Show district of Coh columbia imbia fines U S for smoke nuisance washington the district of columbia goern government ment succeeded in pollee police court ju iu calling the federal government to account for violating tile the smoke law a rather unusual proceeding in the faco bacr of judicial de declarations that the govern governments menta and their laws lawa and must go hand in hand judge mcmahon imposed fines of 10 ea each ch in three cases of violating the smoke ke low law preferred hr by the district government against robert S c chief clerk of the post office department for allowing an excessive amount of smoke to issue from the chimneys of the federal postal headquarters the hie fines were imposed upon apro mr negar not as an individual hut but as aa a representative of t the he federal government |