§ 131. Forfeiture; penalties. 1. Every common carrier and all
officers, and agents of any common carrier shall obey, observe and
comply with every order made by the commissioner so long as the same
shall be and remain in force. Any common carrier which shall violate any
provision of law requiring the consent, permission or approval of the
commissioner for the performance of an act, or which fails, omits or
neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or any direction or
requirement of the commissioner, shall forfeit to the people of the
state of New York not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for
each offense; every violation of any such order or direction or
requirement, or of law, shall be a separate and distinct offense, and,
in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall
be a separate and distinct offense.

2. Every officer and agent of any such common carrier who shall
violate, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any such common
carrier of any provision of law requiring the consent, permission or
approval of the commissioner for the performance of an act, or who shall
fail to obey, observe and comply with any order of the commissioner or
any provision of an order of the commissioner, or who procures, aids or
abets any such common carrier in its failure to obey, observe and comply
with any such order or provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.