New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-18

| and if any such person shall attemnt 10
| exercise the functions of the office of steam
| boat inspector, it shall be misdemeanor
| for which he shall be subject to a penalty
| of five hundred dollars, and shall be diss.
| missed from Office
| SEC. "a. And be it further enacted. Tho.
| any inspector who shall, upon any pretensa
receive any fee or reward for his service
| rendered under this act, except what ia
herein allowed him, shall forfeit his Office
and if found guilty, on Indictment or other.
wise, punished, according to the aggraya.
ton of the offeDse, by fine not EXCEEDING
five hundred dollars, or Imprisonment nn9
exceeding six months, or both.
SEC. IS. And be it further enacted. That
every boiler manufactured after twelve
months from the passage of this act to be-
used on steam vessels, and made of iron or
steel plates, shall be constructed of mates
that have been stamped in accordance
with the provision of this act; and
if any person shall construct a boiler
or steam pipe connecting the boilers
to be so used, of iron or steel plates which
have not been stamped and inspected ac
cording to the provisions of this act, or
otherwise as herein provided, or who shall
knowingly use any defective, bad or faulty
iron or steel in the construction of such boil
ers; or shall drift any rivet-hole to make il
come fair; or shall deliver any such boiler
for use, knowing it to be imperfect in its
fues, Hanging, riveting, bracng, or in any
other of its parts, shall be fined one thon-
sand dollars, one-halt for the use of the in.
former: Provided, however, that nothing in
this act shall be so construed as to prevent
from being used, on any steamer, any boiler
or steam generator which may not be con-
structed of riveted iron or steel plates.
when the board of supervising inspectors
shall have satisfactory evidence that such
boilers or steam generators is equal in
strength, and as safe from explosion, as q,
boiler of the best quality, constructed If
riveted iron or steel plates
SEC. SO. And be it further enacted, That
after twelve months from the passage of
this act, every iron or steel plate used in
the construction of steamboat boilers and
which shall be subject to tensile strain.
shall be inspected in such manner as shall
be prescribed by the board of supervising
inspectors and approved by the Secretary
of the Treasury, so as to enable the in
spectOrs to ascertain its tensile strength
homOgeneOusness, tOughness, and ability to
withstand the effect of repeated heating
and cooling; and no iron or steel plate shall
be used in the construction of such boilers
which has not been so inspected and ap-
proved under the rules prescribed as afore-
said.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted. That
every such plate of boiler iron or steel, made
for use in the construction of steamboat
boilers, shall be distinctly and permanently
stamped by the manufacturer thereof,
and, if practicable, in such places that the
marks shall be left visible when such plates
shall be worked into boilers, with the name
of the manufacturer. the place where manu-
featured, and the number of pounds tensile
strain it will bear to the sectional square
inch; and the inspectors shall keep a record
in their Office of the stamps upon all boiler
plates and boilers made under the provi-
sions of this act, which they shall inspect.
SEC. 80. And be it further enacted, That
if any person shall counterfeit, or cause to
be counterfeited, any of the marks or stamps
required by this act, or shall designedly
stamp or cause to be stamped falsely any
boiler iron or steel plates, or if any person
shall stamp or mark. or caused to be stamped
or marked, any such iron or steel plates
with the name or trade mark OF an
other, with the intent to mislead or deceive,
any such person or persons shall, upon on
viction thereof, be fined two thousand dol-
lars, One-half to the use of the informer, and
may, in addition thereto. at the discretion
of the court, be imprisoned not exceeding
two years
SEC 80. And be it further enacted That
after one year from the passage of this act,
no iron or steel plates shall be used in the
construction of boilers for steam vessels IN
less they have been inspected in accordance
with the provisions of this act; and the
working steam pressure allowable on such
boilers when single riveted shall not produce
a strain to exceed one-sixth of the tensile
strength of the iron or steel plates of which
such boilers are constructed; but where the
longitudinal laps of the cylindrical parts of
such boilers are double-riveted, and the
rivet-holes for such boilers have been
fairly drilled instead of punched, an
addition of twenty per centum to the work
ing pressure provided for single-riveting
may he allowed; provided, that all other
parts of said boilers shall correspond in
strength to the additional allowances so
made; and no split calking shall in any case
De permitted. And every such boiler shall
De provided with good, wellconstructed
safety valve or valves, of such number, d.
and arrangements as shall be pre-
'cribed by the board of supervising inspect
1rs, and SHALL also be provided with stuff
Gent number OF gauge-cOcks and a reliable
ow-water indicator that will give alarm
when the water falls below its prescribed
limits; aud in addition thereto there
shall be inserted, in a suitable manner, in
he tlues, crown sheet, or other parts of
The boiler most exposed to the heat of
he furnace when the water falls below
is prescribed limits, plug of good
Banca tin, and no boiler to which the
neat is applied to the outside of the
she'll thereof shall be con structed of iron or
steel plates of more than twenty-siX one
OF an inch in thickness the ends
Dr heads of the boilers only excepted, and
very such boiler employed on steamers
rivers flowing into the Gulf If
Mexico, or their tributaries, shall have not
.ess than three inches space between and
around its internal tlues; and the teed-water
shall be delivered into the boilers in such
manner as to prevent it from contracting
The metal, or otherwise injuring the boilers.
And when boilers are so arranged on
steamer that there is employed "a water
pipe through which the water
nay pass from one boiler to another, there
shall also be provided similar steam con-
1ection, having an area of opening into
Zach boiler of at least one square inch for
Every two feet of effective heating surface
contained in any one of the boilers so con-
lected half the f1ue and all other fire sur
faces being computed as effective. And
adequate provision shall be made on all
steamers to prevent sparks or flames from
being driven back from the fire doors into
The vessel.
SEC 40. And be it further enacted, That If
any person shall Intentionally load or OBJ
struct or cause to be loaded or INSTRUCTED,
n any way or manner. the satety-valve of
boiler or shall employ any other means or
lie vice whereby the boiler may be subjected
to a greater pressure than the amount al
owed by the certificate of the inspectors.
Or shall Intentionally derange or hinder the
operation of any machinery or device EN-
oloyed to denote the state of the water or
steam in any boiler, to give warning of
danger. or shall Intentionally
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