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No. 2. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : A.D. 1883.
"Lease" includes a sub-lease and an agreement for a lease or sub-lease:
"The Court" means the Supreme Court of the Colony:
Judge" means one of the Judges of the Court: "Road" means any roadway over which the tramways authorized by this Ordinance pass, and the roadway of any bridge forming part of or leading to the same;
"Carriage" or "carriages" includes or include all carriages, cars, and trucks used upon any tramway;
"The works or the undertaking" mean or means the works or undertaking of whatever nature which by this Ordinance are or is authorized to be executed.
Promoters.
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and convey may work (2.) The
Names of promoters.
Power to promoters to assign undertaking.
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Power to construct and work certain tramways.
3. The Honourable Francis Bulkeley Johnson, of Victoria in this Colony, Frederick David Sassoon, of the same place, Esquire, Charles Vincent Smith, of the same place, Esquire, and William Kerfoot Hughes, of the same place, Esquire, or the survivors or survivor of them, shall be the promoters for the purposes of this Ordinance, and are hereinafter referred to as the promoters.
4. The promoters may, with the assent and approval of the Governor-in-Council, grant the right to construct and maintain any one or more of the tramways hereby authorized to be made, and all or any of the privileges hereby conferred, without receiving any valuable consideration therefor or for any consideration that the promoters may think fit to accept, to such persons or person, corporation or company, and with, under, and subject to such terms and conditions in all respects as the promoters may think fit, and may, with the approval of the Governor-in-Council, upon failure of any of the terms and conditions contained in the original or any subsequent grant, if thereunto authorized by the terms of such original or subsequent grant, revoke the same, and re-grant all or any such rights and privileges, and so much of any tramway as may be constructed, on such terms and conditions as to them may seem fit, and all and every the assignees or assignee for the time being from the promoters, whether a corporate body or not, are and is hereinafter included in the expression and referred to as the Company.
Construction of Tramways.
5.--(1.) The Company may construct and maintain, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and in accordance with the plans which have been deposited as hereinafter mentioned, the tramways hereinafter described, with all proper stations, crossings, passing-places, sidings, junctions, rails, turn-tables, plates, offices, weigh-bridges, sheds, works,