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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1882.

Motive power of Tran way No. 6.

Construction

of carriages.

Powers to Authorities to

inspect engines, &c.

Penalty for

using steam

or mechanical

power Contrary to Ordinance or regulations.

Bye-laws

the regulations set forth in Schedule A. hereto, and to any regulations which may be added thereto or substituted therefor, by any order which the Governor in Council is hereby empowered to make from time to time, as and when he may think fit, for securing to the public all reasonable protection against danger in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred with respect to the use of steam or any mechanical power on the Tramways Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

XXVII. The carriages used on the Tramway No. 6 may be moved by means of locomotive or stationary engines and steel-wire ropes, or by such other mechanical power as the Governor in Council shall approve of.

XXVIII. Every carriage used on any of the said Tram- ways shall be so constructed as to provide for the safety of passengers, and for their safe entrance to, and exit from, and accommodation in, such carriage, and their protection from the machinery used for drawing or propelling such carriage.

XXIX. The Governor in Council or any officer, or officers, appointed for that purpose by him in writing may, from time to time, inspect any engine, or carriage, used on any of the Tramways, and the machinery therein, and also any rope or other machinery of the said Tramways, and the Governor in Council may, whenever he thinks fit, prohibit the use on the Tramways, or any of them, of any such engine, carriage, rope, or machinery, which, in his opinion, may not be safe for use.

XXX. The Company or any person using steam or any mechanical power on any of the Tramways contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, or (where the same are appli- cable) to any of the regulations set forth in Schedule A, hereto, or to any regulation added thereto or substituted therefor as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, be subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and also in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every day after the first during which such offence continues. Provided, that whether any such penalty has been recovered or not, the Governor in Council, in case, in his opinion, the Company or any persons using steam or any mechanical power ou the Tramways, under the authority of this Ordinance, have made default in complying with the provisions of this Ordinance, or (where the same are applicable) with any of the regulations set forth in Schedule A. hereto, or with any regulation which may have been added thereto, or substituted therefor as aforesaid, may, by order, direct the Company or such persons to cease to exercise the powers aforesaid, and thereupon the Company or such persons shall cease to exercise the powers aforesaid, and Shall not again exercise the game unless with the authority of the Governor in Couneil; and in every such case the Governor in Council shall make a special report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies notifying the making of such order,

Bye-laws.

XXXI. Subject to this Ordinance, the Governor in Council may, from time to time, make, and when made, may rescind, annul or add to, bye-laws with regard to any of the Tramways upon which steam or any mechanical power may be used for regulating the working and control of the Tramways as well as for any of the following pur- poses, that is to say :-

For regulating the use of the warning apparatus affixed

to the engines.

For regulating the emission of smoke or steam from

the engines.

For providing that engines and carriages shall be brought to a stand at such places, and in such cases of impending danger, as the Governor in Council may deem proper for securing safety. For regulating the entrance to, exit from, and accommo- dation in the carriages, and the protection of pas- sengers from the machinery of any engine used for drawing or propelling such carriages. For regulating the rate of speed of the engines and carriages. Provided that the speed shall not exceed the rate of ten miles an hour, and that no engines or carriages may pass through moveable facing points at a pace exceeding the rate of four miles an hour.