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TRAMWAYS . 6.15
[ 6 OF 1883. ]
removed or displaced, shall, at the expense of the
company, have been first made and laid down in
lieu thereof and be ready for use , to the reasonable
satisfaction of the surveyor or engineer of such
other company, persons or person or, in case of
disagreement between such surveyor or engineer
and the company, in such manner as the Surveyor
General, or other fit and proper person specially
appointed by the Governor in Council , shall direct.
( 1.) The company shall not lay down any such mains or
pipes, valves, syphons, plugs, tubes, wires or appa
ratus contrary to the regulations of any ordinance
relating to water, gas, or other companies, or to
telegraphs.
( 5. ) The company shall make good all damage done by
them to property belonging to or controlled by any
such other company, persons or person , and shall
make full compensation to all parties for any loss
or damage which they may sustain by reason of any
interference with such property or with the private
service pipes of any person supplied by any such
other company or person with water or gas.
( 6. ) If by any such operations as aforesaid the company
interrupt the supply of water or gas in or through
any main pipe, for a period exceeding twelve con
secutive hours, they shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding one hundred dollars for every day upon
which such supply shall be so interrupted .
21. Where any tramway, or any work connected therewith , for protec
interferes with any sewer, drain, water -course, or sub -way, or tion of rewers,
in any way affects the sewerage or drainage of the said Colony
of Hongkong, the company shall not commence any such tram
way or work until they shall have given to the Surveyor Genc
ral fourteen days previous notice in writing of their intention
so to do, and leaving with such notice all necessary particulars
relating thereto, nor until the Surveyor General shall bave
signified his approval of the same, unless he do not signify his
approval, disapproval, or other directions within fourteen days
after service of the said notice and particulars as aforesaid ; and
the company shall comply with the directions of the Surveyor
General in the execution of the said works, and shall provide
by new, altered , or substituted works, in such manner as the
Surveyor General shall require, for the proper protection of, and
for preventing injury or impediment to the sewers and works
hereinbefore referred to by or by reason of the tramways, and
sball save harmless the Surveyor General against the expense