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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 496, 497. 18%. 489 Sec. 2. That the purchaser or purchasers of the said Belt Railway _ F¤W¤¤¤_ ¤f existshall, immediately after said purchase shall have been ratified as herein mg °) 1g“°°°”' provided for, and before any permit shall be issued to begin such work, pay all taxes and special assessments due and unpaid to the District of ` Columbia, and all indebtedness due the employees for labor, or due others for coal, feed, horseshoes and other supplies, contracted for by the receiver of the said Belt Railway Company, duly appointed by the court, and used on behalf and for the benefit of said company during such receivership, and to be approved by the court appointing said receiver, and shall begin the construction of the underground electric . system herein provided for; and if said system shall not have been com- reumy m mim pleted at the expiration of one ear from the ratification of the purchase **;¤§°¤Pl°*° *¤ <·¤¤ of said railway as authorized by this Act the purchaser or purchasers Y ' thereof shall pay to the District of Columbia, in addition to all other taxes now required to be paid by the said Belt Railway Company, or by the purchaser or purchasers thereot the sum of fifty dollars for each and every day thereafter until said road shall be completed. Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby cmnnp. authorized and required to station special policemen at such street rail- "’°°"‘P°“°°'“°'*"~ way crossings and intersections in the city of Washington as the said Commissioners may deem necessary, the expense of such service to be paid pro rata by the respective companies; every car shall be brought {yp? ¤f ¤¤·¤b•> to a ihll stop, immediately before making such crossing or intersection. ° ° "` - Neglect or failure to pay for the service monthly, or to stop any car, as -—pe¤¤1ty. _ herein provided for_shall subject the company to a fine of not to exceed twenty-five dollars for every such neglect or failure, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 4. That the company or corporation installing an underground ufglgjfgpgg, ,)*;*1;],*- electric system under authority of this Act shall deposit such sum or ‘ ' sums as the Commissioners may require to cover the cost of District inspection and the cost of changes to public works in the streets. Sec. 5. That nothing herein shall be construed to relieve the said ng§';,Q’jj’·{j;‘,§ P;{;f;·¤ Belt Railway Company from any just liability, nor in any manner as umrema. y affecting any valid subsisting· claim of any creditor against said corporation. ' Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal A·¤•¤¤d¤¤¤¤*~ this Act. Approved, June 24, 1898. CHAP. 497 —An Act To compel street railway companies in the District of Colnm- J¤¤¤ 25· 18% bin to remove abandoned tracks, and for other purposes; '""I`** 'IDI"- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqrresentat-ives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter whenever the m;>i¤¤·i¢¢ af Calumtrack or tracks or any part thereof of any street railway company in s},.,.,t,-mw,;,, the District of Columbia shall not have been regularly operated for railway purposes upon a schedule approved by the Commissioners for a period of three months, the Commissioners of said District, in their discretion, may thereupon notity such company to remove said unused ;;:}_§‘;f‘"*’* °' “““°°‘* tracks and to place the street in good condition; and if such company —i»e¤m,~. shall neglect or refuse to remove said tracks and place the street in good condition within sixty days after such notice, the directors of said company shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars for each and every day during which said tracks are permitted to remain upon the street or streets or said roadway shall remain out of repair, which fine shall be recovered in the police court of said District, in the name of said District, as other fines and penalties are now recovered in said court. _ { Sec. 2. That on and after one year from the passage of this Act it ;,‘{,{§',§. ,:f:°,:§ _ 2., shall be unlawful for any street railway company operating its system here ¤¤¤¤¤ P¥'°l}°{H¤£ or parts of its system over any portion of the underground electric lines P""`