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Director of Public Works to have power to erect lamp posts and affix lamps thereon.
Property in lamp posts and lamps to be vested in Director of Public Works.
No. 13 of 1914.
PUBLIC LIGHTING.
2. It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works to cause a sufficient number of posts, standards and brackets for the lighting of the public or private streets, roads, ways and thoroughfares in the Colony to be provided, and to be set up, fixed or erected in all suitable situations for such lighting, and either in any of the said streets, roads, ways and thoroughfares or in any place adjacent thereto or upon or against the wall of any house or building or the side of any wall or fence, or elsewhere, as he may think proper; and it shall also be lawful for him to cause to be provided and put and affixed upon the said posts, standards and brackets such a number of lamps and of such sizes and sorts respectively as may be found requisite for the lighting of the said streets, roads, ways and thoroughfares respectively.
3. The laws relating to the removing, taking, carrying away or stealing of fixtures and chattels respectively shall be interpreted to apply to the removing, taking, carrying away or stealing of any of the posts, standards, brackets or lamps provided under this Ordinance; and the property of [cf. No. 5 of 1865.] and in all or any of such posts, standards, brackets or lamps shall be deemed to be vested in the Director of Public Works for all the purposes of any proceedings, civil or criminal, in relation thereto.
Damaging, lamp post or lamp or any light of lamps provided under this Ordinance.
4. Every person who wilfully injures, displaces or damages any of the posts, standards or brackets provided under this Ordinance or who wilfully extinguishes, obscures or interferes in any way with the light of any lamp provided under this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars in addition to the full amount of the damage and all incidental costs and expenses.
Apprehension, without warrant, of offender against section 4.
Compensation to be paid for damage other than wilful.
5. It shall be lawful for any person witnessing the commission of an offence against section 4 to seize the said offender and to deliver him to any constable or to a magistrate; and no warrant shall be in any case necessary to justify the apprehension of any such offender.
6. When any damage or injury has been occasioned to any of the posts, standards, brackets or lamps provided under this Ordinance by any person otherwise than wilfully, and such person has not made satisfaction for the same, it
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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Director of Public Works to have power to erect lamp posts and affix lamps thereon.
Property in lamp posts and lamps
to be vested in Director of Public
No. 13 of 1914.
PUBLIC LIGHTING.
2. It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works to cause a sufficient number of posts, standards and brackets for the lighting of the public or private streets, roads, ways and thoroughfares in the Colony to be provided, and to be set up, fixed or erected in all suitable situations for such lighting, and either in any of the said streets, roads, ways and thoroughfares or in any place adjacent thereto or upon or against the wall of any house or building or the side of any wall or fence, or elsewhere, as he may think proper; and it shall also be lawful for him to cause to be provided and put and affixed upon the said posts, standards and brackets such a number of lamps and of such sizes and sorts respectively as may be found requisite for the lighting of the said streets, roads, ways and thoroughfares respectively.
3. The laws relating to the removing, taking, carrying away or stealing of fixtures and chattels respectively shall be interpreted to apply to the removing, taking, carrying away or stealing of any of the posts, standards, brackets or lamps provided under this Ordinance; and the property of [ef. No. 5 of and in all or any of such posts, standards, brackets or lamps 1865.]
shall be deemed to be vested in the Director of Public Works for all the purposes of any proceedings, civil or criminal, in relation thereto.
Works.
Damaging,
lamp post
or lamp or
any
4. Every person who wilfully injures, displaces or damages of the posts, standards or brackets provided under this light of lamps Ordinance or who wilfully extinguishes, obscures or interferes in any way with the light of any lamp provided under this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars in addition to the full amount of the damage and all incidental costs and expenses.
provided under this Ordinance.
*
Apprehen-
sion, without warrant, of offender against section 4.
Compensa-
tion to be paid for damage other than wilful.
*
5. It shall be lawful for any person witnessing the com- mission of an offence against section 4 to seize the said offender and to deliver him to any constable or to a magistrate; and no warrant shall be in any case necessary to justify the apprehension of any such offender.
6. When any damage or injury has been occasioned to any of the posts, standards, brackets or lamps provided under this Ordinance by any person otherwise than wilfully, and such person has not made satisfaction for the same, it
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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