40-846. Electric headlights; violation;
penalty
A. Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, shall equip its
locomotives used in the transportation of trains over the railroad, except locomotives
regularly used in switching cars or trains, with electric headlights of not less than
fifteen hundred candle power measured without the aid of a reflector.
B. Any railroad company, or receiver or lessee thereof, doing business in this
state, which violates the provisions of this section is liable to the state for a penalty
of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense.
C. Action shall be brought to recover such penalty in a court of competent
jurisdiction in the name of the state by the attorney general or by the county attorney
of any county in or through which the railroad is operated.
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