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.
Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-906. 1973 Ed., § 7-806. DC CODE § 9-606 Current through December 11, 2012
(Sept. 16, 1922, 42 Stat. 846, ch. 318, § 6.)