Chap. 89.—An ACT requiring all railway corporations or receivers or lessees
operating a standard gauge line of railway in this State, to equip its lo-
comotive engines with electric headlight, or other headlights of not
less than 500 candle power with the aid of a reflector, and providing
a penalty for violation of this act. (S. B. 33.)

Approved March 13, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be the duty of every railroad corporation, or receiver or
lessee thereof, operating any standard gauge line of railroad, as a
common carrier, in this State, to equip and maintain in all loco-
motive engines used in the transportation of trains over said rail-
roads with electric headlights or other headlights of not less than
five hundred candle power, with the aid of a reflector. Provided,
that only one-third of said locomotives not now equipped shall be
required to be so equipped or used within six months after the pass-
age of this act: and provided further, that the remainder to be
equipped within twelve months after the passage of this act. In
case of unavoidable accident to any such headlight between termi-
nals, such train may proceed to its next terminal without violating
this act.

2. Any railroad company, corporation, or the receiver or les-
sees thereof, operating a standard gauge railroad in this State vio-
lating the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hun-
dred dollars for each offense, and the use of any locomotive engine
without the light provided for in section one of this act shall con-
stitute a separate offense for every day or part of day so used.
Prosecutions under this act may be made by the attorney for the
Commonwealth in any court of competent jurisdiction in any county
or corporation, in or through which the line of such offending rail-
road may extend.

3. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any railroad
whose main line is not over thirty miles in length.