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Offences.
Further offences.
Further offences,
ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1882.
Tramways.
or broken up, to be fenced and watched and to be properly lighted at night: Provided always that, if the company fail to comply with the provisions of this section, the Surveyor General, if he thinks fit, may himself, at any time after seven days' notice to the company, remove the tramways, and do the works necessary for the restoration of the road, to the extent provided for in this section, and the expense incurred by the Surveyor General in so doing shall be re-paid to him by the company.
48. If the company shall abandon their undertaking, or any part or parts thereof, under the power herein contained, they shall be at liberty at any time, and from time to time, to sell, assign, and absolutely dispose of such of the abandoned lands, messuages, engines, carriages, rails, works conveniences and premises as shall be vested in, or shall belong to them, to such person or persons, corporation or company, by public auction or private contract, or partly by public auction and partly by private contract, for such price or prices, and with, under and subject to such terms and conditions in all respects as the company shall think fit, with power at any such sale to buy in or rescind any contract for sale, and to re-sell.
Offences.
49. If any person wilfully obstructs any person acting under the authority of the company in the lawful exercise of any of the powers hereby conferred, or defaces, or destroys, any mark made for the purpose of setting out the line of any tramway, or damages, or destroys any property of the company, he shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
50. If any person without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on him) wilfully does any of the following things, namely:-
Interferes with, removes, or alters, any part of a tramway, or of the works connected therewith;
Places, or throws any stones, dirt, wood, refuse, or other material on any part of a tramway;
Does, or causes to be done, anything in such manner as to obstruct any carriage using a tramway, or to endanger the lives of persons therein, or thereon;
Or knowingly aids or assists in the doing of any of such things;
he shall for every such offence be liable (in addition to any proceedings by way of indictment, or otherwise, to which he may be subject) to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
51. If any person travelling, or having travelled, in any carriage avoids, or attempts to avoid, payment of his fare, or if any person having paid his fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceeds in any such carriage beyond such distance, and does not pay the additional fare for the additional distance, or attempts to avoid payment thereof, or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuses, or neglects, on arriving at the point to which he has paid his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars.
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On abundʊn- ment, power to sell.
Offences.
Further offences.
Further offences,
ORDINANCE No. 1 or 1882.
Tramways.
or broken up, to be fenced and watched and to be properly lighted at night: Provided always that, if the company fail to comply with the provisions of this section, the Surveyor General, if he thinks fit, may himself, at any time after seven days' notice to the company, remove the tramways, and do the works necessary for the restoration of the road, to the extent provided for in this section, and the expense incurred by the Surveyor General in so doing shall be re-paid to him by the company.
48. If the company shall abandon their undertaking, or any part or parts thereof, under the power herein contained, they shall be at liberty at any time, and from time to. time, to sell, assign, and absolutely dispose of such of the abandoned lands, messuages, engines, carriages, rails, works conveniences and premises as shall be vested in, or shall belong to them, to such person or persons, corporation or company, by public auction or private contract, or partly by public auction and partly by private contract, for such price or prices, and with, under and subject to such terms and conditions in all respects as the
company shall think fit, with power at any such sale to buy in or rescind any contract for sale, and to re-sell.
Offences.
49. If any person wilfully obstructs any person acting under the authority of the company in the lawful exercise of any of the powers hereby conferred, or defaces, or destroys, any mark made for the purpose of setting out the line of any tramway, or damages, or destroys any property of the company, he shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
50. If any person without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on him) wilfully does any of the following things, namely:-
Interferes with, removes, or alters, any part of a tramway, or of the works
connected therewith;
Places, or throws any stones, dirt, wood, refuse, or other material on any part
of a tramway;
Does, or causes to be done, anything in such manner as to obstruct any carriage using a tramway, or to endanger the lives of persons therein, or thereon;
Or knowingly aids or assists in the doing of any of such things;
he shall for every such offence be liable (in addition to any proceedings by way of indictment, or otherwise, to which he may be subject) to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
51. If any person travelling, or having travelled, in any carriage avoids, or attempts to avoid, payment of his fare, or if any person having paid his fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceeds in any such carriage beyond such distance, and does not pay the additional fare for the additional distance, or attempts to avoid payment thereof, or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuses, or neglects, on arriving at the point to which he has paid his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars.
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