Chapter 72. To provide for the extension of the underground system of the City and Suburban Railway Company on North Capitol street, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 72.— An Act To provide for the extension of the underground system of the City and Suburban Railway Company on North Capitol street, and for other purposes. March 2, 1910.[[H. R. 15676](/us/bill/61/hr/15676).][[Public, No. 72](/us/pl/61/72).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the City and SuburbanDistrict of Columbia.City and Suburban Railway to extend underground system. Railway, of Washington, be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to equip with the underground system of electric propulsion, as now installed on its urban lines, that part of its suburban route on North Capitol street between the present terminus of its underground system thereon near T street and a point to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia north of and within three hundred feet of the north building line of V street; said work to be completed withinCompletion. six months after the passage of this Act, in accordance with plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That upon failure of said railway company to comply withPenalty for failure. the provisions of this Act it shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per day, on prosecution by information filed in the police court of the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants; and each day of such failure shall be regarded as a separate offense. Approved, March 2, 1910.