I. In the Construction of this Act “the Board of Trade” shall mean the Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations:
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The Word “Traffic” shall include not only Passengers, and their Luggage, and Goods, Animals, and other Things conveyed by any Railway Company or Canal Company, or Railway and Canal Company, but also Carriages, Waggons, Trucks, Boats, and Vehicles of every Description adapted for running or passing on the Railway or Canal of any such Company:
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The Word “Railway” shall include every Station of or belonging to such Railway used for the Purposes of public Traffic: and,
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The Word “Canal” shall include any Navigation whereon Tolls are levied by Authority of Parliament, and also the Wharves and Landing Places of and belonging to such Canal or Navigation, and used for the Purposes of public Traffic:
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The Expression “Railway Company,” “Canal Company,” or “Railway and Canal Company,” shall include any Person being the Owner or Lessee of or any Contractor working any Railway or Canal or Navigation constructed or carried on under the Powers of any Act of Parliament:
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A Station, Terminus, or Wharf shall be deemed to be near another Station, Terminus, or Wharf when the Distance between such Stations, Termini, or Wharves shall not exceed One Mile, such Stations not being situate within Five Miles from St. Paul’s Church, in London.
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