ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1897.
No. 18 of 1897,
ORDINANCE to authorize the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, to lay and maintain Tramways on certain Public Roads at Kowloon in this Colony, and to confer upon the said Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, certain other Rights, Powers, and Privileges.
WHEREAS the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whose registered office is at No. 4 Praya Central, Victoria, Hongkong, is desirous of laying and maintaining certain tramways, in addition to those already existing, for the purpose of removing, storing, loading, and discharging cargo; and whereas the said Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, has applied to the Government of the Colony to confer upon it the necessary powers for carrying out the construction and maintenance of such tramways by means of an Ordinance, and it is expedient that such powers should be granted to the said Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, under and subject to the conditions, restrictions, and provisions hereinafter contained:
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Kowloon Godowns Tramways Ordinance, 1897.
2.(1.) The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited (hereinafter called the Company), and its assigns may, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and in accordance with plans and specifications to be approved by the Governor-in-Council from time to time, lay down, maintain, renew, and remove all or any or either of the tramways hereinafter mentioned and described, with all proper signalling arrangements, crossings, bridges, passing places, sidings, junctions, turn-tables, rails, and conveniences connected therewith or for the purposes thereof, and the Company and its assigns shall have the exclusive right to work and use the same.
Provided always that such right shall not be deemed to prohibit the use of the roads whereon such lines may be laid for ordinary traffic at all times.