Section 3
SEC. 3. Section eighty-five of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 85. The railroad corporation, before opening the road or any part thereof for the conveyance of passengers and freight shall give notice in writing to the Supervising Railway Expert aforesaid that the road or the part thereof proposed to be opened is ready for the safe conveyance of passengers and freight. Upon receipt of such notification the said Supervising Railway Expert shall himself or by his assistant, forthwith examine the roadway, bridges, tunnels, and other works of the railroad and all locomotives and rolling stock intended to be used thereon, and if he finds the same to be satisfactory, in accordance with law, and safe for public travel, he shall certify the fact to the Secretary of Commerce and Police who shall thereupon authorize the opening of the line or such part thereof as may be duly completed and safe for public travel."