law: The Oriental Gas Company Act No. 1857
  5. StreetsĀ broken upĀ
  
  to be reinstated with out delay.-
  When the said CompanyĀ
  
  open orĀ break upĀ the road or pavement of any street or bridge,Ā orĀ anyĀ
  
  sewer,Ā drain,Ā orĀ tunnel,Ā theyĀ shall,Ā withĀ allĀ convenient speed,
  
  complete the work for which the same shall be broken up, andĀ fill inĀ the
  
  ground,Ā and reinstate and make good the road or pavement, orĀ the sewer,Ā
  
  drain, or tunnel so opened or broken up, and carry awayĀ the rubbishĀ
  
  occasioned thereby;Ā and shallĀ at all times, whilst anyĀ such roadĀ or
  
  pavementĀ shall beĀ so openedĀ or broken up, cause theĀ same toĀ be fencedĀ and
  
  guarded,Ā and shallĀ cause a light, sufficient for the warning of passengers,
  
  to be set up an 1 maintained against orĀ near such road or pavement where the
  
  same shall be open or broken up,Ā every nightĀ during which the same shall be
  
  continued open or brokenĀ up; andĀ shall keepĀ the road or pavement which has
  
  been so broken upĀ in goodĀ repair for three months after replacing and making
  
  good theĀ same, and for such further time, if any, not being more than twelve
  
  monthsĀ in the whole, s the soil so broken up shall continue to subside.