The Corporation Counsel is hereby directed and authorized to sue for and recover from such person, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company, or syndicate, the amount of such expense in the name of the District of Columbia, together with a penalty not exceeding $25 for each offense, with costs, and when so recovered the amount shall be deposited to the credit of the District of Columbia.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 16, 1922, 42 Stat. 846, ch. 318, § 6.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 7-906.
1973 Ed., § 7-806.