Chapter 153.
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CHAP. 153.— An act to secure the maintenance of public order during the inauguration ceremonies of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes.February 13, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Inauguration ceremonies. Appropriation to secure public order. That eight thousand five hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia in equal parts, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and to protect life and property from the twenty-eighth of February to the ninth of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, both inclusive.
Said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to make all reasonable regulationsRegulations. necessary to secure the preservation of public order and protection of life and property, and fixing fares by public conveyances during said period. Any person violating any of such regulations shall be liable for each such offense to a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars in the police court of said District. Approved, February 13, 1889.