956 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH DECEMBER, 1882.
Carriages of Tramways
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 may be moved by
animal, steam.
or mechanical power.
Motive power
of Tramway No. 6.
Construction
of carriages.
Powers to Authorities to inspect engines, &c.
Penalty for using steam or mechanical power contrary to Ordinance or regulations.
Rule of the road.
Bye-laws,
Motive Power.
35. 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 A. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. TheG overnor in Council, or any officer, or officers, appointed for that purpose by him 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 the Governor in Council may, whenever he thinks fit, prohibit the use on the Tramways, or any of them, of any such engine, carriage, rope, or machinery, which, in his opinion, may not be safe for use.
39. The Company or any person using steam or any mechanical power on 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, in his opinion, the Company or any persons using steam or any mechanical power on the Tramways, under the authority of this Ordinance, 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, or 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 of the Governor in Council; and in every such case the.. Governor in Council shall make a special report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies notifying the making of such order.
40. Where a double line of rails is laid every engine and carriage travelling in one direction over one of such double lines shall pass every engine and carriage travel- ling in the opposite direction over the other of such double lines on its right side, except that, where necessary, any engine or carriage may from time to time pass and repass from one line to the other.
Bye-laws.
41. Subject to this Ordinance, the Governor in Council may, from time to time, make, and when made, may rescind, annual, or add to, bye-laws with regard to any of the Tramways for regulating the working and control of the Tramways as well as for any of the following pur- poses, that is to say :-
For regulating the use of the warning apparatus
affixed to the engines.
For regulating the emission of smoke or steam from
the engines.
For providing that engines and carriages shall be brought to a stand at such places, and in such cases of impending danger, as the Governor in Council may deem proper for securing safety.