1 426 Right of appeal . Post, 1428. Proviso . Hearing . Delegation o f author- ity . Rules and regula- tion s governing t raffic movement, etc, author- ize d . Provisos . Parking areas for M emb ers of Congress. Regulating routes, equipment, etc., of co mmon carri ers . Orders, etc ., ref erred to joint board . composition. Adoption and force of orde rs . Chairm an . Changes in rules, etc ., authorized. Arter ial a nd bo ule- vard highways . Traffic lights. Vol . 43, p. 1125 repea led . Penalties for viola. tion of rules, etc . Rules, not incon. sistent, to remain in force. SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGR ESS . SEss. III . C.H . 317 . 1931. reversed upon written application to the commissioners by the indi- vidual affected, such individual shall be entitled to proceed further as provided under section 13 (a) of the Traffic Acts for the District, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Appeals of the district for this purpose : Provided, That reasona ble tim e for hearing be given the applicant in the first instance . "(e) The commissioners may in the administration of this section, or any provision of the Traffic Acts for the D istrict, exerci se any power or perform any duty conferred on them by this Act and the Traffic Acts through such officers and agents of the District as the commissioners may designate . The commi ssioners are further authorized and empowered to make, modify, repeal, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations in respect to the movement of traffic, spe ed, length, we ight, height, w idth, routing, and parking of vehi- cles, and the establishment and location of hack stands : Provided, That the commissioners shall establish and locate parking areas in the vicinity of g overnmental est ablishments fo r use only by M embers of Congress and governmental officials when on official business
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vided )Further, That as to all common carriers by vehicle which enter, operate in, or leave the District of Columbia, the power to route such vehicles within the District of Columbia, to regulate their equipment other than that specifically named elsewhere in this Act, to regulate their schedules and their loading and unloading, to locate their stops, and all platforms and loading zones and to require the appropriate marking thereof, is vested in the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia : Provided further, That whenever any order, rule, or regulation of the Public Utilities Commission shall be made relative to the routing of common carrier vehicles, to the location of their stops, to the establishment or change in location of platforms, loa ding zones, or other spaces o n the public h ighway to be re served for any purpose whatsoever, or to the appropriate marking thereof, or whenever any order, rule, or regulation of the District Commis- sio ners shall be made which affe cts such routi ng, stops, plat forms, zones, or spaces, said order, rule, or regulation shall, prior to promul- gation, be referred to a joint board to be composed of the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia and the members of the Public Utilities Commission, which is hereby authorized and created . Such jo int boa rd may, by the affir mative action of any three m embers the reof, adopt ru les and regulat ions which, wh en promulgated, shall be binding and sh all have the fu ll force and e ffect of law, a nd the engineer commissioner shall be the chairman of such joint board, and shall have but one vote . Any of said rules and regulations hereafter promulgated, after reasonable trial and within a reasonable time, may be changed by the joint board upon the request of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia or of the Public Utilities Commission . "(f) The commissioners may establish and designate arterial and bo ulevard highwa ys, reg ulate the spe ed of v ehicles thereo n, and pr ovide f or the equipme nt of any str eet, ro ad, or highway , with control lights and/or other devices for the regulation of traffic, and make such other regulations with respect to the control of traffic as are deemed advisable ; and section 14 of said Traffic Acts is her eby repealed . "(g) The District Commissioners are authorized to prescribe within the limitations of these Acts reasonable penalties of fine, or imprisonments not to exceed ten days in lieu of or in addition to any fin e, for the vio lation of any r ule or regulat ion promulgated under the authority of t hese Acts not o therwise herei n provided for . A l l traffic, motor vehicle, and vehicle regulations not inconsistent here-
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