N.Y. Railroad Law § 241: Penalty for violation of two preceding sections

§ 241. Penalty for violation of two preceding sections. Any elevated

railroad corporation that shall fail or neglect to comply with or

enforce the provisions of the two preceding sections, shall upon the

petition of any citizen to any court of record, and upon due notice to

such corporation, and proof of such failure or neglect, pay to the clerk

of the court wherein such petition was made, a sum not less than two

hundred and fifty nor more than one thousand dollars, as such court may

direct by its order. The sum so ordered to be paid shall be paid by such

clerk of the court to the county treasurer, and shall be distributed by

such treasurer equally among the public hospitals of the county in which

the proceeding is had, at such time as the board of supervisors or board

of aldermen in any such county shall direct. Nothing in this section

shall relieve elevated railroad corporations from any liability under

which they may now be held by existing laws for damages to persons or

property.