650 [ 6 op 1883. ] TRAMWAYS.
Licensee to
29. Every licensee shall, on demand, give to an officer or
of passengers. servant, authorized in that behalf by the company or their
lessees, entitled to be paid tolls by such licensee, an exact
account in writing, signed by such licensee, of the nuinber of
passengers conveyed by any and every carriage used by him on
the tramways .
Penalty for 30. If such licensee fails to give such account to such officer
not account .
ing. or servant demanding the same as aforesaid, or if any such
licensee with intent to avoid the payment of any tolls gives a
false account, he shall, for every such offince, forfeit to the
company, or to their lessees entitled to be paid tolls by such
licensee, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and such penalty
shall be in addition to any tolls payable in respect of the
passengers carried by any such carriage.
Disputes as to 31. If any dispute arise concerning the amount of the tolls
tolls to be
settled by due to the company or to their lessees from any licensee, or
Magistrate. concerning the charges occasioned by any detention or sale of
any carriage under the provisions herein contained , the same
shåll be settled by summary procedure before a Magistrate
in the manner hereinafter provided for the recovery of unpaid
tolls , penalties, and forfeitures, and it shall be lawful for the
company or their lessees in the meanwhile to detain the carriage
or ( it the case so require ) the proceeds of the sale thereof.
Licensee 32. Every licensee shall be answerable for any trespass or
liable for
damage. damuge done by his carriages, or horses, or by any of the
servants or persons employed by him to or upon the tramway,
or to or upon the property of any other person, and, without
prejudice to the right of action against the licensee , or any
other person , every such servant, or other person, may law
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fully be convicted of such trespass or damage before a Magis
trate, and upon such conviction every such licensee shall pay
to the company, lessees, or persons injured, as the case may
be , the damage, to be ascertained by such Magistrate, so that
the same do not exceed two hundred dollars and fifty dollars.
Discontinuance of tramways.
Discontin
uance of
33. If, at any time after the opening of any tramway for
tramways by traffic, the company discontinue the working of such tramway
the company. or of any part thereof for the space of six months (such dis
continuance not being occasioned by circumstances beyond the
control of the company, for which purpose the want of suff
cient funds shall not be considered a circumstance beyond their
control) and such discontinuance is proved to the satisfaction
of the Governor in Council, the Governor in Council may by
order declare that the powers of thecompany in respect of such