§ "To confer additional powers upon the Midland Railway Company and upon the Midland and North Eastern Railway Companies Committee and upon the Midland and Great Northern Railways Joint Committee for the construction of works and the acquisition of lands; to empower the Midland Railway Company to subscribe towards the undertaking of the Yorkshire Dales Railway Company; and for other purposes," read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.