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ORDINANCE No. 19 OF 1884 . 1823


Piers and Wharves ( Chater's).


5. The sunken tramways referred to in this Ordinance shall be con Gauge of
tramways.
structed on a gauge not exceeding 2 feet in width , and with two steel
grooved rails , which said rails shall before being laid down be approved
of by the Surveyor General, and shall be laid and maintained in such
manner, that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the

surface of the road . Provided that the Governor in Council may from
time to time require the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors ,
administrators or assigns to adopt and apply such improvements in the
said sunken or overhead tramways including their rails , sleepers , bridges
and substructure as experience may suggest, having regard to the greater
security of the public and advantage to the ordinary traffic, and the said
CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns shall
with all reasonable despatch, comply with any order made by the Govern
or in Council for the purpose of carrying out any such improvements .

6. The said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators Power to
break up
or assigns may from time to time for the purpose of making, forming , roads.

laying down, maintaining , renewing, altering, adding to or removing any
tramway under this Ordinance, or any part or parts thereof respectively,
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open and break up any road subject to the following regulations :

1. They shall give to the Surveyor General notice of their
intention, specifying the time at which they will begin to
do so , and the portion of road proposed to be opened or
broken up, such notice to be given seven days at least
before the commencement of the work.


2. They shall not open or break up or alter the level of any
road except with the authority, under the superintendence ,
and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General.

7. When the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors , adminis Completion
of work and
trators or assigns shall have opened or broken up any portion of any road, reinstatement
of road.
they shall be under the following further obligations, namely :

1. They shall with all convenient speed, complete the work
on account of which they opened or broke up the same,
and ( subject to the formation , maintaining, renewal, or
alteration of addition to or removal of the tramway) fill in

the ground and make good the surface, and to the satisfac
tion of the Surveyor General, restore the road to as good