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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 148, 149. 1908. 65 pose, to enforce the provisions of this Act and of all regulations made by authority thereof; and said health officer and agents and employees I ,,0,1 are hereby authorized, in the performance of the duty aforesaid, to mlm ` enter and inspect during all reasonable hours all rivate hospitals and asylums in said District. No person shall interfere witlr said health w§{,’}‘,},,‘;,Qj°,{,f,?,'°“°° officer, or withany agent or employee aforesaid, in the performance ` of his official duty, nor hinder, prevent, or refuse to permit any inspection authorized by this Act. Sec. 3. That any person who, for himself or as the employee or uP¢¤¤1¤v far vi<>1¤- agent of another person, or as a member, officer, or employee of a °°' firm or corporation, violates any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made hereunder by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or aids in the violation thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceediplg two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more tm thirty ys, or by both line and imprisonment, in the discretion _ o the court. ‘ Sm. 4. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and B·¤¤!•ti¤¤¤. they are hereby, authorized and empowered to promulgate from time to time such regulations as in their judgment public interests require to govern the establishment and maintenance of private muh and asylnams, vyhether for human beiggs or for dorpelstic and, amid to re ate the issue sus nsion, an revocation o 'censes oresai. Size. 5. That all pmlddcutions under this Act shall bein the police P*°¤°°¤°*°¤¤- court of the Disfript oflCI;>lSumbia uppn information signed by the corration counse o saitrict or one o is assistants. POSec. 6. Thatall Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provi- R°P°•*· sions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. · Approved, April 20, 1908.· CHAP. 149.-An Act Relating to the liability of common carriers by railroad to April 22, 1908. their employees in certain cases. [ - R- M10-] Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Rqweeentatives of the United [puhimm` lm`] gtatealofrémegdfa in Oongreaa assembled, Tthént every conmtzn carrie? c_§d¤g;>•¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 1‘8.l POS. W l 8 BI} •D lll COIDYDGFCB tWO8!l lilly 0 6 SBVBTB Liability of, for in- Sirates or T8Pflt0l'l8SFi1)€"lb§·tW68D any of the States and Territories, or {,‘{,§Q$Q;,, °}$,,,,,‘°,,,§{}j between the District of Columbia and any of the States or Territories, z¤¤¤¤· or betvneen the District of Columbia ori] alriykpf tlhle Staltes or Territories an an orei nation or nations, s a ia e in amages 0 an person suifgring hiiury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her rsonal re resentative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or licusband and) children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employees parpnts; apd, if npne, then ofdthehnextuptfl kin depleniient u n suc em o ee, or suc in°ur or eat res 'ng in w o e or iri)0 part from tlie nlegligence of an yd oflthe officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufhciency, due to its negllgepjeg, in itlsacars, engintes, app iances, machinery, track, roadbed, wor ts w rves or o er ui ment. Sno: 2. Thht every common caeiilrieg by railroad in the Territories, r,£¤¤é·;$°¤,u*°;ejp,{,"; the District of Columbia, the Panaima Canal Clone, or other possessions me m.' of the United States shall be iab e in amages to any person suggiling injury while he is lemployhed fby splch cayrier insrliy of slaid `uictions or, in case of the ea o suc em o ee, is or er 1 rsonal re ,resentative, for the benelit of the guryirivin widow or hdsband and children of such employee; and, if none, tion of such employee’s parents; and, if none, then of the next of lrin dependent upon such employee, for such injury or death resulting in whole or in Negligence of M part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees cm. me.