The Southern Railway (Additional Powers) Act, 1871
WHEREAS by "The Southern Railway Act, 1865" (hereinafter called "the Act of 1865"), the Southern Railway Company (hereinafter called "the Company") were incorporated and authorised to make and maintain a railway in the county of Tipperary from Thurles to Clonmel (hereinafter called "the main line"), and by the same Act it was provided that the powers thereby conferred for the compulsory purchase of lands should not be exercised after the expiration of three years from the passing of that Act,...