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DC Code § 35-101 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 1 - Railroads|Subchapter I - Disposition of Property|§ 35-101. Disposition of property — Sale of unclaimed freight and baggage

Whenever any freight, baggage, or other property transported by a common carrier to, or deposited with a common carrier at, any point in the District of Columbia, shall remain unclaimed by the owner or consignee, or the charges thereon shall remain unpaid for the space of 6 months after arrival at the point to which the same shall have been directed or transported, or after deposit as aforesaid, and the owner or person to whom the same is consigned, or by whom the same shall have been deposited, shall, after notice of such arrival, or after notice to take away such property so deposited, neglect or refuse to receive the same and pay the charges thereon within such period of 6 months, then it shall be lawful for such carrier to sell such freight, baggage, or other property at public auction, after giving 3 weeks notice of the time and place of sale, once a week for 3 successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the District of Columbia.  (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1289, ch. 854, § 642.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-101. 1973 Ed., § 44-101. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-102 and § 35-103.
DC Code § 35-102 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 1 - Railroads|Subchapter I - Disposition of Property|§ 35-102. Disposition of Property — Where impractical to give notice or delay sale; sale authorized by court order

Upon the application of such carrier, verified by affidavit, to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, setting forth that the place of residence of the owner or consignee of any such freight, baggage, or other property is unknown, or that such freight, baggage, or other property is of such perishable nature, or so damaged, or showing any other cause that shall render it impracticable to give the notice or delay the sale for the period provided in § 35-101, then it shall be lawful for such Court to make an order authorizing the sale of such freight, baggage, or other property upon such terms as to notice as the nature of the case may admit of and to such Court shall seem meet.  (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1289, ch. 854, § 643; June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 534, ch. 1329; Feb. 17, 1909, 35 Stat. 623, ch. 134; Mar. 3, 1921, 41 Stat. 1310, ch. 125, § 1; June 25, 1936, 49 Stat. 1921, ch. 804; June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 991, ch. 646, § 32(b); May 24, 1949, 63 Stat. 107, ch. 139, § 127; July 8, 1963, 77 Stat. 77, Pub. L. 88-60, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 575, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 157(j).)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-102. 1973 Ed., § 44-102. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-103.
DC Code § 35-103 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 1 - Railroads|Subchapter I - Disposition of Property|§ 35-103. Disposition of proceeds of sale

The residue of moneys arising from any such sale, under either § 35-101 or § 35-102, after deducting the amount of charges, including charges for transportation, the cost of handling and storage, demurrage, and the costs and expenses of proceedings to authorize the sale, and of advertising and sale, shall be paid to the owner of such freight, baggage, or other property on demand.  (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1289, ch. 854, § 644.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-103. 1973 Ed., § 44-103.
DC Code § 35-121 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 1 - Railroads|Subchapter II - 7th Street Substation|§ 35-121. Abandonment of railroad substation authorized

Upon the completion by it of the substitute facilities authorized by § 35-122 hereof, the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company is authorized, without any further or other authority, to abandon and remove the 7th Street substation built and maintained by it pursuant to the requirements of Act of February 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 593, ch. 63), and to abandon the ticket agency and baggage accommodations maintained by it pursuant to the requirements of said Act.  (July 25, 1935, 49 Stat. 497, ch. 415, § 1.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-104. 1973 Ed., § 44-104. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-124.
DC Code § 35-122 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 1 - Railroads|Subchapter II - 7th Street Substation|§ 35-122. Waiting room on platform authorized

In lieu of the said substation and facilities maintained at the intersection of 7th Street and C Street Southwest, in the City of Washington, the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company is authorized to construct and maintain on the train platform an enclosed waiting room for passengers, with convenient means of ingress and egress leading from and to the street level below.  (July 25, 1935, 49 Stat. 498, ch. 415, § 2.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-105. 1973 Ed., § 44-105. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-121.
DC Code § 35-123 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 1 - Railroads|Subchapter II - 7th Street Substation|§ 35-123. Reversion of property to District of Columbia; adequate walkways provided

The area in square south of 463 on the map of the City of Washington heretofore used for station purposes shall revert to the District of Columbia upon the completion of these improvements; provided, that the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall construct and maintain thereon, subject to the approval of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, adequate walkways to the adjacent streets.  (July 25, 1935, 49 Stat. 498, ch. 415, § 3.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-106. 1973 Ed., § 44-106. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 35-124 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 1 - Railroads|Subchapter II - 7th Street Substation|§ 35-124. Right to alter, amend, or repeal reserved

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal §§ 35-121 to 35-123.  (July 25, 1935, 49 Stat. 498, ch. 415, § 4.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-107. 1973 Ed., § 44-107.
DC Code § 35-201 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-201. Competitive lines on fixed routes and schedules; certificate of convenience and necessity required

No competitive street railway or bus line, that is, bus or railway line for the transportation of passengers of the character which runs over a given route on a fixed schedule, shall be established without the prior issuance of a certificate by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia to the effect that the competitive line is necessary for the convenience of the public.  (Jan. 14, 1933, 47 Stat. 760, ch. 10, § 4; Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 634, Pub. L. 88-503, § 21.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-201. 1973 Ed., § 44-201.
DC Code § 35-202 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-202. Furnishing sufficient cars, power, equipment, appliances and service required; rules and regulations; penalties for violation

Every street railroad company or corporation owning, controlling, leasing or operating 1 or more street railroads within the District of Columbia shall on each and all of its railroads supply and operate a sufficient number of cars, clean, sanitary, in good repair, with proper and safe power, equipment, appliances and service, comfortable and convenient, and so operate the same as to give expeditious passage, not to exceed 15 miles per hour within the city limits or 20 miles per hour in the suburbs, to all persons desirous of the use of the said cars, without crowding said cars. The Public Service Commission is hereby given power to require and compel obedience to all of the provisions of this section, and to make, alter, amend and enforce all needful rules and regulations to secure said obedience; and said Commission is given power to make all such orders and regulations necessary to the exercise of the powers herein granted to it as may be reasonable and proper; and such railroad companies or corporations, their officers and employees, are hereby required to obey all the provisions of this section, and such regulations and orders as may be made by said Commission. Any such company or corporation, or its officers or employees, violating any provision of this section, or any of the said orders or regulations made by said Commission, or permitting such violation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000. And each day of failure or neglect on the part of such company or corporation, its officers or employees, to obey each and all of the provisions and requirements of this section, or the orders and regulations of the Commission made thereunder, shall be regarded as a separate offense.  (May 23, 1908, 35 Stat. 250, ch. 190, § 16; Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 634, Pub. L. 88-503, § 21.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-202. 1973 Ed., § 44-202. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-203.
DC Code § 35-203 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-203. Prosecutions to be on information

Prosecutions for violations of any of the provisions of §§ 35-202, 35-206, and 35-207 shall be on information of the Corporation Counsel filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by or on behalf of the District of Columbia.  (May 23, 1908, 35 Stat. 250, ch. 190, § 17; Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 995, ch. 150, § 8; Apr. 1, 1942, 56 Stat. 190, ch. 207, § 1; July 8, 1963, 77 Stat. 77, Pub. L. 88-60, § 1; Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 634, Pub. L. 88-503, § 21; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 570, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 155(a); Oct. 21, 2000, D.C. Law 13-187, § 2(b), 47 DCR 7073.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-203. 1973 Ed., § 44-203. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 13-187 substituted for “Public Service Commission” the phrase “Corporation Counsel” and for the phrase “the Commission” the phrase “the District of Columbia”.
DC Code § 35-204 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-204. Fenders required on street cars

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to make and to enforce all reasonable regulations in respect to requiring street cars operated by other means than horsepower in the District of Columbia to be provided with proper fenders for the protection of the lives and limbs of all persons within the District of Columbia. Such power and authority shall extend to the adoption by the said Mayor of any fender or fenders deemed by him to be superior to the fenders now in use as the fender or fenders which shall be used on cars operated within said District; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall operate to relieve any street-railway company from liability for accidents on its lines.  (Aug. 7, 1894, 28 Stat. 250, ch. 232.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-204. 1973 Ed., § 44-204. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 35-205 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-205. Glass vestibules required for street car motormen; penalties; exception. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Mar. 3, 1905, 33 Stat. 1001, ch. 1434; Apr. 29, 2004, D.C. Law 15-154, § 10, 50 DCR 10996.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-205. 1973 Ed., § 44-205.
DC Code § 35-206 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-206. Construction of duct lines authorized

The Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company, the Washington Railway and Electric Company, the City and Suburban Railway Company, and the Capital Traction Company are hereby permitted to lay duct lines on such streets as may be necessary for the proper operation of their lines, the location of such duct lines to be approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and the cost thereof shall be borne and paid solely by said street-railway companies, and they shall be solely liable for all damages to persons and property occasioned by any construction or work authorized by this section.  (May 23, 1908, 35 Stat. 247, ch. 190, § 4.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-206. 1973 Ed., § 44-206. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-203. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
DC Code § 35-207 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-207. Unlawful disposition, acceptance and use of transfers

No transfer ticket or written or printed instrument giving or purporting to give the right of transfer to any person or persons from a rail transit car or from a public passenger vehicle with a capacity for seating 12 or more, owed or operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which is transporting passengers in regular route service within the corporate limits of the city, shall be issued, sold, or given except to a passenger lawfully entitled thereto. Any person who shall issue, sell, or give away such a transfer ticket or instrument as aforesaid to a person or persons not lawfully entitled thereto, and any person or persons not lawfully entitled thereto who shall receive and use or offer for passage any such transfer ticket or instrument to another with intent to have such transfer ticket used or offered for passage shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $25.  (May 23, 1908, 35 Stat. 250, ch. 190, § 15; Oct. 21, 2000, D.C. Law 13-187, § 2(a), 47 DCR 7073.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-207. 1973 Ed., § 44-207. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-203. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 13-187 rewrote the first sentence which formerly provided: “No transfer ticket or written or printed instrument giving or purporting to give the right of transfer to any person or persons from a public conveyance operated upon 1 line or route of a street railroad or from 1 car to another car upon the line of any street railroad, shall be issued, sold, or given except to a passenger lawfully entitled thereto.”
DC Code § 35-208 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-208. Reciprocal transfer and trackage agreements

Every street railway in the District of Columbia whose lines connect, or whose lines may, after August 2, 1894, connect, with the lines of any other street-railway company, is hereby required to make reciprocal transfer arrangements with such street-railway companies, and to furnish such facilities therefor as the public convenience may require, and to enter into reciprocal trackage arrangements with such connecting roads. The schedules and compensation shall be mutually agreed upon between the said railway companies, and in case of failure to reach such mutual agreement, the matter in dispute shall be determined by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, upon petition filed by either party.  (Aug. 2, 1894, 28 Stat. 218, ch. 189, § 5; June 25, 1936, 49 Stat. 1921, ch. 804; June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 991, ch. 646, § 32(b); May 24, 1949, 63 Stat. 107, ch. 139, § 127; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 572, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 155(c)(40).)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-208. 1973 Ed., § 44-208.
DC Code § 35-209 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-209. Type of rails required

No other rail than a flat grooved rail made level with the surface of the streets upon each side of the tracks or roadbeds, so that no obstruction shall be presented to vehicles passing over said tracks, shall be laid by any street railway company in the streets of Washington; provided, that the foregoing requirements as to rails and roadbed shall not apply to street railroads outside the City of Washington.  (Mar. 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 797, ch. 370; Feb. 11, 1895, 28 Stat. 650, ch. 79.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-209. 1973 Ed., § 44-209.
DC Code § 35-210 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-210. Use of another’s underground line prohibited

It shall be unlawful for any street-railway company operating its system or parts of its system over any portion of the underground electric lines owned and operated by another street-railway company in the City of Washington to continue such operation, or to enter into reciprocal trackage relations with any other company, unless its motive power for the propulsion of its cars shall be the same as that of the company whose tracks are used or to be used. For every violation of §§ 35-210 to 35-212 the company violating it shall be subject to a fine of $10 for every car operated in violation of the provisions of §§ 35-210 to 35-212, said fine to be collected and applied in the same manner as is provided by § 35-211.  (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1302, ch. 854, § 711.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-210. 1973 Ed., § 44-210.
DC Code § 35-211 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers|Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines|Subchapter I - General|§ 35-211. Removal of disused tracks; penalty for noncompliance

Whenever the track or tracks, or any part thereof, of any street-railway company in the District of Columbia shall not have been regularly operated for railway purposes upon a schedule as required by its charter for a period of 3 months, the Mayor of said District, in his discretion, may thereupon notify such company to remove said unused tracks and to place the street in good condition; and if such company shall neglect or refuse to remove said tracks and place the street in good condition within 60 days after such notice, the said company shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of $10 for each and every day during which said tracks are permitted to remain upon the street or streets, or said roadway shall remain out of repair, which fine shall be recovered in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, in the name of said District, as other fines and penalties are recovered in said Court.  (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1302, ch. 854, § 710; June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 534, ch. 1329; Apr. 1, 1942, 56 Stat. 190, ch. 207, § 1; July 8, 1963, 77 Stat. 77, Pub. L. 88-60, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 570, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 155(a).)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 44-211. 1973 Ed., § 44-211. Section References This section is referenced in § 35-210. Change in Government This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.