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.)
1981 Ed., § 44-209.
1973 Ed., § 44-209.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 35 - Railroads and Other Carriers
Chapter 2 - Street Railways and Bus Lines
§ 35–203. Prosecutions to be on information
§ 35–204. Fenders required on street cars
§ 35–205. Glass vestibules required for street car motormen; penalties; exception. [Repealed]
§ 35–206. Construction of duct lines authorized
§ 35–207. Unlawful disposition, acceptance and use of transfers
§ 35–208. Reciprocal transfer and trackage agreements
§ 35–209. Type of rails required
§ 35–210. Use of another’s underground line prohibited
§ 35–211. Removal of disused tracks; penalty for noncompliance
§ 35–212. Free transfer under reciprocal trackage agreement
§ 35–213. Free transportation of uniformed policemen and firemen. [Repealed]