for Agricultural Purposes. 
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Declivities correspoiuliiig witli curves of a small radius must be reduced 
as far as it is possible. 
The coutractor will be allowed to propose such alterations as he may con- 
sider useful in reference to the stipulations of this article, as well as to those 
of the preceding one ; but such alterations will only be carried out after 
having been approved of by the Prefect 
Article 9. Passenger and Goods Stations* — The number, extent, and situa- 
tion of the sidings will be fixed by the Prefect, after having heard the party 
holding the concession. 
Article 19. The Road.- — The roads are to be built in a solid manner, and 
with materials of good quality. 
The weight of the rails is to be fourteen kilogrammes (30'8 lbs.) in 
Bessemer or other steel, and sixteen kilogrammes fifty grammes (35'25 lbs.) 
in wrought iron per metre run on all such parts where the traffic takes place. 
The maximum distance from sleeper to sleeper is to be one metre — 
3' 3i". 
Article 20. Fences. — The contractor is not compelled to jjlace fences and 
gates on the entire length of the line forming part of the present con- 
cession. 
Article 21. Indemnities for Land and Damages. — All the land necessary for 
the railway and its connections, for deviating roads and ways, and for dis- 
])lacing waterways, and in general for the execution of the works of whatever 
nature they may be, will be furnished gratuitously to the holder of the 
concession. 
All indemnities for temporary occupations or for deterioration of land, 
stoppages, altering or destroying works, and for all other damages resulting 
from the building of this line, will be due and must be paid for by the holder 
of the concession. 
Article 22. Bights conferred upon the Holder of the Concession. — -As'the 
undertaking is for public utility, the coutractor is invested, for the execution of 
the works depending on his concession, with all the rights that the laws and 
regulations confer upon the Administration in reference to public works, either 
for the acquisition of land (by exprojjriation) at a jury's estimate, or for the 
3Xtraction, carriage, and deposit of earth and materials, &c. ; and he remains 
at the same time subject to all the obligations which are derived, for the 
Administration, from these laws and regulations. 
Article 27. Control and Inspection of Works. — The works will be carried 
on by such means and such agents as the holder of the concession may 
select, hi;t they will be subject to the control and inspection of the Prefect. 
The purpose of this control and inspection is to prevent the contractor 
from eluding the stipulations and clauses prescribed in the present estimate, 
as well as those which will be set down in the plans approved of. 
Article 28. Eecep>tion of the Works. — As the works will be successively 
terminated on such parts of the line as can iisefully be opened to the 
trafiic, on the demand of the contractor they will be duly insi^ected, and, if 
required, they will be provisionally received by one or more commissaries 
designated by the Prefect. 
On the presentation of the document concerning this inspection, the 
Prefect will authorise, if advisable, the opening of such parts of the line. 
After such authorisation, the contractor will be allowed to open such parts 
for traffic and to receive the fares as hereafter mentioned. Nevertheless, these 
partial receptions will only become definitive on the general and definitive 
reception of the railway. 
* The conditions stipulated for in the preceding clauses and conditions have 
been suppressed. 
