Evening star., 1912-03-06
TEXT Of BILL FIXING
ROCKVILLE LINE FARE
Proposal to Make Four Zones
From District Line to
Maryland Town.
scial Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ROCKVILLE Nd, March 6, 1912.
Printed copies Of the bill readjusting
fares on the Washington and Rockville
railroad, introduced by Delegate Cum
mings. have been received here. The dis
tance OF 1912 miles from the District
boundary to Rockville is divided into four
zones. The first extends from the District
line to Alta Vista. station: the second
from that point to Switch No. 4; the third
from Switch No. /, to Windham's store at
Montrose, and the fourth zone from
Montrose to the western limits of Rock
vile. The cash fare for each or any part
Of these zones is 5 cents.
Provision is made for monthly commu-
tation tickets. The language of the bill
concerning these tickets follows:
Section 8.
And be it further enacted. that the
Washington and Rockville Railway Com
pany shall sell monthly Communication
books of tickets containing twenty-siN
(26) round trips. and books of twenty
two round trips, the last named to be
bona fide school children under twenty
years of age, over any one or any two
or more consecutive fare zones as may
be requested by the purchaser, each of
such communication tickets to contain q
over each of the zones covered by such
ticket; said round-trip communication
tickets to be bound and sold together at
a rate not exceeding forty-two and five
tenths (42.5) per centum Of the rate OF
the full cash fare. as provided in the
preceding section: Provided, That nothing
contained in this act shall be construed
to require said railway company to sell
such round-trip communication tickets
over said zone No. 2 or zone No. 3, un-
lnSc he y,1rrn SllCn
communication ticket shall cover both of
said two zones, or unless one or the
other or both of said two zones are
covered by such communication ticket as
is herein required to be sold over any
two or more consecutive zones. SAID
railway company shall also sell FAMILY
tickets for transportation over said 1are
zones No. and No. (but not over any
other zone), to be good for one year ana
for travel in either direction, the same
to be bound and sold in books of forty (4O)
tickets). at the price Of one dollar 9D for
each of said books, each OF said tickets
when presented with the cover In Whlcn
it was sold to be good for the transporta. !.
tion of the purchaser or any member OF
his or her family or household over SAID
zone No . or zone No. 3, or any num-
Der of persons of such family or house
hold travelling together may use tickets
from the same book in payment OF fares
over either or both Of said two zones
Provided, That nothing contained In TINS
act shall be construed as to prevent said
railway company from hauling passen-
gers free Of charge or to grant them
special and lower cash. Communication or
other rates over that portion of its rail-
way lying between the District of Co
lumbia and Somerset Heights"
Penalty for Violations.
A penalty of 500 for each violation OF
the bill or any of its sections is provided
The following unusual clause completes
the bill: "And it is hereby declared that
each and every provision of this act de-
pends upon and in consideration of each
and every other provision thereof, ane
that this act must be read and con-
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