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Secondary or Narrow Gauge Raihcays 
II. Keeping in Eepair akd Working. 
Article 30. Keeping in Repair — The railway and <all its supplemeutary 
works must be constantly maintained in good order, in such a manner that 
the traffic will always be easy and safe. 
The costs of keeping in repair, as well as those incurred for ordinary and 
extraordinary repairs, will be entirely defrayed by the holder of the concession. 
If the railway, when finished, is not constantly kept in a "ood state of 
repair, it will be done by order of the Administration, and at the expense of 
the party holding the concession, notwithstanding which, as the case maybe, 
the dispositions hereafter referred to in Art. 40 may be applied. 
The amount of advances made may be recovered (collected) by means of 
writs (rules) which the Prefect will cause to be executed. 
Article 32. Eolling Stock. — The locomotives must be built after the most 
approved models ; they must consume their smoke, and answer in all 
respects to the conditions laid down, or to be laid down, by the Administra- 
tion for controlling the use of this kind of machines. 
Passenger carriages must also be built after the most approved models, and 
must satisfy all the conditions laid down, or to be laid down, for vehicles 
serving for transporting passengers on railways. They must be suspended on 
springs and provided with cushions, and they may be provided with an upper 
story. 
Article 33.— The Prefect will decide on the proposal of the contractor, 
the minimum and maximum speed of passengers' and goods' trains, as well as 
the duration of the journey. The number of passenger trains stopping at all 
the stations and places of call will not be less than two a day in each direc- 
tion ; these may be mixed trains. 
III. Duration, Redemption, and Forfeiture of the Concession. 
Article 35. Duration of the Concession. — The duration of the concession 
for the narrow gauge railway of local interest, mentioned in Art. 1 of the 
present spectfication of charges, will commence on the day of the opening 
and working of the entire line. It will terminate ninety years after the said 
date. 
Article 36. Expiration of the Concession. — At the date fixed for the 
expiration of the concession, and by the sole fact of s ich ex[)iration, the 
Department will be entitled to all the rights of the party holding the con- 
cession on the railway and its connections, and will enter into immediate 
possession 
The authorisation conceded in the first Article, of building the whole or a 
part of the road on the high roads and waj's, may be entirely or partially with- 
drawn before the time fixed in the specification of clauses and charges in the 
forms followed for the concession, whenever the necessitj' thereof has been 
recognised by the Administration, alter an inquiry has been made in the 
public interest. 
In case the concession is withdrawn on account of the motive above 
mentioned, the contractor will be entitled to the reimbursement of all useful 
expenses he has incurred in the construction of the line. 
Article 37. Redemption of the Concession. — At any time after the expira- 
tion of the first twenty years of the concession, the Department will have the 
option of redeeming by purchase the entire concession of the railway. 
In order to estimate the price of this purchase, there sliall be drawn up,J 
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