Irrigation Loan. Savings Bank, for the construction, repair, and improvement of the said irrigation works in this island, any sum or sums of money not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees in all, upon one or more writings obligatory in the form contained in the schedule hereto annexed, signed by the Governor under the public seal of this colony; and the amount so borrowed, and the interest thereon at the rate of four and a half per centum per annum, shall be and the same are hereby charged on and made payable out of the general revenue of this island. 2 It shall be lawful to the Governor to issue his warrant upon the Colonial Treasury for the payment to the trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank of an annuity of not less than twenty thousand rupees to be by them appropriated in liquidation, firstly, of the interest, and, secondly, of the principal sums from time to time remaining unpaid, until the entire amount of the said loan, together with all interest due thereon, shall have been paid and satisfied. 3 The first of such warrants shall be issued by the Governor at the expiration of one year from the date of the first writing obligatory herein provided; and the trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank shall endorse the receipt by them of the amount of each such warrant upon the said writing or writings obligatory, specifying the sum appropriated by them on account of principal and the sum appropriated by them on account of interest. 4 The money borrowed under the authority of this Ordinance shall be applied to the construction, repair, and improvement of the said irrigation works in this island, and to no other purpose. SCHEDULE. Form of Writing Obligatory. The Government of Ceylon hereby binds itself to the Trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank in the principal sum of rupees -, being money borrowed under the authority of Ordinance No. 24 of 1885, intituled "An Ordinance to authorize the Ceylon Government to borrow a sum of Three Hundred Thousand Rupees, for the construction, repair, and improvement of Irrigation Works in this Island," which said principal sum, together with interest thereon at the rate of four and a half per cent. per annum, shall be repaid to the Trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank by the Government of Ceylon in manner provided by the said Ordinance. An Ordinance to empower the Ceylon Government to borrow a further sum of Sixty-five Thousand Rupees from the Ceylon Savings Bank, for the construction, repair, and improvement of certain Irrigation Works. thousand rupees from Savings Bank for irrigation works. Governor to issue warrant for payment of annuity on account of principal and interest. When first warrant shall issue. Trustees to endorse receipt of moneys on writings obligatory. Appropriation of money borrowed. HEREAS by section 23 of "The Ceylon Savings Bank Ordi- Preamble. from time to time be deposited in the Ceylon Savings Bank may be 2 F 39-00 Authority to Governor to borrow sixty-five thousand rupees from Savings Bank for certain irrigation works. Governor to issue warrants for payment of annuity on account of principal and interest. When first warrant shall issue. Trustees to endorse receipt of money on writings obligatory. Appropriation of money borrowed. Irrigation Loan. laid out at interest by the trustees thereof in securities of the Government of this island: And whereas it is expedient for the Ceylon Government to borrow from the said trustees of the said bank, upon the security of the general revenue of this colony, a sum not exceeding sixty-five thousand rupees in addition to the sum which the said Government is empowered by the Ordinance No. 24 of 1885 to borrow from the said bank, for the construction, repair, and improvement of certain irrigation works known as Kalawewa and Yodi-ela: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Ceylon, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: 1 It shall be lawful for the Governor in Executive Council, anything in the Ordinance No. 19 of 1884 to the contrary notwithstanding, to borrow from the trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank, for the construction, repair, and improvement of the said irrigation works, any sum or sums of money not exceeding sixty-five thousand rupees in all (in addition to any sum or sums of money which may be borrowed under the Ordinance No. 24 of 1885), upon one or more writings obligatory in the form contained in the schedule hereto annexed, signed by the Governor under the public seal of this colony; and the amount so borrowed, and the interest thereon at the rate of four and a half per centum per annum, shall be and the same are hereby charged on and made payable out of the general revenue of this island. 2 It shall be lawful for the Governor to issue his warrant upon the Colonial Treasury for the payment to the trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank of an annuity of not less than five thousand rupees to be by them appropriated in liquidation, firstly, of the interest, and, secondly, of the principal sums from time to time remaining unpaid, until the entire amount of the said loan, together with all interest due thereon, shall have been paid and satisfied. 3 The first of such warrants shall be issued by the Governor at the expiration of one year from the date of the first writing obligatory herein provided; and the trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank shall endorse the receipt by them of the amount of each such warrant upon the said writing or writings obligatory, specifying the sum appropriated by them on account of principal and the sum appropriated by them on account of interest. 4 The money borrowed under the authority of this Ordinance shall be applied to the construction, repair, and improvement of the said irrigation works, and to no other purpose. SCHEDULE. Form of Writing Obligatory. rupees. The Government of Ceylon hereby binds itself to the Trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank in the principal sum of being money borrowed under the authority of Ordinance No. 1 of 1887, intituled "An Ordinance to empower the Ceylon Government to borrow a further sum of Sixty-five Thousand Rupees from the Ceylon Savings Bank, for the construction, repair, and improvement of certain Irrigation Works," which said principal sum, together with interest thereon at the rate of four and a half per cent. per annum, shall be repaid to the Trustees of the Ceylon Savings Bank by the Government of Ceylon in manner provided by the said Ordinance. Ceylon Railways. No. 26 of 1885. An Ordinance relating to the Ceylon Railways. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Ceylon Railways and to the conveyance thereby of passengers and goods: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Ceylon, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: 1 This Ordinance may be cited as "The Ceylon Railways Ordinance, 1885;" and it shall come into operation at such time as the Governor shall by Proclamation," to be published in the Government Gazette, appoint. 2 The Ordinances specified in schedule A to this Ordinance are hereby repealed: Provided that such repeal shall not affect (a) The past operation of any enactment hereby repealed; nor (b) Any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under any enactment hereby repealed; nor (c) Any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactment hereby repealed; nor (d) Any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding, and remedy may be carried on as if this Ordinance had not passed. 3 For the purposes of this Ordinance, the expression "railway" shall include all railways already constructed, or in course of construction, or to be hereafter constructed, by or on behalf of the Ceylon Government; and the expression "railway official" shall include the General Manager, the assistant managers, traffic superintendents, and all such officers, servants, agents, and other persons as shall be from time to time employed to do any act upon the railway. 4 The Governor may appoint a fit and proper person to execute the duties and powers hereinafter mentioned, who shall be called "The General Manager," and one or more persons, as he may deem necessary, to assist the General Manager in the execution of the said duties and powers, who shall be called "assistant managers," and such clerks and other officers as to him may appear necessary. And all duties and powers hereinafter required to be performed and exercised by the General Manager shall and may be performed and exercised by any assistant manager. * Proclaimed the 8th day of January, 1886. Rules. Rules to be affixed publicly in railway stations, and persons using the railway legally presumed to be acquainted with them. Existing rules to continue in force until superseded. Fares to be prepaid. Passenger tickets to be given up on demand. Fare and freight to be accepted conditionally. Ceylon Railways. 5 The Governor may from time to time, with the advice of the Executive Council, make, and when made, revoke, add to, and alter rules regulating the classification of goods, the goods that are to be charged for at special rates, the charges to be made for the conveyance of passengers and goods by the railway, and regarding all other matters not specially enacted by this Ordinance, and necessary to provide, in every respect, for the management and due and profitable working of the railway. Provided that the charges for the conveyance of passengers and goods at rates other than special shall in no case exceed the rates specified in schedule B hereto annexed. Provided further, that if in any detailed classifications of goods sanctioned by the Governor, with the advice aforesaid, special provision be made for any articles which are deemed exceptional, such provision shall prevail and be of force, anything in the schedule B to the contrary notwithstanding. 6 A copy of any rule or rules made under the authority of the 5th section may be hung up and affixed and continued on the front or other conspicuous part of every railway station, and knowledge of the contents of such rule or rules shall be presumed as against any person using the railway, upon proof that such copy was hung up, affixed, and continued as herein required. 7 All rules which are in force at the coming into operation of this Ordinance, and which are not inconsistent with any of its provisions, shall continue to be in force until revoked, added to, or altered in manner herein before provided. 8 No person shall enter any carriage used on the railway, for the purpose of travelling therein, without having first paid his fare and obtained a ticket. Every person desirous of travelling on the railway shall, upon payment of his fare, be furnished with a ticket specifying the class of carriage for, and the station from, and the station to, which the fare has been paid, and shall, when required, show his ticket to any railway official duly authorized to examine the same, and shall deliver up such ticket upon demand to any of the railway officials duly authorized to collect tickets. Any person not producing or delivering up his ticket as aforesaid shall be liable to pay the fare from the place whence the train originally started, unless he can prove that he has travelled a less distance only, in which case he shall be liable to pay the fare only from the place whence he has travelled. 9 The fare or freight paid for the conveyance of passengers or goods respectively shall be deemed to be accepted only upon condition that there be room in the train. In case there shall not be room for all the passengers or goods, those passengers who shall have obtained tickets for the longest distance shall have the preference, and those who shall have obtained tickets for the same distance shall have the preference according to the order in which they shall have received their tickets; and the like order shall be observed as to goods. Provided that all officers and troops of Her Majesty on duty, and all other persons travelling on the business Ceylon Railways. of Government, shall be entitled to be conveyed on the railway in preference to, or in priority over, the public, without reference to the distance for which, or the order in which, they shall have received their tickets. 10 Any person who shall defraud or attempt to defraud the Government by travelling or attempting to travel upon the railway, without having previously paid his fare; or by riding in or upon a carriage of a higher class than that for which he shall have paid his fare; or by continuing his journey in or upon any of the carriages beyond the station for which he shall have paid his fare, without having previously either paid the fare for the additional distance, or obtained the sanction of the station master or guard of the train; or who shall knowingly and wilfully refuse or neglect, on arriving at the station to which he shall have paid his fare, to quit such carriage and railway premises; or who shall transfer or profit by the transfer of the return half of any· ticket obtained by him, or who shall, in any other manner whatever, attempt to evade the payment of his fare, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for each offence. 11 Any passenger who shall get into or upon, or attempt to get into or upon, or shall quit or attempt to quit any carriage upon the railway, while such carriage is in motion; or who shall ride or attempt to ride upon the rail way on the steps or any other part of a carriage, except on those parts which are intended for the accommodation of passengers, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty rupees for each offence. 12 Any person other than the engineman and fireman, and assistant fireman, if any, who, without the special license of the General Manager or Locomotive Engineer, shall ride or attempt to ride upon any locomotive engine or tender upon the railway; and any person other than the guard or brakesman, who, without special permission of the General Manager or Traffic Superintendent, shall ride or attempt to ride upon the railway in or upon any luggage van or goods wagon, or other vehicle not appropriated to the carriage of passengers, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for each offence. 13 If any person shall smoke, or shall chew betel, bhang, tobacco, opium, or other like substance, either on the premises or in or upon any of the carriages belonging to the railway, except in places or carriages which may be specially provided for the purpose, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty rupees for each offence; and if any person persist in infringing this regulation, after being warned to desist by any of the railway officials or passengers, such person, in addition to incurring the liability above mentioned, may be removed by any such official from any such carriage, and from the premises appertaining to the railway, and shall forfeit his fare. 14 Any person who shall be in a state of intoxication, or be insufficiently or indecently clad, or who shall commit any nuisance or act of indecency in any railway carriage, or upon any part of the premises appertaining to the railway, or who Penalty for fraud. Fine for entering carriage in motion, or riding on the steps. Fine for riding on engine, tender, or luggage van. Smoking, &c., and chewing of betel prohibited. Penalty for intoxication or nuisance. |