THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JUNE, 1883.
altering, adding to or removing the Tramways or Works, in respect of which they propose to open or break up such road, and a statement of the materials intended to be used therein; and the Company shall not commence the con- struction, laying down, maintenance, renewal, alteration of addition to, or removal of such Tramways or Works, or any part thereof respectively, except for the purpose of neces- sary repairs, until such plan and statement have been ap proved in writing by the Surveyor General, and the works shall be executed in accordance with such approved plan and statement, and under the superintendence, and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General.
16. After and so soon as each of the said Tramways has been opened for the public traffic, the Surveyor General shall maintain in good condition and repair the whole of the road whereon each of the said Tramways is laid, and the Company shall pay to the Surveyor General the cost of the maintenance and repair of so much of any road whereon any Tramway is laid as lies between the rails of the Tramway and also (where two lines of Tramway are laid by the Company in any road at a distance of not more than four feet from each other) the cost of the maintenance and repair of the portion of the road between the Tram- ways, and also in every case the cost of the maintenance aud repair of so much of the road as extends eighteen inches beyond the rails of, and on each side of, each Tram- way. Except as aforesaid the Company shall not be liable to pay for the cost of the maintenance or repair of any road whereon any Tramway is laid. The Company, before paying any monies due from them under this section, may inspect any contract or contracts, or specifications, or plans, or other documents, or writings, in the possession, or under the control of the Surveyor General, or any contractor or contractors, relating to or stipulating for the maintenance or repair of any road a proportion of the cost of maintain- ing or repairing which they are liable to bear under this section, so that the Company may, before paying any pro- portion of the aforesaid cost, be satisfied that the sum demanded from them is a fit and proper sum to be paid by them.
17. The Company 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 substruc- ture upon which the same rest; and if the Surveyor Ge- neral 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 same shall happen, the Company shall, at their own expense, alter their rails so that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and, if the Company 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 case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars. for every day after the first on which such default continues.
18. Where by reason of the execution of any work affecting the surface or soil of any road along which any Tramway is laid, it is in the opinion of the Surveyor General necessary or expedient temporarily to remove or discon- tinue the use of such Tramway or any part thereof, the Surveyor General shall, before such Tramway, or any part thereof, shall be temporarily removed, or the use thereof discontinued, give to the Company 14 days' notice at least of the necessity or expediency of such temporary removal or discontinuance, and immediately on receipt of any such notice the Company may, subject to such conditions and regulations as the Surveyor General may from time to time make, construct in the same or any adjacent road, and, subject as aforesaid, maintain so long as necessary a temporary Tramway in lien of the Tramway or part thereof so removed or discontinued, and the road on which such temporary Tramway is laid shall, subject as aforesaid, be maintained so long as necessary by the Surveyor General at the expense of the Company.
19. Any paving, metalling, or material excavated by the Company in the construction of their works from any road under the control of the Surveyor General may be applied by them, so far as may be necessary, in or towards the reinstating of such road, provided such paving metalling or material are in the opinion of the Surveyor General fit and proper to be used in the re-instating of such road, and all
Repair of roads owwhich Treurway's laide
Penalty for not maintains ing rails at their proper level and in good condi tiga.
Temporary
Tramways may be made when nece8- Amy.
Application of road materials excavated in construction of works.
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