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railway, or to travel therein upon the railway, without
having paid his or her fare and obtained a ticket,
tickets will be issued conditionally, that is to say: In
case there shall be room in the train for all the passengers
to whom tickets have been issued. If there shall
not be room for all such passengers, the holders of
periodical tickets shall have the priority over owners of
return and single tickets, and the fare will be returned, on
application to the Station Master, to the holders of
such return and single tickets as shall be unable to obtain
seats.
If any person travel or attempt to travel in any car-
riage on the railway without having provided his past
fare, and with intent to evade payment thereof; or if any
person having paid his fare for a certain distance, know-
ingly and wilfully proceed in any such carriage beyond
such distance without previously paying the additional
fare for the additional distance, and with intent to evade
payment thereof; or if any person knowingly and wil-
fully refuse or neglect, on arriving at the point to which
he has paid his fare to quit such carriage, every such per-
son shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
exceeding forty shillings.
If any person be discovered either in after commit-
ting or attempting to commit such offence as in the pre-
ceding clause mentioned, all the officers and servants and
other persons, on behalf of the Superintendent, and all
constables, gaolers, and peace officers, may lawfully ap-
prehend and detain such persons until he can be conve-
niently taken before some Justice, or until he be otherwise
discharged by due course of law.
No return or periodical ticket will be available for
special trains.
Every passenger on arriving at the station for which
he or she may have taken a ticket or to or from which he
or she may hold a periodical ticket, shall quit the station
and premises of the railway; and no person shall be al-
lowed to loiter about the station, wharf, or premises, or
any part thereof; and if any passenger or other person
shall refuse to quit the stations, wharf, or premises afore-
said, on being requested so to do by any Station Master
or any servant attached to the railway or wharf, such
passenger or person may be expelled by such Station
Master or other servant as aforesaid from the railway
premises.
No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous mate-
rial shall be carried by any passenger train.
Each passenger on paying his fare, will be furnished
with a ticket, which he is to show whenever required by
any station master or authorised porter, or by the guard
in charge of the train; and if it be a return ticket he
must allow it to be marked when required; and every
ticket (whether single, return, or periodical) shall be
delivered up on demand of any person or servant autho-
rised to collect tickets. Single tickets not used on the
day on which the ticket not used within the pre-
scribed time, shall be deemed to be cancelled. Any
person offending against the provisions of this regulation
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.
Tickets are not transferable, or a ticket the time
attempting to use a transferred ticket, or a ticket the time
of which has expired, shall be liable to
a penalty not exceeding five pounds.
Any person knowingly, and with intent to defraud,
travelling upon the railway in a carriage of a superior
class to that with which he is provided with a ticket, or
altering a return or other ticket, shall be liable to
a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.
Tickets, whether single or return, shall be used by
passengers only to convey them to the station named
thereon, or to a station short of that destination. In no
case, however, shall any "excursion" ticket be
used for any other station than that for which such
ticket is issued. Any person using or attempting to use
a ticket in violation of the provision of this section, shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
No person shall be allowed to break his journey by
stopping at any intermediate station, and thereafter pro-
ceeding by a subsequent train, with the same ticket,
under a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
Any person, not duly authorised by the Superintendent,
who shall sell or offer for sale any free pass ticket or
portion of a return ticket shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding two pounds.
No female passenger shall be allowed to enter any wait-
ing-room or carriage set apart for the accommodation
of females; and any person remaining in any such room
or carriage after being warned to leave the same, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
Any person, being a railway servant, who shall
open any carriage for the purpose of entering the same
after the tickets have been examined and the carriage
doors locked by the person appointed for that purpose, or
who shall let himself out of any carriage, or attempt to do
so, at any station or at any time during the journey, by
the use of a private key or other instrument, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
No person shall, without the consent of the Superin-
tendent or other authorised officer, travel outside of a
carriage on any railway under any circumstances, or get
into or upon or quit any railway carriage when the train
is in motion; and any person doing, or attempting to
do so, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two
pounds.
Smoking is strictly prohibited in any of the railway
sheds, offices, or waiting-rooms, and any person found so
smoking shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two
pounds.
Smoking is strictly prohibited in any railway carriage
except those set apart for the purpose; and any person
found smoking in a carriage not set apart for the purpose,
shall forfeit a penalty not exceeding two pounds, and
may be removed from the carriage by any railway ser-
vant.
Dogs will be conveyed and charged for according to
printed conditions, but will not on any account be allowed
to accompany passengers in the carriages. Any person
persisting in taking or with intent to do so, in any carriage,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
No gratuity shall be, under any circumstances, allowed
to be received by a railway servant on pain of dismis-
sal. Any person giving or offering a gratuity to any
such servant, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
two pounds.
Any person making use of insulting or abusive lan-
guage to any railway officer or servant while in the
execution of his duty, or making use of indecent or blas-
phemous language in any carriage or upon any railway
platform or premises, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds.
Any person in or upon any railway carriage or station,
being in a state of intoxication, or committing any nui-
sance, or gambling, or wilfully interfering with the com-
fort of any passenger, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds, and to remove from such carriage
or station as soon as shall be practicable.
Any person driving or attempting to drive sheep,
horses, cattle, or other animals across the railway, either
at an authorised crossing place or elsewhere, when an
approaching train is in sight, shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding five pounds.
No driver or conductor of any cab, hackney carriage,
omnibus, express, or other public vehicle, shall ply for
hire within the railway premises without a license in
writing from the Superintendent or other authorised
officer; and any person offending contrary to this section,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.
No person shall be allowed to come upon any railway
platform for the purpose of removing any passenger or
luggage, unless required by a passenger and engaged by
him for such purpose, and no person will be allowed to
come upon any railway premises for the purpose of soli-
citing custom. Any person attempting to evade
or being guilty of a breach of this section, not quitting
the premises when required by a Station Master or other
railway servant, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
two pounds.
Any person, unless authorised by the Superintendent,
who shall post or stick any placard or bill within or on
any of the property or premises, shall be subject to a
penalty not exceeding two pounds.
Any person who shall wilfully injure, wholly or in
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