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1690 ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1883 .


Tramways.


harmless the Surveyor General against the expense 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 22. Nothing in this Ordinance shall take away or abridge any power
companies,
&c. to open to open or break up any road along or across which any tramway is laid,
roads.
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 commence
ment of such work shall be given to the company within

twenty-four hours after such commencement ) give to
the company and the Surveyor 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 commence
ment of the work.

(3. ) They shall not be liable to pay to the company any com
pensation for loss of traffic occasioned thereby, or for
the reasonable exercise of the powers so vested in them
as aforesaid .


(4. ) Whenever, for the purpose of enabling them or him to
execute such work, such other company or persons 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