§ "To empower the Kingscourt, Ready, and Armagh Railway Company to construct a new railway in the county of Monaghan, and to abandon a portion 999 of their authorised railways; to change the name of the Company; to authorise the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) to work the undertaking of the Company and to subscribe towards their capital; and for other purposes," read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.