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PEAK TRAMWAY.

No. 2 of 1883:

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15. The Director of Public Works or any officer appointed Inspection of for that purpose by the Governor in writing, may inspect engines, etc. any engine or carriage used by the company and the machinery therein, and also any rope or other machinery of the tramway and report thereon; and the Governor may, by order, prohibit the use of any such engine, carriage, rope, or machinery which may be reported to be unsafe or unfit for

use.

16-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, it shall Rules and be lawful for the Governor in Council to make rules for by-laws. of the following purposes:-

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(a) for regulating the working and control of the tramway;

(b) for regulating the use of the warning apparatus affixed to the engines or used in any other

other way;

(c) for regulating the emission of smoke or steam from the engines;

(d) for providing that engines and carriages shall be brought to a stand at such places, and in such cases of im- pending danger, as may be, deemed proper for securing safety;

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(e) for regulating the entrance to, exit from, and accom- modation in the carriages and the protection of passengers from the machinery of any engine used for drawing or pro- pelling such carriages;

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(f) 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 engine or carriage may pass through movable facing points at a pace exceeding the rate of four miles an hour;

(g) for the stopping of carriages using the tramways;

(h) for providing for the due publicity of all rules and by-laws relating to the tramway, by exhibition thereof in conspicuous places; and

() for providing for the safety of the public in all cases in which it may appear that such safety is or is likely to be endangered or imperilled.

(2) Subject to this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the company to make by-laws-

As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.

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