PEAK TRAMWAY.
No. 2 of 1883.
265
undertaking.
20. It shall be lawful for the company to borrow money. Power to on mortgage of all or any part of its undertaking, and for that purpose to assign or demise by way of mortgage all or any portion of its lands, messuages, or tenements, erections, buildings, works, rolling stock, plant, machinery, chattels, and effects to any person, and to enter into all such covenants, provisos, declarations, and agreements, as the company may think fit.
1 Government.
21. The Governor in Council may, by order, direct that Right of precedence over the company and all other persons in the user of the tramway be taken for defensive or military purposes or for the passage of troops and war material, on giving to the company, on each occasion of such user, three clear days' notice, and shall direct the payment to the company therefor of such tolls as may be agreed on. If no agreement is come to, then the amount of such tolls shall be determined upon petition to the court in a summary way.
22. Save and except passengers' luggage not exceeding sixteen pounds in weight or one cubic foot in measurement, the company shall not be bound to carry any animals, goods, merchandise, minerals, or parcels.
23. (1) The company may demand and take the tolls specified in the Schedule, which shall be paid to such persons, and at such places, and in such manner as the company may, by notice annexed to the list of tolls, appoint.
(2) A list, printed in the English and Chinese languages, of all the tolls authorised to be taken shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place at the offices of the company and inside each of the carriages used upon the tramway: Provided that if there is any variation between the English and Chinese prints of the said list, the English print shall prevail.
24. If the carriages during any journey contain their authorised complement of passengers, the company shall not be bound to find accommodation for any other passenger, notwithstanding that he may have purchased a ticket entitling him to travel on the tramway.