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532 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 196,197. 1893. mfj¤=**¤' *0* **¤l¤» Sec. 6. That any such common carrier using any locomotive engine, ' running anytraimorhauling or permittingto be hauled or used on itsline any car in violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every such violation, to kfj¤*¤·=F M*··>¤¤·y*~ be recovered in a suit or suits to be brought by the United States diskiwi Umm trict attorney in the district court of the United States having j1u·isdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed, and it shall bethe duty of such district attorney to bring such suits upon 1,,,,,,,,,B Cum duly veriiied infomation being lodged with him of such violation having mm cmmsssnm to occured. And it shall also be the duty of the Interstate Commerce Com- ]°°"°*'f"""‘""”‘ mission to lodge with the proper district attorneys information of any P~•*•·&_ such violations as may come to its knowledge: Provided, That nothing B H‘ in this act contained shall apply to trains composed of four—whee1 cars or to locomotives used in hauling such trains. h¤¤*¤¤*,,¤¤ ¢f ¤¤• Sec. 7. That the Interstate Commerce Commission may from time to ` time upon full hearing and for good cause extend the period within which any common carrier shall comply with the provisions of this act. b wx? .*¤i¤¤’•‘ Sec. 8. That any employee of any such common carrier who may be

com ¤Y:E.s°°ir{é injured by any locomotive, car, or train in use contrary to the provision

"“"· of this act shall not be deemed thereby to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned, although continuing in the employment of such carrier aiter the unlawful use of such locomotive, car, or train had been brought to his knowledge. Approved, March 2, 1893. Nmhl 19% CHAP. 197.-An act to rovxde a permanent system of highways in that part "—"""‘;" of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities. Be it enacted In; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United JUYN of Nm States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of . y.,,,,,, ,,,.,, the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to prepare am *¤· ·•¤*· a plan for the extension of a permanent system of highways over all ' thazv portion of gistrict not inguded within I-tha limits (pf the cities

t·¤•¤·¤¤ of ashington an eorgetown. aid system s a e ma e as nearl

i""'" ‘""‘ inconformity with the street plan of the city of Washingtoii as this Commissioners may deem advisable and practicable. The highways wasn. provided in such plans shall not in any case be less than ninety feet nor more than one hundred and sixty feet wide, except in cases of existing highways, which may be established of any width not less than · thelirhexisting width and not more than one hundred and sixty feet in wi t . ,n¤g,¤;:¤¤¤f»¤¤ S20. 2. That the said plans shall be prepared from time to time in ‘ sections, each of which shall cover such an area as the Commissioners _ may deem advisable to include therein, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners in preparing such plan by sections, as far as may be practicable, to select iirst such areas as are covered by existing suburban subdivisions not in conformity with the general plan of the city of xtnopzxssqrsxlsnug Washington. The Commissioners in making such plans shall adopt

{],*},§{"’“" °‘""1"" and contorm to any then existing subdivisions which shall have been

made in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved V<>l.2¤.p.m. August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled ·=An act to regulate the subdivision of land within the District of Columbia,”’ or which shall, in the opinion of the Commissioners, conform nsma. to the general plan of the city of Washington: Provided, however, That ·,§eQ&':,, {"0”ge”j,}.;gQ no place or street extending no farther than from one principal street ¤d.etc. to another, which has been opened under the direction of the Commissioners, or in conformity with any subdivision approved by them prior to August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eightyeight. and recorded, and which is now paved with asphalt or other sheet pavement. shall be altered, allected, or interfered with by any plan adopted or anything done under or by virtue of this act. Whenever the plan of