursuance of this section, he may petition the Secretary of State or the Admiralty for compensation, and the Secretary of State or Admiralty may pay out of moneys provided by Parliament such reasonable compensation as may seem just; but no such compensation shall be paid in respect of any loss arising under a contract which was made subsequently to the date of an order under this section, or which, though made before, might have been determined subsequently to that date. (8.) For the purposes of this section The expression "railway" includes any tramway, whether worked by animal or mechanical power, or partly in one way and partly in the other; and The expression "person" includes any person or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate; and The expression "railway company" means any person as above defined who as owner or lessee of a railway or otherwise is actually engaged in working a railway; and The expression "traffic" includes persons, animals, goods, and things of every description which are ordinarily carried, or are required by virtue of this Act to be received and forwarded, on a railway. Reserve Forces Act, 1882. [45 & 46 Vict. c. 48.] An Act to consolidate the Acts relative to the Reserve Forces. Preliminary. 1. This Act may be recited as the Reserve Forces Act, 1882. PART I.-ARMY RESERVE. Establish. ment of army reserve. 3. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty to keep up a force in the United Kingdom, called the army reserve, to consist of two classes, as follows: Class 1.-The first class shall consist of such number of men as may from time to time be provided by Parliament, and shall be |