Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 30.djvu/521

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482 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 468. 1898. said taxes shall be due and payable, subject to the same penalties on “ arrears, and collectible in the same manner as other taxes in the District of Columbia. _ . rms. Sec. 19. That said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding five cents per passenger; but six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five MM- cents: Provided, That the said company and the Capital Traction Com- T'"'i°"' pany are hereby required to issue tree transfers, whereby a passenger on the said East Washington Heights Traction Company shall be entitled to a continuous ride over the line of the other company, or vice versa. oben-umtns to Sec. 20. That the said company shall have at all times the free and

  • "‘““*·°"°· uninterrupted use of the roadway, subject to the rights of the public,

and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said railway company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise. or in any manner molest or interfere with passengers or operatives while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said railway, or depots, stations, or other property ··P°”°“Y· belonging to the said railway company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other iines and penalties in said District, and shall remain liable, in addition _ to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his or her or · their act as aforesaid; but no suit shall be brought unless commenced within sixty days after such ofiense shall have been committed. _ °,§g"¤fn“,$§*;’:“"’° SEO. 21. That the East Washiiigton Heights Traction Company shall have the right of way across such other railways as now in operation within the limits of the lines granted by this Act, and is hereby l{’;@*· hung t authorized to construct its said road across such other railways: Pro- Eswi. P oid;!, That it shall not interrupt the travel of such other railways in suc construction. El°°“°" *°"’ °"'°· Sec. 22. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on any V part of said road, or be ejected from the cars by the company’s employ- · ees, for any other cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful general regulations of the company. condemnation pm Sec. 23. That in the event the company should not be able to come °°°‘*“""‘ to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said road may be located or pass, or which may be needed for terminal facilities and passenger stations, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding twenty feet in width for a right of way, and such tracts as may be necessary for terminal facilities and passenger stations, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court pmam. may prescribe for such purposes: Provided. That any property owner -*1*** ‘·>’·*“’>`· shall have the right of trial by jury in such issue. 5,3*:;*; °a°P¤;*:·°*_7_; Sec. 24. That all plans oflocation andconstruction of tracks and other pim, an structures in public places pertaining to said railway shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and w}’:g*m:p;g,,gg'j;cf all work thereof shall at all times besubject to their supervision. The said company shall, from time to time, deposit with the collector of taxes ot the District of Columbia such amounts as may be deemed necessary by said Commissioners to cover the costs of inspection, supervision, changes to water pipes and sewer connections, changes of curb and pavement, and work not otherwise provided for, which may be

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gj¤¤¤d¤>¤1¤¤v¤ made necessary by thelocation or grade of said railway. Any unexpended balance remaining after the construction of said road shall be

returned to said company with an account in hill of the disbursement of guch zdepgixtsgiu Gwinwgs q¤<=¤r·~ E0. . t theconditions, requirements, and obligations imposed Z2??,;;:,;.,.?? ‘""’ by the terms of this Act upon the East Washington Heights Traction Company shall be complied with by any and all the successors to and assigns of said company.