1602 ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1882 .
Tramways .
2. They shall not open or break up or alter the level of any road except under
the superintendence, and to the reasonable satisfaction , of the Surveyor
General.
3. They shall leave an interval of at least a quarter of a mile between any two
places at which they may open or break up the road , and they shall not
open or break up at any such place a greater length than one hundred
yards.
Completion of 12. When the company have opened or broken up any portion of any road, they
works, and
reinstatement of shall be under the following further obligations, namely :
:
road.
1. They shall, with all convenient speed, complete the work on account of
which they opened or broke up the same, and (subject to the formation ,
maintenance, renewal, or alteration of, addition to, or removal of the
tramway) fill in the ground, and make good the surface, and, to the
satisfaction of the Surveyor General, restore the road to as good condition.
as that in which it was before it was opened or broken up.
2. They shall in the meantime cause the place where the road is opened or
broken up to be fenced and watched, and to be properly lighted at night.
If the company fail to comply with this section , they shall, for every offence (without
prejudice to the enforcement of specific performance of the requirements of this
Ordinance, or to any other remedy against them) be liable to a penalty not exceeding
one hundred dollars, and to a further penalty, not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each
day during which any such failure continues after the first day on which such penalty
is incurred.
Further pro 13. In addition to the requirements of the preceding section , the company shall ,
visions as to
construction of when they give notice as aforesaid to the Surveyor General of their intention to open
tramvays .
or break up any road for any of the purposes aforesaid, lay before the Surveyor Geueral
a plan showing the proposed mode of constructing, laying down, maintaining , renewing,
altering, adding to or removing the tramways or works, in respect of which they
propose to open or break up such road, and a statement of the materials intended to
be used therein ; and the company shall not commence the construction, laying down,
maintenance, renewal, alteration of, addition to, or removal of such tramways or works,
or any part thereof respectively, except for the purpose of necessary repairs, until
such plan and statement have been approved in writing by the Surveyor General, and
the works shall be executed in accordance with such approved plan and statement , and
under the superintendence , and to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surveyor General .
Repair ofpart of 14. The company shall, at their own expense , maintain in good condition ,
road where
tramways are and repair in such manner as the Surveyor General shall direct, and to his
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reasonable satisfaction, so much of any road whereon any tramway is laid as lies
between the rails of the tramway and (where two lines of tramway are laid by the
company in any road at a distance of not more than four feet from each other) the