Volume 47
Public Law 72–424
To regulate the operation of street-railway cars at crossings in the Canal Zone.
Approved July 5, 1932
Statutory text
AN ACT
To regulate the operation of street-railway cars at crossings in the Canal Zone.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amercia11 So in original. in Congress assembled,
That it shall be unlawful for a motorman or any other person in control of a streetrailway car to run same over or upon any street crossing, road crossing, or street-railway crossing in the Canal Zone, at a speed of
Speed limit.
more than twelve miles per hour, and without commencing to sound gong, horn, or whistle when at least one hundred feet from said crossing, and continuing to sound same until the crossing has been passed.
Sec. 2.
That it shall be unlawful for a motorman or any person
Full stop required.
in control of a street-railway car to run same over or upon any railroad crossing in the Canal Zone, without bringing the car to a full stop at least ten feet from nearest rail, and without ascertaining from a view of the railroad track made either by himself or by the conductor that the crossing may be safely passed.
Sec. 3.
That a violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall
Punishment.
be punished by a fine of not more than $100, or imprisonment in jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Approved, July 5, 1932.