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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1882 . 1607

Tramways .


recovery of the amount) sell the materials of the tramway, or part of tramway removed ,
in such manner as the Surveyor General may think fit, and may out of the proceeds
reimburse himself the amount of the cost certified as aforesaid , and of the cost of
sale, and the balance, if any, of the proceeds shall be paid to the company.

Motive power.


26. The carriages used on the said tramways Nos. 1 , 2 , 3, 4 and 5 may be moved by Carriages of
tramways Nos. 1,
2, 3, 4 and 5 may
animal, steam, or any mechanical power. Provided always, that the exercise of the be moved by
animal, steam, or
powers by this section conferred with respect to the use ofsteam or any mechanical power mechanical
power.
shall be subject to the regulations set forth in schedule A. hereto, and to any regulations
which may be added thereto or substituted therefor, by any order which the Governor
in Council is hereby empowered to make from time to time, as and when he may think
fit, for securing to the public all reasonable protection against danger in the exercise
of the powers hereby conferred with respect to the use of steam or any mechanical
power on the tramways Nos. 1 , 2, 3, 4 and 5 .

27. The carriages used on the tramway No. 6 may be moved by means of Motive power of
tramway No. 6.
locomotive or stationary engines and steel- wire ropes, or by such other mechanical
power as the Governor in Council shall approve of.

28. Every carriage used on any of the said tramways shall be so constructed as Construction of
carriages.
to provide for the safety of passengers , and for their safe entrance to, and exit from ,
and accommodation in, such carriage, and their protection from the machinery used for
drawing or propelling such carriage.

29. The Governor in Council or any officer, or officers, appointed for that purpose Powers to
authorities to
by him in writing may, from time to time, inspect any engine, or carriage, used on any inspect engines,
&c.
of the tramways, and the machinery therein, and also any rope or other machinery of
the said tramways , and the Governor in Council may, whenever he thinks fit, prohibit
the use on the tramways, or any of them, of any such engine, carriage, rope, or
machinery, which, in his opinion , may not be safe for use.

30. The company or any person using steam or any mechanical power on any of Penalty for using
steam or
the tramways contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, or (where the same are mechanical
power contrary
to Ordinance or
applicable) to any of the regulations set forth in schedule A. hereto, or to any regula regulations.
tion added thereto or substituted therefor as aforesaid , shall, for every such offence, be
subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and also in the case of a continuing
offence, a further penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every day after the first
during which such offence continues. Provided, that whether any such penalty has
been recovered or not, the Governor in Council, in case, in his opinion, the company
or any persons using steam or any mechanical power on the tramways, under the
authority of this Ordinance, have made default in complying with the provisions of
this Ordinance, or (where the same are applicable) with any of the regulations set forth
in schedule A. bereto, or with any regulation which may have been added thereto, or