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Amendment

of Principal Ordinance.

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3. Section 23 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby of section 23 amended by substituting a comma for the full stop at the end thereof, and by adding thereto the words "

or, if there are any facts in dispute, by an action, and if any Depart- ment is a party to such difference, such special case may be stated by, or such action may be brought by or against, the chief officer in the Colony of such Department in the title of his office without naming any individual person."

Amendment

of section 24 of Principal

Ordinance.

Repeal of

section 49 of

the Principal Ordinance and sub- stitution of new section therefor.

Cheap

tickets for workmen.

Workmen's tickets; conditions

of sale.

Workmen's car service to be ade- quate for ordinary traffic as well as for workmen.

Company to make by- laws as to definition

of workmen

and sale

and issue of tickets.

4. Section 24 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by substituting a comma for the full stop at the end thereof, and by adding thereto the words “ are any facts in dispute, by an action."

or,

if there

5. Section 49 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby re- pealed and the following section substituted therefor :-

"49-(1.) The Company shall during such period prior to the hour of 7 a.m. and subsequent to the hour of 5 p.m. as shall be prescribed by by-laws to be made under the provi- sions of this section carry as passengers on all cars running during such period at fares not exceeding two cents for a single journey all bonâ fide workmen who reside outside of the City of Victoria who produce To the conductor of the car workmen's tickets purchased under the provisions of sub-section 2 hereof.

(2.) The workmen's tickets referred to in sub- section hereof shall only be sold to bonâ fide workmen residing outside the City of Victoria. Such sale shall be made under such conditions as shall be prescribed by by-laws to be made under the provisions of this section.

(3.) The Company shall during the period referred to in sub-section (1) hereof maintain a ser- vice of cars adequate for the carriage of all workmen who may hold workmen's tickets under the provisions of this section and for the carriage of ordinary passengers.

(4.) It shall be lawful for the Company to make and the Company shall make by-laws providing for :-

(a.) The persons who shall be entitled to be classed as bonâ fide workmen.

(6.) The place or places where work- men's tickets may be purchased.

(c.) The conditions under which workmen's tickets may be purchased.

(d.) The evidence which shall be produced to shew that any persou pro- ducing a workman's ticket is the person to whom the same has been sold,

(e.) The period in the morning and evening during which such workinen's tickets shall be available.

(f) The length of a journey which sball constitute a single journey within the provisions of sub-section (1) hereof.

(g.) The prevention of the use of a workman's ticket by a person other than the workman to whom it was sold.

(h.) Penalties for the infringement of any by-law made hereunder provided that no such penalty shall exceed the sum of $10 in respect of a single offence.