RAILWAYS.

No. 21 of 1909.

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(4) regulating the sale of all tickets, and appointing agents of the railway to sell such tickets upon commission or otherwise; and

(j) generally, for regulating the travelling upon, and the use, working, and management of the railway.

(2) The rules may provide that any person committing any breach thereof shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

Penalty for breach of any rule.

(3) The administration shall keep at each station a copy of the general rules under this section and shall allow any person to inspect it at all reasonable times.

Copy of general rules kept at each station.

33.-(1) The administration shall determine the maximum load for every wagon or truck in its possession and shall exhibit the load so determined in a conspicuous manner on the outside thereof.

(2) Every person owning a wagon or truck which passes over the railway shall similarly determine and exhibit its maximum load.

(3) The gross weight of any such wagon or truck when it is loaded to such maximum load shall not exceed such limit as may be approved by the administration for the class of axle.

Maximum load for wagons and number of passengers.

34. The administration shall fix, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the maximum number of passengers which may be carried in each compartment of every description of carriage, and shall exhibit in English and in Chinese such number in a conspicuous manner inside or outside each compartment.

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35.-(1) The manager may on sufficient cause to him appearing and subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, summarily dismiss any railway official who is not on the permanent establishment of the Colony and who is not under written agreement, or may suspend any such official from the performance of his duties: Provided that every official so dismissed or suspended shall have the right of appeal to the Governor, and should such suspension or dismissal be confirmed the official if suspended shall be thereupon dismissed.

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

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