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1434

No. 10 of 1902.

Repair of roads on which tram-way laid.

Maintenance and level of rails.

TRAMWAY.

to open or break up such road, and a statement of the materials intended to be used therein; and the company shall not commence the construction, laying down, maintenance, renewal, alteration of, addition to, or removal of such tramway or works, or any part thereof respectively, except for the purpose of necessary repairs, until such cross section and statement have been approved in writing by the Director of Public Works, and the work shall be executed in accordance with such approved cross section and statement, and under the superintendence and to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works.

14. The company shall, at their own expense, at all times maintain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director of Public Works shall direct and to his satisfaction, so much of any road whereon any tramway belonging to the company is laid as lies between the rails of the tramway and (where a double line of tramway is laid by the company in any road at a distance of not more than 4 feet from each other) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends 18 inches beyond the rails of and on each side of any such tramway. Except as aforesaid the company shall not be liable to pay for the cost of the maintenance or repair of any road whereon the tramway is laid.

15. The company shall maintain in good condition and repair, and at their proper level so as not to be a danger or annoyance to the ordinary traffic, the rails of which the tramway for the time being consists, and the substructure upon which the same rest; and if the Director of Public Works shall at any time alter the level of any road along or across which the tramway shall be laid, then the company shall, at their own expense, alter their rails so that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company make default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, they shall, for every offence, be subject, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars and, in case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding 25 dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues.

* As amended by No. 1 of 1912.

† As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.

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1434 No. 10 of 1902. Repair of roads on which tram-way laid. Maintenance and level of rails. TRAMWAY. to open or break up such road, and a statement of the materials intended to be used therein; and the company shall not commence the construction, laying down, maintenance, renewal, alteration of, addition to, or removal of such tramway or works, or any part thereof respectively, except for the purpose of necessary repairs, until such cross section and statement have been approved in writing by the Director of Public Works, and the work shall be executed in accordance with such approved cross section and statement, and under the superintendence and to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works. 14. The company shall, at their own expense, at all times maintain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director of Public Works shall direct and to his satisfaction, so much of any road whereon any tramway belonging to the company is laid as lies between the rails of the tramway and (where a double line of tramway is laid by the company in any road at a distance of not more than 4 feet from each other) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends 18 inches beyond the rails of and on each side of any such tramway. Except as aforesaid the company shall not be liable to pay for the cost of the maintenance or repair of any road whereon the tramway is laid. 15. The company shall maintain in good condition and repair, and at their proper level so as not to be a danger or annoyance to the ordinary traffic, the rails of which the tramway for the time being consists, and the substructure upon which the same rest; and if the Director of Public Works shall at any time alter the level of any road along or across which the tramway shall be laid, then the company shall, at their own expense, alter their rails so that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company make default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, they shall, for every offence, be subject, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars and, in case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding 25 dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues. * As amended by No. 1 of 1912. † As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.

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1434 No. 10 of 1902. Repair of roads on which tram- way laid. * Maintenance and level of rails. t TRAMWAY. to open or break up such road, and a statement of the materials intended to be used therein; and the company shall not commence the construction, laying down, maintenance, renewal, alteration of, addition to, or removal of such tramway or works, or any part thereof respectively, except for the purpose of necessary repairs, until such cross section and statement have been approved in writing by the Director of Public Works, and the work shall be executed in accordance with such approved cross section and state- ment, and under the superintendence and to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works. 14. The company shall, at their own expense, at all times main- tain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director of Public Works shall direct and to his satisfaction, so much of any road whereon any tram- way belonging to the company is laid as lies between the rails of the tramway and (where a double line of tramway is laid by the company in any road at a distance of not more than 4 feet from each other) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends 18 inches beyond the rails of and on each side of any such tram- way. Except as aforesaid the company shall not be liable to pay for the cost of the maintenance or repair of any road whereon the tramway is laid. 15. The company shall maintain in good condition and repair, and at their proper level so as not to be a danger or annoyance to the ordinary traffic, the rails of which the tramway for the time. being consists, and the substructure upon which the same rest; and if the Director of Public Works shall at any time alter the level of any road along or across which the tramway shall be laid, then the company shall, at their own expense, alter their rails so that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company make default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, they shall, for every offence, be subject, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars and, in case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding 25 dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues. * As amended by No. 1 of 1912. † As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.

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1434

No. 10 of 1902.

Repair of

roads on

which tram- way laid.

Maintenance

and level of rails.

TRAMWAY.

to open or break up such road, and a statement of the materials intended to be used therein; and the company shall not commence the construction, laying down, maintenance, renewal, alteration of, addition to, or removal of such tramway or works, or any part thereof respectively, except for the purpose of necessary repairs, until such cross section and statement have been approved in writing by the Director of Public Works, and the work shall be executed in accordance with such approved cross section and state- ment, and under the superintendence and to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works.

14. The company shall, at their own expense, at all times main- tain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director of Public Works shall direct and to his satisfaction, so much of any road whereon any tram- way belonging to the company is laid as lies between the rails of the tramway and (where a double line of tramway is laid by the

company

in any road at a distance of not more than 4 feet from each other) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends 18 inches beyond the rails of and on each side of any such tram- way. Except as aforesaid the company shall not be liable to pay for the cost of the maintenance or repair of any road whereon the tramway is laid.

15. The company shall maintain in good condition and repair, and at their proper level so as not to be a danger or annoyance to the ordinary traffic, the rails of which the tramway for the time. being consists, and the substructure upon which the same rest; and if the Director of Public Works shall at any time alter the level of any road along or across which the tramway shall be laid, then the company shall, at their own expense, alter their rails so that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company make default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, they shall, for every offence, be subject, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars and, in case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding 25 dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues.

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