OFFICE OF THE AIT’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

tionorabls Zoixi D. :ied, Corralssioner 

bureau of Labor 6tatistlos 

&ilstin, Texas 

3rar Sir8 

Your latter of Uroh 

oftioe, reada as r0llows: 

weed to thin 

Wu3sr our Texw .9of 

Bill 352 - &5th L 

893), 60 amended 

turd (Aots 1939 

aa used in the 

g0neratd.n~ rate 

a 1.0~ e pereon would 

would be a rsaoel ln 

6,~ wmnot be wed, by hot oil 

300 and 1400 0.agreee fahreri&elt. 

50 ths water pansea, through 8 

a heated by a& in oentaat 

with tubas aining hot fluids, gume or air. 

“questioxi now pending before this Depsrtnkent ia 

whether or not s&oh ateam gmeratln~ plants bra subjaot to inspeotion and approval by thfs Departnmnt 

under the provisions of our Texas Doiler L~w.~ 
gonorable John D. Bead, Cosunie8ioner - Page 2 

da noted in your letter, Artiale 522b, whiah OMtalnll numerouB Ieotionn, definer the tar& mboilara as rouor0: 

"'3oiler* as ueed heroin shall mean any verse1 

u8ed for generating etaam for power or heating purpoPea.- 

Beetion 2, among other ttinge provideat 

qplo ateam boiler, unlaa8 otharwlse speoiri0aU.y 

emmgted in this Aot, ahall be jparated rithia the 

State of Texas unlase suoh boiler k+p~~b~q ngirtored 

with the Bureau of Labor stabfrtius -and thora a&all 

hare bean iaaued a Osrtflioata OS Operation Sor rlroh 

boiler, as harelnaftar provided for, . . . l m 

Seotlon 3 reada am followrr 

wuuaption8 iron eot 

“Seotfon 3. The followliig bollesa am exempt 

from the prorlaionm or thlll Act: 

*l(l) Boilers under Psderel oontrol end stationary bollare at round houaea, pumping etationr 

an& (Iapotr of railway mnpmlar under tha auprrrlaion or inapaotion of the SuperLntaMbmt of Retire 

Power or ruoh reilwag aompanies; 

"T(2) Boilers on whfoh the prssrore does not 

OX0806 ilfteen (15) pOUnda par rpuare Inch) 

"'(3) Automobile boilers and bollers on road 

motor vahiolaai 

"'(4) Boilsrs used exaluaivsly for a~rlcultural 

plWp0tlCM ; 

"'(5) Boil,ero for heeting in buildings ooouplsd 

@olaly for residence purposes with aoaommdationr 

not to exosed four (4) familiar{ 

4 W*(6) Bolls~a uaad for oatton gina.** 
sonorable John D. lieed, Cosml44fon4r - Page 3 

Those boilera daaoribsd_in the foregoing seotion 

are tImme rererrml to Ln S40tion 2 a8 *otherwire apeoifioally 

exempted in thlr Aot.” It ~111 be noted that none of theas 

uoeptiona are based on any partloular method or mean8 by 

whioh ateam la generated, but upon use, Federal Control, 

preaaure, and aupervislon or inapeatlon. 

Seotlon 4 reads in part as followa~ 

33eotion 4~. The Commissioner ehall oauaa to be 

inapaoted Internally and externally not lea8 frequently 

than onoe saoh twelve (12) nontha eaoh stationary ateam 

boiler aubfact to the provioiom OS this Aot. Eati 

portable atum boiler rubJo& to tha prorielona of 

this Aat ahall be inapooted axternallg eaoh tim it 

Ia tired to a new looation, provided that an interam 

inapeotion ahall be made of each 9uoh boiler at leart 

onoo eeoh twelve (12) laonths. Xi auoh boilcm reformb 

to herein are found, u&Mm lnapsetlon, to be in a aaia 

oondition for operation, 4 Certliloate of Opratlcui 

shall be iaaued by the GOmaiaaionar for its operation 

for a period not longor than one year from date of 

auoh iua~eetion. . . . .I 

Said aeotion prOvidea the prooedum to ba tolDme 

whexe an inag@ot4d boiler i4 Sound %O be in an uim& or 

daageroue oon&itlm,* and for withholdiq of a Certlileate of 

Operation by the G~mmi88lontir. 

It La apparent that the purpose of this Lagfalation 

is to psoteot life and property frown axplo8io11a or ateas boilera. 

You are adrisrd it is our opinion that tha al.888 of 

boiler6 deaoribed tn your~letter PI~O 8ubjeot t0 YOUF in$psction, 

unlaaa~ex~pted therefrm by one or sore of the apaoifioally 

naned exoeptfona enumerated in Ssotion 3. 

Yours very truly 

Dsticj w. Beath 

basiatal;t 

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