ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1883 . 1689
Tramways.
such manner as the Surveyor General, or other fit and
proper person specially appointed by the Governor in
Council, shall direct .
(4. ) The company shall not lay down any such mains or pipes ,
valves , syphons, plugs , tubes , wires or apparatus con
trary 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 compen
sation 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 consecutive 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 , interferes For protec
tion of sewers,
with any sewer, drain , water - course, or sub- way, or in any way affects &c.
the sewerage or drainage of the said Colony of Hongkong, the company
shall not commence any such tramway or work until they shall have
given to the Surveyor General 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 have
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
bereinbefore referred to by or by reason of the tramways, and shall save
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