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Railways (Conveyance of Mails) Act 1838

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The Act did not specify a rate of payment, but rather left the remuneration to be agreed between the railways and the Postmaster-General, or if necessary settled by arbitration. These agreements were subject to alteration at a month's notice, though the Postmaster-General had the power to terminate
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the services of the railway companies without notice if compensation was paid. The penalty for refusing or neglecting to convey the mails was £20, and the railways could be required to post security by bond, under a penalty of £100 per day for neglect. Individual lessees of a railway, those not a
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to require the railway companies to "convey the mails", either by special trains or scheduled ones, at such times of the day and night as he would direct; he also had power to specify the guards or postal officials to be carried. However, he could not require they be conveyed any faster than the
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directions regarding the specifics of carriage. If required, a whole carriage was to be set aside exclusively for the post, or a separate
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maximum rate prescribed by that railway's directors for first-class trains. The companies were to be subject to
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were to be appointed to mediate disputes between the Postmaster-General and the railway companies.
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The British almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1839
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1838 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Act of Parliament 1 & 2 Vic c. 98
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An Act to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railways.
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on 14 August 1838. It required the transport of the
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
1 & 2 Vict.
Royal assent
Repealed by
Post Office Act 1953
Text of statute as originally enacted
1 & 2 Vict.
Act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
royal assent
Royal Mail
railways
Postmaster-General
Post Office
carriage for sorting letters
body corporate
company
arbitrators
Travelling post office
short title
Short Titles Act 1896
Interpretation Act 1978
v
t
e
UK legislation
List of English statutes
Charter of Liberties

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