Section 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.