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up such street and to fill in the ground, it shall be lawful for the Director, forthwith and without notice to the company, to fill in the ground and remove all rubbish, and the cost as certified by the Director of any work executed by the Director under the terms of this proviso shall be paid by the company on demand to the Accountant General,
19. When the company opens or breaks up any street it shall not remove, displace or interfere with any gas or water pipe or main or any drain or sewer or any tube, casing, wire or cable for the carriage of electrical current except with the previous consent of the owner thereof: Provided that when any such owner refuses to give any such consent as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the company to appeal from such refusal to the Director, who shall, if he considers such refusal to have been unreasonable, give a certificate under his hand to the company un that effect, and upon recceipt of such certificate it shail be lawful for the company to act in every respect as if the consent of such owner had been previously obtained.
20. The company shall not have any claim in damages or otherwise against the Government in respect of any disturbance
for daarance or interruption of any part of the company's undertaking, fines or works occasioned by any works on or excavation or distur- bance of streets or lands which the Governor in Council may think it necessary or desirable to make for the purpose of altering the level of any lands or the gradient or level of or repairing or constructing any street, path or land or laying or renewing drain pipes or sewers, gas or water pipes or mains or any tube, casing, wire or cable for the carriage of electrical current or inspecting the same or for any other lawful purpose, whether of a like nature to the purposes aforesaid or not, or in respect of any disturbance or interruption occasioned by any person using or making any works upon or excavation or disturbance of any
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21. The company shall be answerable for and shall indemnify the Government against all claims on account of accident, damage or injury to property or to any person arising through its act, neglect or default, or through the act, neglect or default of its servants or of any contractor employed by it, or through or in consequence of any of the company's works under the con- cession, or through the construction, maintenance, repair or operation of the company's telephone system, or through the
downfall of wires, cables, insulators, brackets, posts or any part of its lines by reason of storm (if the damage caused by such storm is due to the company's negligence) or any other cause of whatever nature or through the company's system interfering with, injuring or impairing the efficiency of the undertaking of any other person.
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22. The company shall, within a reasonable time after Company La receipt of notice in writing from the Director, at the sole cost on notice. nad charge of the company and in such manner as the Director shall prescribe-
(4) alter the course, depth and position of the mode of attachment of any of the company's lines or cables and the position of any post or inspection pit or other works of the company: save that the company shall not be required to alter its ducts or main cables unless in the opinion of the Governor in Council such alteration is
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23. The Director may, by notice in writing to the company, Overhand require that all or any overhead lines shall be placed in cables plead in and that all or any overhead lines or cables shall be placed overhead underground, and upon receipt of notice in that behalf the com- cable to poy shall, at its own cost and charges, within a reasonable underground period not exceeding two years from the date of such notice, carry out the works required by such notice: Provided that the company shall only be required to place its lines under- ground in those parts of its system in which twenty or more wires can in the opinion of the Director be conveniently grouped together, and the opinion of the Director in this respect shall be conclusive and binding on the company.
24. The company shall maintain and operate the public telephone service in the Colony. The company shall also at all times during the continuance of the concession provide and maintain to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General a good, efficient and continuous service of public telephonic communica- Hon with modern appliances including all reasonable modern ventions. The company shall likewise provide buildings for its plant and offices, and shall keep in a good and sufficient Sate of repair all lines, cables, posts, attachments, plant and Appliances necessary for the provision and maintenance of such service.
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