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646 [ 6 OF 1883. ] TRAMWAYS .


occasioned thereby ; and all such works shall be done by or
under the superintendence of the Surveyor General at the cost
and expense of the company, and when any new, altered or
substituted work shall be completed by, or at the cost or expense
of the company under this ordinance, the same shall thereafter
be as completely under the control of the Surveyor General, and
be maintained by him , as any other sewers or works.
Rights of
companies ,
22. Nothing in this ordinance shall take away or abridge
&c. to open any power to open or break up any road along oracross which
roads, any tramway is laid , or any other power now or hereafter to be
vested in any other company, or persons, or person for the doing
of any matter or thing, which such company or such persons or
person is are or will be authorized to do, but, in the exercise of
such power, every such other company, or persons or person,
shall be subject to the following restrictions ( that is to say) :
( 1. ) They shall cause as little detriment or inconvenience
to the company as circumstances admit.
( 2. ) Before they commence any work whereby the traffic
on the tramway will be interrupted, they shall
( except in cases of urgency , in which case notice
of the commencement of such work shall be given
to the company within twenty -four hours after such
commencement) give to the company and the Sur
veyor General notice of their intention to commence
such work , specifying the time at which they will
begin to do so, such notice to be given twenty -four
hours at least before the commencement of the work .
(3. ) They shall not be liable to pay to the company any
compensation for loss of trallic occasioned thereby,
or for the reasonable exercise of the power's so
vested in them as aforesaid .
( 4. ) Whenever, for the purpose of enabling tiem or him
to execute such work , such other company or per
sons or person shall so require, the company shall
either stop traffic on that portion of the tramway
to which such notice shall refer, where it would
otherwise interfere with such work, or shore up and
secure the same at their own risk and cost during
the execution of the work there. Provided that
such work shall always be completed by such other
company or persons or person with all reasonable
expedition.
( 5. ) Any such other company or persons or person shall
not execute such work so far as it immediately
affects the tramways, cxcept under the superintend