Chapter 323.
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CHAP. 323.— An act to prohibit the use of “one horse” cars within the limits of the city of Washington after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes.July 29, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia. One horse cars in Washington prohibited. That after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, it shall be unlawful for any street railway company owning or operating any line of street railway within the limits of the city of Washington, or the greater part of which lines lies within said city limits, to use upon such road any “one horse” cars.
After said date, all cars used within the said limits shall, if drawn by horse power, be of the size and style known as “two horse cars,” and each car shall be in the charge of a *Proviso*. Railways in sparsely settled sections, etc.conductor, and such conductor shall not act as a driver: *Provided* this act shall not apply to any company operating street railways outside the limits of the city of Washington or through unimproved and sparsely settled sections of the same, until such time as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall deem necessary for the public needs, Penalty for violations.Any railroad company violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars per day for each car, and for every day it may be so operated, to be recoverable by action instituted in the name of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction within the District, and all fines collected on such account shall, when collected, be paid into the Treasury for the Enforcement.use of the District of Columbia, It is hereby made the duty of the Commissioners of said District to see that this act is strictly enforced.
Approved, July 29, 1892.