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For protection of sewers, &c.
Rights of companies, &c. to open rails.
ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1882.
Tramways.
Surveyor General in writing to take such steps as he may deem necessary to cause the said water mains, gas mains, pipes, tubes, wires or apparatus, to be taken up, and relaid outside the line or lines of such tramway, as will prevent any unnecessary interruption to the traffic over such lines when completed, in consequence of repairs, alterations, or additions, required to be made from time to time in connection with such water mains, gas mains, pipes, tubes, wires or apparatus, and the Surveyor General shall on receipt thereof proceed to cause the said water mains, gas mains, pipes, tubes, wires or apparatus, to be taken up and relaid with due diligence and despatch at the sole cost and charge of the tramway company, and the Surveyor General shall be at liberty to cause such work to be done either by contract, by measure and value, or by day labour, as he may deem advisable.
20. Where any tramway, or any work connected therewith, interferes with any sewer, drain, water-course, or sub-way, or in any way affects the sewerage or drainage or gas or water supply of the said Colony of Hongkong, the company shall not commence any such tramway or work until they shall have given to the Surveyor General fourteen days previous notice in writing of their intention so to do, and leaving with such notice all necessary particulars relating thereto, nor until the Surveyor General shall have signified his approval of the same, unless he does not signify his approval, disapproval, or other directions within fourteen days after service of the said notice and particulars as aforesaid; and the company shall comply with all reasonable directions of the Surveyor General in the execution of the said works, and shall provide by new or substituted works, in such manner as the Surveyor General shall reasonably require for the proper protection of, and for preventing injury or impediment to, the sewers and works hereinbefore referred to by reason of the tramways, and shall guarantee the Surveyor General against the expense occasioned thereby; and all such works shall be done by or under the superintendence of the Surveyor General at the cost and expense of the company, and when any new, or substituted work shall be completed by, or at the costs or expenses of, the company under this Ordinance, the same shall thereafter be as completely under the control of the Surveyor General, and be maintained by him, as any other sewers or works.
21. Nothing in this Ordinance shall take away or abridge any power to open or break up any road along or across which any tramway is laid, or any other power now or hereafter to be vested in any other company, or persons or person, or for the doing of any matter or thing, which such company or such persons or person is or are or will be authorized to do, but, in the exercise of such power, every such other company, or persons or person, shall be subject to the following restrictions (that is to say):-
1. They shall cause as little detriment or inconvenience to the company as circumstances admit.
2. Before they commence any work whereby the traffic on the tramway will be interrupted, they shall (except in cases of urgency, in which case...