Section 11-49-43 Penalization of railroad, etc., for failure to comply with ordinance ordering construction, etc., of bridge, tunnel, etc.

Section 11-49-43

Penalization of railroad, etc., for failure to comply with ordinance ordering construction, etc., of bridge, tunnel, etc.

Any such governing body may penalize the failure of any such railroad company or of such railroad companies to construct within a reasonable time or to maintain any such viaduct, bridge, or tunnel ordered by a proper ordinance, such penalties to be prescribed as provided in the charter of said city for violations of police ordinances, and such penalties may be directed against said railroad company or railroad companies or against its or their officers or agents having supervision, charge, or control of or operating the same, any or all.

(Code 1907, §1299; Code 1923, §2073; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 37, §654.)