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ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1883 . 1699


Tramways.


For regulating the use of the warning apparatus affixed to the
engines .
For regulating the emission of smoke or steam from the engines.
For providing that engines and carriages shall be brought to a
stand at such places , and in such cases of impending danger
as the Governor in Council may deem proper for securing

safety.
For regulating the entrance to, exit from, and accommodation
in the carriages , and the protection of passengers from the
machinery of any engine used for drawing or propelling
such carriages .

For regulating the rate of speed of the engines and carriages.
Provided that the speed as regards tramways Nos. 1 , 2 , 3 and
4, shall not ( unless another rate be authorized by the Gov
ernor in Council under the authority of this section ) exceed
the rate of 8 miles an hour , and , as regards tramways Nos. 5 ,

and 6 , shall not exceed the rate of ten miles an hour, and that

no engines or carriages may pass through moveable facing
points at a pace exceeding the rate of four miles an hour.
Provided also that, as regards tramways Nos. 1 , 2, 3

and 4 , the Governor in Council may, if he shall think fit
so to do, authorize the maximum rate of speed to be
increased to a rate not exceeding the rate of 10 miles an
hour.

For the stopping of carriages using the tramways.

For providing for the due publicity of all regulations and bye .
laws for the time being relating to the tramways, by
exhibition thereof in conspicuous places.

For providing for the safety of the public in all cases in which
it shall appear to the Governor in Council that such safety
is, or is likely to be endangered or imperilled .

Subject to this Ordinance, the company may from time to time make
bye-laws .

For preventing the commission of any nuisance in or upon any

carriage, or in or against any premises belonging to them.

For regulating the travelling in or upon any carriage belonging
to them .