The Short Title of this Act shall be The Borough of Thames Tramways Act 1874.

Wherever used in this Act, the word borough shall mean the said Borough of Thames, and the word Council shall mean the Council of the said borough.

The Council may, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, lay down or permit to be laid down along or across any street or road within the borough lines of tramways, and may cause or permit to be propelled driven or drawn along such tramways carriages and trucks for the conveyance of passengers, and the carriage of any quartz or mullock tailings or other debris from any mine, or of any timber blasting powder or other mining requisites, or of any materials goods or merchandise generally.

The Council may, subject to the same provisions, erect or permit to be erected on trestles over along or across the line of any street or road within the borough, at such height as shall not impede public traffic, hoppers shoots flumes and tramways as in the last preceding section mentioned, and may permit any quartz mullock earth or water carried thereon or thereby to be discharged into the sea, or to be deposited in any other suitable place to be fixed by the Council.

The Council may, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, charge for any permission or right of use to be granted under any of the foregoing provisions such sum or sums by way of yearly rental or otherwise as may be agreed upon between the Council and any person or company applying for such permission or right; and all moneys so received shall be deemed and taken to be moneys of the borough, and shall be dealt with in all respects as the other borough funds are by law required to be dealt with.

Every application by any person or company for any permission under the foregoing sections shall be accompanied by full and complete plans and specifications of any works to be constructed under such permission, and by such other information and particulars as the Council may from time to time require, and such plans and specifications shall be open to inspection by any burgess of the said borough: And the Council shall notify in some newspaper published within the borough a day not less than seven days nor more than twenty-eight days from the date of receipt of application, on which day the Council will proceed to decide upon such application.

In granting any such application, the Council shall reserve to itself the right to grant permission to other persons or companies to make connections to or to run other tramway lines across any such tramway, to regulate the gauge of such tramways and the speed at which carriages and trucks shall be propelled driven or drawn, and the prices at which passengers materials and goods shall be conveyed and carried; and shall also require good security from every applicant for the due performance of all conditions and stipulations attached to the granting of his application.

Permissions may be granted hereunder for any period not exceeding ten years; and at the expiration of the period for which any permission may be granted, all tramways trestles hoppers shoots or other matters erected thereunder shall be and become the absolute property of the said borough, unless it shall previously have been otherwise agreed upon.

It shall be lawful for the Council, subject to the approval of the person or persons who for the time being shall hold the delegation of the Governor's powers under The Gold Mining Districts Act 1873, to make alter amend repeal and revoke regulations for the proper and safe management care and control of all tramways and other works to be erected under the provisions of this Act; and such regulations may impose penalties not exceeding forty dollars for breaches thereof, to be recovered in a summary way by any person or persons authorized by the Council, before any two Justices of the Peace, in manner provided by Summary Proceedings Act 1957. All regulations made hereunder shall be published in the Provincial Government Gazette of the Province of Auckland, and in some newspaper published within the borough.

Any applicant for any permission which is empowered to be granted under this Act may appeal from the decision of the Council upon his application in respect of any matter arising thereout, including the consideration which the Council may demand for the granting of any permission asked for by such application, to the person or persons for the time being holding the delegation of the Governor's powers as in the last preceding section mentioned; and the person or persons so holding such delegation shall have power to decide upon the points raised by such appeal, and it shall be the duty of the Council to carry out and do any acts matters or things which by the decision upon any such appeal they shall be required to do.