Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-03-08
To Regulate Railway Fares.

IN the maryland house OF Delegates Dy
Mr.. Cummings, of this county:
An Act to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments. Chapter 220 of the Act Of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1910
approved April II, 1910, entitled IAN act
to regulate fares on the line of the Wash
ington and Rockville Railway Company in
Montgomery county"
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Chapter 220
of the Acts of the General Assembly Of
1910, entitled IAN act to regulate fares on
the line of the Washington and Rockville
Railway Company in Montgomery county.
be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments. so as to read
as follows.
Section 2. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That the Wash
ington and Rockville Railway Company, a
corporation operating an electric railway
for about 1912 miles from the line of the
District of Columbia to the west end of the
town of Rockville, in Montgomery county,
shall divide the line of its SAID railway
into not exceeding four fare zones, the first
of which shall extend from the line of the
District of Columbia to the first street
crossing of said railway, east Of the pres
ent residence of Cyrus Keiser, known as
Alta Vista Station; the second fare zone
shall extend from the last-named terminus
of said fare zone No. 1 to Switch No. a of
said railway; the third fare zone shall ex-
tend from Switch No. 4 to the electric rail-
road station opposite Windham's store, at
Montrose; and the fourth fare zone shall
extend from said Montrose Station to the
western limits of the town of Rockville ;
and the said railway company shall not
charge passengers on its cars on said rail-
way as cash fare an amount exceeding
five cents for each of said fare zones, or
any part of fare zone through which such
passenger may travel.
Section 3. And be it further enacted,
That the Washington and Rockville Rail-
way Company shall sell monthly commu-
six (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 commuta-
ton tickets to contain a coupon for each
trip of such round trip 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 con-
strued to require said railway company to
sell such round trip Communication tickets
over said Zone Number Two or Zone Num-
Der Three, unless the purchaser requests
that such 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 transpor-
tation over said fare zones number two and
number three (but not over any other zone).
to be good for one year. and for travel in
either direction, the same to be bound and
sold in books of forty (40) tickets at the
price of one dollar ($l0O) for each of said
books each of said tickets. when presented
with the cover in which it was sold. to be
good for the transportation of the purchaser
or any member of his or her family or house.
hold over said zone number two or zone
number three. or any number of persons
of such family or household travelling to-
gether may use tickets from the same book
in payment of fares over either or both of
said two zones; provided. that nothing
contained in this act shall be construed to
prevent said railway company from haul
ing passengers 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 Columbia
and Somerset Heights.
Section 4. And be il further enacted
That for any violation of the preceding
sections the Washington and Rockville
Railway Company shall be subject to
fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each
violation thereof, and the costs. upon con-
viction by any justice of the peace of said
Montgomery county, the said fine to be
paid to the treasurer Of said county
Section S. And be it further enacted.
That said railway company shall maintain
gomery county an officer or attorney fully
authorized and empowered to accept ser
vice Of summons for said railway company.
of which due notice shall be given by pub
LEGATION in one or more county newspapers
of such selection or designation to accept
service or any change thereof, and in case
of failure of said railway company to COM
ply with the foregoing provisions of this
section at any time service of summons
upon any conductor or motOrman Of said
railway shall be sufficient for the imposi-
ton of the aforesaid fine at a trial and
conviction in due course of law provided ;
and 1t is hereby declared that each and
every provision of this act depends upon
and in consideration of each and every
other provision thereof. and that this act
must be read and construed as a whole.
Section 6. And be it further enacted,
That this act shall take effect on the first
day Of April, nineteen hundred and twelve.
Religious Notices.
GAINESVILLE Baptist Church, Rev. Frank
B. Cowell pastor, worship with sermon
| Sunday at II A. NJ