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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MARCH. 1884.
Gange of Tramways.
Pawer to break up Rends.
Completion of work and reinstatement of road.
Penalty for not maintain- Ing rails at
their proper level und in good condi- tion.
or assigns in the office of the Surveyor General, all such stations, crossings, bridges, passing places, sidings, junctions, rails and other works, in addition to those particularly specified in and authorized by this Ordinance, and inay work and use the same.
6. The Sunken Tramways referred to in this Ordinance shall be constructed on a gauge not exceeding 2 feet in width, and with two steel grooved rails, which said rails shall before being laid down be approved of by the Surveyor General, and shall be laid and maintained in such manner, that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road. Provided that the Governor in Council may from time to time require the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER bis excentors, administrators or assigns to adopt and apply such improvements in the said sunken or overhead Tramways including their rails, sleepers, bridges and sub- structure as experience may suggest, having regard to the greater security of the public and advantage to the ordinary traffic, and the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his exccutors. administrators or assigns shall with all reasonable despatch, comply with any order made by the Governor in Council for the purpose of carrying out any such improvements.
7. The said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors ad- ministrators or assigns may from time to time for the purpose of making, forming, laying down, maintaining, renewing, altering, adding to or removing any Tramway under this Ordinance, or any part or parts thereof respectively, open and break up any road subject to the following regulations: 1. They shall give to the Surveyor General notice of their intention, specifying the time at which they will begin to do so, and the portion of road proposed to be opened or broken up, such notice to be given seven days at least before the commencement of the work.
2. They shall not open or break up or alter the level of any road except with the authority, under the superintendence, and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General,
8. When the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns shall have opened or broken up any portion of any road, they shall be under the following further obligations, namely:
1. They shall with all convenient speed, complete the work on account of which they opened or broke up the same, and (subject to the formation, maintain- ing, renewal, or alteration of addition to or removal of the Tramway) fill in the ground and make good the surface, and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, restore the road to as good condition as that in which it was before it was opened or broken up.
2. They shall in the meantime cause the place where the road is opened or broken up to be fenced and watched and to be properly lighted at night. If the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, ad- ministrators or assigns fail to comply with this section, they shall, for every offence (without prejudice to the enforcement of the specific performance of the requirements of this Ordinance, or to any other remedy against them) be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to a further penalty not exceeding 25 dollars for each day during which any such failure continues after the first day on which such penalty is incurred.
9. The said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, ad- ministrators and assigns shall maintain in good condition and repair, and at their proper level so as not to be a danger or annoyance to the ordinary traffic, the rails of which any of the Tramways for the time being consist, and the sub- structure upon which the same rest; and if the Surveyor General, shall from time to time, or at any time hereafter, alter the level of any road along or across which any of the said Tramways shall be laid, then and in such event, and so often as the samne shall happen, the said CarcinICK PAUL CHATER his excentors, administrators or assigns, shall at his or their own expense, alter the rails so that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and, if the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his excentors, administrators or assigns make default in complying with this section, they shall, for every offence, be subject on conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty- five dollars, and, in ease of continuing offence, to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for every day afetr the first on which such default continues.