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be liable to a fine not exceeding one hun- dred dollars: Provided that any such by- law may prescribe a lower maximum penalty than one hundred dollars.
6. Section 23 of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, of Ordinance is amended by the addition of the following sub-section
No. 2 of 1883, S. 23.
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(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Coun- cil to amend the Schedule in any way which he may think fit.
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7. Section 25 of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, of Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the words one No. 2 of 188. hundred" for the word "twenty-five" in the last line
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8. Section 26 of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, of Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the words one No. 2 of 1883. hundred for the word “twenty-five" in the last line
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9. Section 27 of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, of Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the words one No. 2 of 1883, hundred" for the word
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10. Section 28 of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, of Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the words one No. 2 of 1883. hundred" for the word ten" in the last line thereof,
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Objects and Reasons.
1. The two main objects of this bill are (1) to give the Governor in Council power to allow the present statutory maximum speed of 10 miles an hour to be exceeded, and (2) to make it quite clear that electricity may be used as the motive power on the tramway. The opportunity is taken of making certain other amend- ments also.
2. Clause (2) defines the term company as meaning the Peak Tramways Company Limited. When the principal Ordinance was passed it was not possible to give the name of the company exactly.
3. It is not quite clear that section 13 of the present Ordinance gives the Governor in Council power to approve of the use of electricity as the motive power of the tramway. The proposed new section 13 gives this power. It also makes it clear that no apparatus dis-. approved by the Governor in Council may be used. This is no doubt implied in the present section.
1. Two substantial alterations will be made by clause 4. One is to give the Governor in Council power to allow the present statutory maximum speed of 10 miles an hour to be exceeded. The other is to do away with the present anomalous provision that no rule or by-law made under the principal Ordinance can come into operation until one month after its publication in the Gazelte. Clause 4 also provides that the company's by-laws must be first approved by the Governor in Council.
5. Section 17 of the present Ordinance provides that any rule or by-law may impose a fine for offences against the rule or by-law, not exceeding $10 for each offence, or $5 a day for a continuing offence. These maxima seem much too small for some of the possible offences, eg., trespassing on the tramway line, or failure by the company to provide servants to keep the line free from obstructions. The proposed new section
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