FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 578, 579. 1898. 719 sented at any pension agency any power of attorney or other paper required as a voucher in drawing a pension, which paper bears a date subsequent to that upon which it was actually signed or acknowledged by the pensioner, and every person before whom any declaration, ath- Pegalty for f¤*$¤ davit, voucher, or other paper or writing to be used in aid of the pros- Z$gtt?t° m "°“°"` ecution of any claim for pension or bounty land or payment thereof purports to have been executed who shall knowingly certify that the declarant, affiant, or witness named in such declaration, afiidavit, ‘ voucher, or other paper or writing personally appeared before him and was sworn thereto, or acknowledged the execution thereof, when, in fact, such declarant, aiiiant, or witness did not personally appear before him or was not sworn thereto, or did not acknowledge the execution thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not more than five years." Approved, July 7, 1898. CHAP. 5'79.—An Act To require the Brightwood Railway Company to abandon July 7, 1898. its overhead trolley on Kenyon street, between Seventh and Fourteenth streets. ·——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Brightwood Railway b,Di¤*ri¤* <>f 0<>1¤m— Company of the District of Columbia be, and it is hereby, required, lin-igmwotu muws within one month from the passage of this Act, to vacate that part of {Q0{]Q*¤•*g; °;*h¤¤H its road lying on Kenyon and Marshall streets, between Seventh and sn-mi °°y°° Fourteenth streets, in said District, and remove its tracks and poles therefrom: Provided, however, That said company shall have the right PM¤·¤•¤·· _ at any time within one year hom the passage of this Act to equip and §,‘}‘,§‘,’f,.§‘,{’“f,‘{‘§}§‘} §‘§ operate said road withnnderground electric power, such as is now used PW"- by the Metropolitan Railroad Company. In case said company shall ’ neglect or refuse to equip said road as aforesaid within said period of one year, then their right to do so shall stand as forfeited and their charter repealed as to said part of said road: And provided further, rnim to mmm-s That in case said railroad company shall refuse to remove its tracks ":°’i,’i;’*°‘ and poles from said street within thirty days as aforesaid, then its char-°’ °’ `"°` ter to that part of said road shall stand forfeited and repealed from said date, and after the expiration of said thirty days said Brightwood -n¤¤. Railway Company shall be liable to a line of twenty-five dollars a day for each day its tracks, or any part thereof, or its poles, or any one of them, shall remain in said Kenyon or Marshall streets, said fine to be collected in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Sec. 2. That said railway company, for the purpose only of equip- nouns it as misrping said branch with underground electric power, shall have the right §,'§,§}'f° "“’°"‘“ “‘l“‘P‘ to issue its bonds bearing interest not to exceed six per centum per annum, payable at such time as the officers of the company may deem expedient: Provided, That the issue of said bonds shall not in the -11mn trams. aggregate exceed the amount necessary for the equipment aforesaid, and the total outstanding bonds and stock shall in no event exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per mile of single track. Sec. 3. That the Brightwood Railway Company is hereby directed to _1¤=··¤¤ of coupon sell tour coupon tickets for twenty-five cents for use over the lines of °‘°k°"" _ _ _ said company and the Capital Traction Company and to redeem the §Q‘,§"§,§’,§‘d$‘f,‘{’,§T“l1*°°` coupons when presented by said Capital Traction Company; and the 1·'enalty,etc.,for N. provisions of section five of the Act approved February twenty-sixth, {gg;,;? “°°°P‘ °' °"" eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An Act to amend the char- v¤i.zs,p.ess. ter of the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the District of Columbia," which relate to the issue, use. and redemption of said tickets and coupons in the case of the Brightwood Railway and the Metropolitan Railroad companies, and the penalty for violation of the provisions of said section of said Act, and the recovery of said penalty, and the
