§ 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.