The weekly loyal Georgian., 1867-08-24
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Laws of: Congress.
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IF tie Liccs ot I'ayacDgcrx oa B6nyd
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Be il enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of The United
States Of Amcrica IN Congress assem-
Jled, That if any engineer or pilot
licensed in pursuance of law by any
inspector OF board of inspectors, shall,
to the hindrance of commerce, wrong
fully or unreasOnahly refuse to serve
as such Oh any steam vessel, as authO
rized by the terms of his license, or
shall fail TO deliver to the applicant
for such services, at the time of such
refusal if the same shall be demanded,
a statement i'll writing, signed by such
engineer or pilot, of the reasons there
for, or if any pilot shall refuse to ad.
NIT into the pilOt-hOuse with hin any
person or persons whom the captain or
owners of any steamboat may desire to
place there for the purpose of acquiring
the knowledge of plotting, he shall for
felt and pay to the party aggrieved
thereby the srm of 'hree hundred dol
lars, to be recovered in an action of
debt founded on this statute. And
thereupOn on such recovery, as well as
on such refusal to give such statement
in writing, or to admit such persons
into the pilot house as aforesaid, his
license shall be Immediately revoked,
upon the same proceedings as are pro-
vlded by law in other cases of the re-
vocation Of such licenses.
See .. Ind be Il turiher enacted,
That when boilers are so arranged on a
steamer that there is employed water
cOnnectiDg-pipe through which the
water may pass from one boiler to an
other, there shall also be provided a
similar steam connection, having an
area of opening into each boiler of at
least one square inch for every two
square feet of effective heating surface
contained in any one of the boilers so
connected, half the fluc and all other
surfaces being computed as effective.
And no boiler shall hereafter be allow
ed, under any circumstance. a greater
working pressure than one hundred
and fifty pounds to the square inch.
Sec. 3. And be II further cnGcicd,
That one or more additional safety
valves, Of such dimensions and arrange
mcnt as shall be prescribed by the
board of supervising inspectors, shall
be placed on the boilers of every stcam-
er, and shall be loaded to pressure
not exceeding two pounds above the
working steam pressure allowed, and
shall be secured by the Inspector
against the interference of all persons
engaged in the management of the
vessel or her machinery. And the
alIoyed metals now required by law tn
be placed in or upon the flues fbOilers
shall be fusible, as now required by
law, and at a temperature not exceed
ing four hundred and forty five degrees
of the Fahrenheit thermometer and
a good and reliable water -guage and a
full set of gauge. cocks shall be pro-
vided for each boiler, whether connect
ed OF otherwise
Sec. 4. AnG be IL further enacted,
That no steamboat boiler hereafter
built, to which the heat is applied on
the outside of the shell, shall be con
Structed of more than three, tenths of
an inch in thickness, the ends or heads
of the boiler only excepted. And
every steamboat boiler hereafter built,
if employed on rivers flowing into the
Gulf of Mexico, or their tributaries,
shall have not less than three inches
of clear space for water between and
around its internal fiues. And steam
ers hereafter built, which shall employ
four or more boilers set in a battery,
shall have tie same divided IN such a
manner that e-half, as nearly as may
be, of the number of boilers employed
: will act independently of the other
half, so far as relates to the water con-
nection but the steam from all the
boilers may be connected as provided
by this act.
Sec. 5. And be II FURTHER enacted,
That cotton, hemp, hay, straw, or other
easily ignitible commodity, shall not
be carried on the decks or guards OF
any steamer carrying passengers, ex-
cent on ferry boats crossing rivers
and then only on the sterns ot such
boats. unless the same shall he pro-
ccted by complete aud suitable coy