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panics Were liable to fine for non-compliance. In every case 

 of violation of the act, the offending company would be 

 rigorously prosecuted. 



The Commissioners had a fund of $35,000 for paying 

 expenses of test cases. They and their counsel expressed 

 themselves satisfied with the law, and did not consider that 

 it could be materially improved by amendments, and thought 

 the enforcement of the law would accomplish the ends for 

 which it was devised. They believed the railway companies 

 throughout the country were combined to secure the repeal 

 of the law, and that, to do so, they would use every agency 

 at their command. It behooved the people of the State, 

 especially clubs and societies, to act promptly and deci 

 sively, instructing their representatives to sustain the law 

 as it stands, and the Commissioners in its enforcement. 



