Tatiara to Border Town Railway Act.-1881. ling the carriages on the said railway, and no further charge than is heretofore stated shall be made therefor: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent an extra charge being made for the use of engines and carriages for special and express trains: Provided also that nothing herein contained shall preclude private individuals from contracting with the said Commissioner for permission to use their own trucks or carriages upon the said railway. tolls. 6. In addition to the prescribed tolls for the conveyance of Regulations as to articles, the said Commissioner may charge a reasonable sum for loading and unloading: Provided always that the owners of goods shall be at liberty to employ their own servants for loading and unloading, subject to the regulations in force for the time being for the working of the said railway. mined. 7. The weight of all articles, except stone and timber, shall be Weight-how deterdetermined according to the usual avoirdupois weight; with respect to stone and timber, fourteen cubic feet of stone, and forty cubic feet of hard wood, and fifty cubic feet of other timber, shall be deemed one ton weight, and so on in proportion for any smaller quantity: Provided that any less quantity than half a ton may be charged as half a ton. 8. Notwithstanding the rate of tolls herein before prescribed, the Tolls for separate said Commissioner may lawfully demand the tolls following, for parcels. small packages and single articles of no great weight, that is to say For the carriage of any parcel not exceeding twenty-eight pounds in weight, not exceeding One Penny per mile each: For any parcel not exceeding fifty-six pounds in weight, not exceeding Three Halfpence per mile each. For any parcel not exceeding one hundred and twelve pounds in weight, not exceeding Twopence per mile each; and not exceeding One Penny per mile each for every additional fifty-six pounds in weight: For the carriage of any one boiler, cylinder, or single piece of machinery, or single piece of timber or stone, or other single article, the weight of which shall exceed four tons, the said Commissioner may demand such sum as he shall think fit: Provided that articles sent in large aggregate quantities, although made up of separate parcels, such as bags of sugar, coffee, meal, and the like, shall not be deemed small parcels, but such term shall apply only to single parcels in separate packages. short distances. 9. In all cases where any article, matter, or thing, not being a Fixed sum per ton for sinall package, shall be carried or conveyed along the said railway for so short a distance that the sum of money authorised by this Act to Goods, when to be removed. Passengers' luggage. Appropriation of tolls, &c. Annual abstract of accounts to be published. Exemption from rates. Tatiara to Border Town Railway Act.-1881. to be demanded or received for the same shall not amount to the sum of Three Shillings per ton, the sum to be paid in respect to the carriage thereof shall be Three Shillings per ton. 10. Owners or consignees of articles shall remove the same from the station or terminus of their destination on the said railway within twelve working hours after their arrival there, unless such arrival shall be between the hours of four in the evening and seven in the morning, and in that case every such removal shall be made within six hours after such hour in the morning, and in default of such removal shall he liable to demurrage at and after the rate of Two Shillings and Sixpence per ton; and further, if not removed after the expiration of twenty-four hours, at and after the rate of One Shilling per ton for every twenty-four hours or any part thereof: Provided, nevertheless, that if such articles be not removed from such station or terminus of their destination before the end of one week after their arrival there, the sum of Two Shillings and Sixpence per ton per week shall be charged and payable in respect of such goods for the warehouse-room thereof. 11. Every passenger travelling upon the said railway may take with him his ordinary luggage, not exceeding one hundred pounds in weight for first-class passengers, and sixty pounds in weight for other passengers, without any charge being made for carriage thereof. 12. All tolls, rents, dues, charges, and sums of money which may at any time be received and levied under authority hereof, and all rents to arise from any lease of the said railway, shall be, from time to time, in such manner as the Governor may prescribe, paid to the Treasurer for the public purposes of the said province. 13. The said Commissioner shall, on or before the first day of August in every year, prepare an annual account in abstract of the total receipts and expenditure under anthority hereof for the railway by this Act authorised to be constructed, from what source soever the same may be derived, for and during the preceding year ending the thirtieth day of June, under the several distinct heads of receipt and expenditure, with a statement of the balance of the same account duly audited and certified by the Treasurer, and also by the AuditorGeneral, and a copy of such account shall be published in the Government Gazette. 14. The railway by this Act authorised to be constructed, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, exempt from all rates and taxes whatsoever, whether local or general. In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill. WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor. Adelaide By authority, E. SPILLER, Government Printer, North-terrace. No. 201. An Act to amend "The Patent Act, 1877." [Assented to, September 28th, 1881.] HEREAS it is desirable to amend "The Patent Act, 1877," Preamble. Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South 1. This Act may be for all purposes cited as "The Patent Act Short title. Amendment Act, 1881." 2. This Act and "The Patent Act, 1877," except so far as the Incorporation. same is altered by this Act, shall be incorporated and read and construed together. 3. Every petition for a patent shall be addressed to the Com- Petition for Patent. missioner, and shall be accompanied by a declaration by the applicant, or his duly authorised attorney or agent, that the several allegations contained in the petition are true, and stating that the person making the declaration verily believes that the inventor mentioned in the petition is the true and first inventor of the invention for which the patent is sought. 4. For the purposes of section 16 of the said Act, it shall be Requisites of sufficient, whether the inventor be alive or not, if the specification specifications: therein mentioned be signed by the applicant, or his duly autho rised Exhibiting patent not for refusing patent. The Patent Act Amendment Act.-1881. rised attorney or agent, and if such signature be attested as provided in the said section. 5. The mere fact of any inventor having exhibited or tested his to be deemed ground invention, either publicly or privately, shall not in itself be deemed any ground for refusing him a patent, or justify any other person in using such invention, provided that such exhibiting must have been within six months of the date of the inventor filing his petition for a patent. Schedule of fees. Repeal. 6. The fees mentioned in the Schedule of this Act shall be paid in respect to the several matters and things therein respectively referred to, in lieu of the fees mentioned in Schedule B of the Patent Act, 1877. Such fees shall form part of the General Revenue of the said province, and be paid, applied, and disposed of accordingly. 7. Section 14 of the said Act is hereby repealed. In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to SCHEDULE |