§ "To enable the Great Central Railway Company to make new works; to acquire additional lands; to stop up certain roads or footpaths; to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands, for the completion of certain railways, and for the sale of superfluous lands by the Cheshire Lines Committee and the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies Committee; to raise additional capital; to confer further powers on the Great Central Railway Company and the North Staffordshire Railway Company; and for other purposes," read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.