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 250 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 190. 1908. {,’;"*§m*j,;m W, um after notice from said Commissioners so to do: Prmzided, That the qergmnnu é¤nsti·uc· companies herein named may, at their option, substitute permanent {{{’.'§,f"“’ M mm'"' under round for temporary overhead construction on Delaware avenue from C street to the southern edge of the plaza, and thence by temporary underground construction to the north line of Massachusetts m*}}${g{gj,Q}u*;§,;$,$*P° avenue; such temporary construction to be removed within thirty days fmmdg date of operation of tiara over the permanent construction provi for in section one of is Act. R*¤"°*· °'°·· °‘ '•"j Sec. 14. That the railway companies affected by this Act shall have, wayccmpaniesnotst, _ _ . . _ isms. over and respecting the routes herein provided for, the same r1 hts, powers, and privileges as they respectively have or hereafter mayiave y law over and respecting their other routes, and shall be subject in regmct thereto to a the other provisions of their charters and of law. }`,{,':éj’e?r'f,‘j,§f,'},f·,°,_ _ pc. 15. That no transfer ticket or written or printed instrument amen. gwing or purporting to give the right of transfer to any person or persons rom a public conveyance operated upon one line or route of a street railroad, or from one car·to another car upon the line of any · street railroad, shall be issued, sold, or iven except to a passenger rsmny. lawfully entitled thereto. Any person wgho shall issue, sel, or give away such :1 frapsfpr tickef: (pr anstrumeng as aforesaid to a person or rsons no aw u y entitle thereto an an person or rsons not lfwfully entitled thereto who shall redeive and, use or otferlfgr passage any such transfer ticket or instrument to another with intent to have Euch transfer ticket used or offered for passage shall be punished by a ne not exceeding twenty-five dollars. ,c;*gfl{cP,,u°,;'6d°f"‘ Sec. 16. That_every street railroad company or corporation owning, controlling, leasing or operating one or more street railroads within thug District of Cqéumbra shallcou each and all of its railroads (sppply an_ operate a su cient num r of cars clean sanitary, in repair, with proper and safe power, equipment, dppliances andiervice, W _ d i comfortable and convenient, and so operate the same as to give expe- ,,,;,.P‘““““‘ 'l’°“ " ditious passage, not to exceed lsifteen miles per hour within the city · in suburbs. limits or twenty nnles per hour in the suburbs, to all persons desirous ,,,,§‘,,Q°{,f,,f,}‘,,§§,,f’,,‘§’{‘(ot the use of said cars, without crowding said cars. The Interstate ¤¤f·>r¤¤ r¤s¤1¤¤<>¤¤· Clorgmere-etComm¥ssipn is hereby giver}: power to require and compel o e ience o a o the provisions o t is section an to m k lt . amend and enforce all needful rules and regulsitions to sgciireu ssiid obedience; and said Commission is given power to make all such orders ‘ and regulations necessary to the exercise of the powers herein granted to xt as may be rplasonable and proper; and such railroad companies or co rations their officers and cmployces are hereb r.d t obey is-il‘l)the prdvisions of this section, and sudh regulatioiis sddbiiderg m};`·j¤•l*>"°¤’ **0**- as may be made by said Commission. Any such company or corporation, or its ofqceps or employees, violating any provision of this section or any 0 t ie said orders or regulations made b s 'd C `.— sion; or permitting such violation, shhll he punished  iiliineodlfniidt more than one thousand dollars. And each day of fm ure or neglect on the part of such company or corporation, its officers or employees to obey each and all of the provisions and requirements of this sec; tion, or the orders and regulations of the Commission made thereunder, shall be regarded as a separate oliensc. o t is Act sha be on information of the Interstate C i · (l - mission tiled in the police court by or on behalf of the Cblmlmlisiiofriim is A c . . Approved, May 23, 1908.
 * ""°°*’“'*°“’· {Sig:. 17. T huh prosecutions for violations of any of the provisions
 * “"°°d'“°"‘- thivnq.  That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal