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1744 ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1883.


Tramways.

Watchmen to be
employed to 5. The company shall keep one or more competent watchmen employed at all times
prevent obstruc
tions. when the carriages are running to prevent any stones dirt wood refuse or other materials
or any obstruction from being placed on the permanent way and rails and to remove any
such materials or obstructions therefrom .

Time ofinspec 6. The carriages trucks and waggons of the company and the machinery therein
tionand testing
of carriages &c., now in use shall hereafter be inspected and tested by the Surveyor General or any officer
of machinery &c.
or officers appointed for the purpose by the Governor in Council in the month of January
and the month of June in every year and the engines ropes and other machinery of the
tramway shall be also inspected and tested as aforesaid in the month of June in
every year.

Notice of altera 7. The company shall give one month's notice in writing to the Surveyor General
tions or changes
in machinery &c. of every intended change or alteration of or in any engine or carriage used on the said
tramway or any machinery therein or of or in the permanent way and rails and the
Surveyor General may if he think fit require the same to be tested and may where the
circumstances of the case permit allow any such change or alteration to be made prior to
the expiration of such notice as aforesaid.

Velocity of 8. No carriage truck or waggon shall travel at a greater speed than 8 miles an
carriages.
hour and the company shall as soon as practicable and not later than six months from
the date of these regulations fix and maintain on every carriage truck or waggon in use
on the line an automatic brake for the purpose of regulating the speed thereof.

Penalty for 9. Every breach of any of these regulations shall be an offence against the said
breach of regula
tions. Ordinance and shall render the company liable to a penalty not exceeding $ 10 and for
any continuing offence to a penalty not exceeding $5 for every day during which the
offence continues .




Additional regulation made by the Governor in Council, under the provisions

of section 42 of Crdinance No. 6 of 1883, the 26th June, 1890.
(Gazette 5th July, 1890.)




Regulation No. 8 of the 16th day of December, 1889, is hereby annulled and in lieu
thereof the following regulation shall be substituted :

" No carriage truck or waggon shall travel at a greater speed than 8 miles an hour
and the company shall as soon as practicable and not later than six months from the
date of these regulations fix and maintain a proper brake or brakes for the purpose of
regulating the speed thereof. Such brake shall be deemed a proper brake when certified
by the Surveyor General as in his opinion suitable and sufficient."