THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JUNE, 1883.
the said Tramways, and within six months after the expi- ration of every subsequent period of seven years, or within three months after any order made by the Governor in Council under either of the two next preceding sections, by notice in writing require the Company to sell, and thereupon the Company shall sell to the Government their undertaking, upon terms of paying the then value (exclusive of any allowance for past or future profits of the undertaking, or any compensation for compulsory sale or other consideration whatsoever) of the Tramways, and all lands, buildings, works, materials and plant of the Company suitable to and used by them for the purposes of their undertaking, such value to be, in case of difference, determined upon petition to the Court in a summary way, and, when any such sale has been made, all the rights, powers and authorities of the Company in respect of the undertaking sold, or, where any order has been made by the Governor in Council under either of the next preceding sections, all the rights, powers and authorities of the Company previous to the making of such order in respect of the undertaking sold, shall be transferred to, vested in, and may be exercised by the Government.
Motive Power.
36. The carriages used on the said Tramways Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 may be moved by animal, steam, or any mechanical power. Provided always, that the exercise of the powers by this section conferred with respect to the use of steam or any mechanical power shall be subject to the regulations set forth in Schedule 4. hereto, and to any regulations which may be added thereto, or substituted therefor by any order which the Governor in Council is hereby empowered to make from time to time, as and when he may think fit, for securing.to the public all reasonable protection against danger in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred with respect to the use of steam or any mechanical power on the Tramways Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Provided also that before the Company, or any person, use steam, or any mechanical power, under this Ordinance, they, or he, shall give two months previous notice of their or his intention so to do to the Governor in Council.
37. The carriages used on the Tramway No. 6 may be moved by means of locomotive or stationary engines and steel-wire ropes, or by such other mechanical power as the Governor in Council shall approve of.
38. Every carriage used on any of the said Tramways shall be so constructed as to provide for the safety of passengers, and for their safe entrance to, and exit from, and accommodation in such carriage, and their protection from the machinery used for drawing or propelling such
carriage.
39. The Surveyor General, or any officer or officers appointed for that purpose by the Governor in Council in writing, may, from time to time, inspect any engine or carriage used on any of the Tramways, and the machinery therein, and also any rope or other machinery of the said Tramways, and report thereon, and the Governor in Council may by order prohibit the use on the Tramways, or any of them, of any such engine, carriage, rope, or machinery which may be determined to be unsafe or unfit for use.
40. The Company or any person using steam or any mechanical power of any of the Tramways contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, or (where the same are appli- cable) to any of the regulations set forth in Schedule A. hereto, or to any regulation added thereto or substituted therefor as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, be subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and also, in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every day after the first during which such offence continues. Provided that whether any such penalty has been recovered or not, the Governor in Council, in case it shall be determined that the Company or any persons using steam or any mechanical power on the Tramways under the authority of this Ordi- nance, have made default in complying with the provisions of this Ordinance, or (where the same are applicable) with any of the regulations set forth in Schedule A. hereto, or with any regulation which may have been added thereto substituted therefor as aforesaid, may, by order, direct the Company or such persons to cease to exercise the powers aforesaid, and thereupon the Company or such persons shall cease to exercise the powers aforesaid, and shall not again exercise the same unless with the authority
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Carriages of Tramways Nos. 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5 may be moved by animal, steam, or mechanical power.
☛Motive power of Tramway No fi
Constructiou of carriages.
Powers to "Authorities to inspect engines, &c.
Penalty for using steam
or mechanical power contrary to Ordinance 3L regulations.
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