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 476 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 224-226. 1908. ‘ filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia “§l°°’*°“ °* °m°°"”· shall be sufficient evidence of such acceptance. The officers of the ` co ration shall be elected and its constitution and by-laws adogted atlthe annual convention of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew at w ich this {Act is accepted], acting in accordance with the constitution of Sald brot erbood as 1t then exists. Amendment. Sec. 5. That Con ess ma at any time amend, alter, or repeal this c . . · A t HT Y Approved, May 30, 1908. lpénglmmilgsj CHAP. 225.-An Act To promote the safety of employees on railroads. [mane, Ne. ins.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House OfR3'686HbdbtU68 of the United L o oom ouvo no States of America in Oongresa assembled, That on and after the first pan. day of January, nineteen hundred and ten, it shall be unlawful for any . · common earner engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by‘railengines to be road to use any locomotive in moving interstate or foreign trailic, not §£{"°° '"°‘ “"°" equipped with an ash pan, which can be dumped or emptied and cleaned without the necessity of any employee going under such locomotive. • mH¤¤°¤`5i¤<;_•i?o<j¤¤¤v$j,{? Sec. 2. That on and after the first day of January, nineteen hunrorbsadeni ·’ dred and ten, it shall be unlawful for any common carrier by railroad in any Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to use any locomotive not equipped with an ash pan, which can be dumped or emptiled and cleane without the necessity of any employee going under suc locomotive. ,,,,*;€*""’ ‘°" "°"" Sec. 3. That any such common carrier using any locomotive in violation of any of the provisions of this Act shal be iable to a penalty of two hundred dollars for each and every such violation, to be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States district attorney _ in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction in the S‘““‘· locality where such violation shall have been committed; and it shall be the duty of such district attorney to bring such suits upon duly verified in ormation being lodged with him of such violation having Information. occurred; and it shall also be the duty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to lodge with the proper district attorneys information of ‘ any such violations as may come to its knowledge. i_¤¤e»;·_em mesa- Sec. 4. That it shall he the duty of the Interstate Commerce Com- KZ§,°§~.“Y.El° °" ° mission to enforce the provisions of this Act, and all powers heretofore grarited to said Commiszion are hereby extended to it for the purpose of the enforcement of t is Act. o,§ggg*{,f{;;o$‘£;o§{{j Sec. 5. That the term ‘*common carrier " as used in this Act shall m psmsw include the receiver or receivers or other persons or corporations chargid with the duty of the management and operation of the business o a common carrier. E"°°*’“°"· Sec. 6. That nothing in this Act contained shall apply to any locomotive upon which, by reason of the use of oil, electricity, or other such agency, an ash pan is not necessary. Approved, May 30, 1908. ygyo CHAP. 226.-An Act To incorporate the Congressional Club. Estd3K1mi Be it enacted the Senate and [lame of likpresen tat2`ve.s oft/ee United ¤g¢ri¤=¤f_g;1¤;emo¥;i:o States of America in (bmgress assembled, That Mrs. James Breck Pernmrpermn. kins, of New York; Mrs. John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi; Mrs. ‘“°°’*‘°’“‘°"’· Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts: Mrs. Julius Kahn, of California: Mrs. Champ Clark, of Missouri; Mrs. Joseph Dixon, of Mon-