1950_TRAMWAY_ORDINANCE — Page 7

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CAP. 107]

Repair of roads on

which

tram-

way laid.

Maintenance and level of rails.

Temporary tramways may be

made when

necessary.

Tramway.

12. The company shall, at its own expense, at all times maintain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director may 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, the lines being not more than four feet apart) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends eighteen 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.

[14]

13. 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 at any time alters the level of any road along or across which the tram-way is laid, then the company shall, at its own expense, alter its rails so that the uppermost surface thereof is on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company makes default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, it shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, and in case of a continuing offence to a further fine of twenty-five dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues.

[15]

14. Where by reason of the execution of any work affecting the surface or soil of any road along which the tramway is laid, it is in the opinion of the Director necessary or expedient temporarily to remove or discontinue the use of such tramway or any part thereof, the Director shall, before such tramway or any part thereof is temporarily removed or the use thereof discontinued, give to the company fourteen days' notice at least of the necessity or expediency of such temporary removal or discontinuance, and immediately on receipt of any such notice the company may, subject to such conditions and rules as the Governor in Council may make, construct in the same or any adjacent road and, subject as aforesaid, maintain so long as necessary a temporary tram-way in lieu of the tramway or part thereof so removed or discontinued, and the road on which such temporary tramway

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CAP. 107] Repair of roads on which tram- way laid. Maintenance and level of rails. Temporary tramways may be made when necessary. Tramway. 12. The company shall, at its own expense, at all times maintain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director may 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, the lines being not more than four feet apart) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends eighteen 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. [14] 13. 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 at any time alters the level of any road along or across which the tram-way is laid, then the company shall, at its own expense, alter its rails so that the uppermost surface thereof is on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company makes default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, it shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, and in case of a continuing offence to a further fine of twenty-five dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues. [15] 14. Where by reason of the execution of any work affecting the surface or soil of any road along which the tramway is laid, it is in the opinion of the Director necessary or expedient temporarily to remove or discontinue the use of such tramway or any part thereof, the Director shall, before such tramway or any part thereof is temporarily removed or the use thereof discontinued, give to the company fourteen days' notice at least of the necessity or expediency of such temporary removal or discontinuance, and immediately on receipt of any such notice the company may, subject to such conditions and rules as the Governor in Council may make, construct in the same or any adjacent road and, subject as aforesaid, maintain so long as necessary a temporary tram-way in lieu of the tramway or part thereof so removed or discontinued, and the road on which such temporary tramway 190
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CAP. 107] Repair of roads on which tram- way laid. Maintenance and level of rails. Temporary tramways may be made when necessary. Tramway. 12. The company shall, at its own expense, at all times maintain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director may 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, the lines being not more than four feet apart) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends eighteen 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. [14] 13. 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 at any time alters the level of any road along or across which the tram- way is laid, then the company shall, at its own expense, alter its rails so that the uppermost surface thereof is on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company makes default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, it shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, and in case of a continuing offence to a further fine of twenty- five dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues. [15] 14. Where by reason of the execution of any work affecting the surface or soil of any road along which the tramway is laid, it is in the opinion of the Director necessary or expedient temporarily to remove or discontinue the use of such tramway or any part thereof, the Director shall, before such tramway or any part thereof is temporarily removed or the use thereof discontinued, give to the company fourteen days' notice at least of the necessity or expediency of such temporary removal or discontinuance, and immediately on receipt of any such notice the company may, subject to such conditions and rules as the Governor in Council may make, construct in the same or any adjacent road and, subject as aforesaid, maintain so long as necessary a temporary tram- way in lieu of the tramway or part thereof so removed or discontinued, and the road on which such temporary tramway 190 i
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CAP. 107]

Repair of roads on

which

tram-

way laid.

Maintenance and level of rails.

Temporary tramways may be

made when

necessary.

Tramway.

12. The company shall, at its own expense, at all times maintain and keep in good condition and repair, with such materials and in such manner as the Director may 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, the lines being not more than four feet apart) the portion of the road between the two lines of tramway, and in every case so much of the road as extends eighteen 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.

[14]

13. 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 at any time alters the level of any road along or across which the tram- way is laid, then the company shall, at its own expense, alter its rails so that the uppermost surface thereof is on a level with the surface of the road as altered, and if the company makes default in complying with any of the provisions of this section, it shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, and in case of a continuing offence to a further fine of twenty- five dollars for every day after the first on which such default continues.

[15]

14. Where by reason of the execution of any work affecting the surface or soil of any road along which the tramway is laid, it is in the opinion of the Director necessary or expedient temporarily to remove or discontinue the use of such tramway or any part thereof, the Director shall, before such tramway or any part thereof is temporarily removed or the use thereof discontinued, give to the company fourteen days' notice at least of the necessity or expediency of such temporary removal or discontinuance, and immediately on receipt of any such notice the company may, subject to such conditions and rules as the Governor in Council may make, construct in the same or any adjacent road and, subject as aforesaid, maintain so long as necessary a temporary tram- way in lieu of the tramway or part thereof so removed or discontinued, and the road on which such temporary tramway

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