§ Agreements will, railway companies.
§ 88. The Board on the one hand and the Caledonian Railway Company and the North British Railway Company or either of them on the other hand may enter into and carry into effect agreements or arrangements for the exercise by the Board of any of the powers vested in those companies in relation to dredging scouring or cleansing the harbour of Grangemouth or the harbours of Borrowstounness Alloa and Charlestown respectively or the bed and channel of the river ex adverse of those harbours respectively for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
§ LORD STANMOREMy Lords, the Commons made two Amendments in this Bill. The first is in Clause 87 (for the protection of Caldwell and Company (Paper-makers) Limited, the words "at present" being omitted, and the words "which were prior to the application to the Secretary for Scotland for this Order" being inserted. The second Amendment is the addition of the following proviso to Clause 88:
Provided always that nothing in this subsection shall prejudice or restrict the right of the 115 owners of such bed, soil, or foreshore to compensation for damage sustained by them through the exercise of the powers thereby conferred, and that the powers conferred by this subsection shall not be exercised in any way that might interfere with or prejudicially affect the undertakings or statutory right of any railway company incorporated by Act of Parliament except with the consent of such railway company.This proviso was inserted as the result of an undertaking given on behalf of the Admiralty by my noble friend, Lord Onslow, to insert words making it clear that riparian owners would not be debarred from compensation in the event of their suffering any damage from the works or operations carried out under the clause. I move that this House agrees with the Commons in the said Amendments.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said. Amendments.—(Lord Stanmore).
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.