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THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 20TH DEC., 1883.

A BILL

ENTITTED

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong-

kong, with the advice of the Legislative Coun- cil thereof, for amending the Tramways Ordi- nance 1883.

W

HEREAS a doubt has arisen as to the powers con- ferred upon the Promoters for the purposes of the Tramways Ordinance 1883, under Section 4 of the said Ordinance, and it is desirable to remove such doubt; Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council' thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Tramways Ordi- nance Amendment Ordinance 1883.

2. The Tramways Ordinance 1883 is hereby amended by repealing Section 4, and by inserting, in lieu thereof, the Section following:-

"4. The Promoters may, with the assent and approval "of the Governor in Council, grant the right to construct "and maintain any one or more of the Tramways hereby "authorised to be made, and all or any of the privileges "hereby conferred, without receiving any valuable consi- "deration therefor, or for any consideration that the Pro- "moters may think fit to accept, to such persons, or person, Corporation, or Company, and with, under, and subject to "such terms and conditions in all respects as the Promoters "shall think fit, and may, with the approval of the Governor "in Council, upon failure of any of the terms and conditions "contained in the Original, or any subsequent, grant, if "thereunto authorised by the terms of such original, or subsequent, grant, revoke the same, and regrant all, or

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any such rights and privileges, and so much of any "Tramway as may be constructed, upon such terms and "conditions as to them shall seem fit; and all and every "the assignees or assignee for the time being from the "Promoters, whether a corporate body or not, are and is "hereinafter included in the expression, and referred to as "the Company."

3. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the

day of

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Short title.

Repeal of Section 4 of the Tramways Ordinance 1883 and re-enact- ment.

Power to assiga.

Commence- ment of Ordinance.

951

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 417.

The following Bill will be read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council to be held on the 28th instant.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 20th December, 1883.

A BILL

ENTITLED

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, Acting Clerk of Councils.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorise CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, Esq., to construct piers and wharves, in the harbour of Victoria, and to confer upon the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER certain other powers and privileges.

WE

HEREAS CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, Esq., of Vic- toria, Hongkong, Bill and Bullion Broker, is de- sirous of constructing, with the consent of the Crown, piers and wharves in the harbour of Victoria, for purposes in re- lation to the loading, discharging, and storing of cargo; And whereas the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER has applied to the Government of the Colony, to confer upon him, the necessary powers for carrying out the construction of such piers and wharves, by means of a public Ordinance, and it is expedient that such an Ordinance should be granted to the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, under and subject to the conditions, restrictions, and provisions hereinafter contained: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

Preamble.