Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-19


AN ACT 10 provide for the inspection of
steam boilers and licensing steam engineers
in Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of
Minnesota.
Section l., There shall be appointed by the
governor board of three inspectors, whose
duty shall be to inspect steam boilers, and
shall hold their office for three years from the
date of their appointment, unless sooner re-
moved for cause.
Sec g. Said inspectors shall be persons
who have had practice in the construction of
steam boilers, and such experience in their
management as will enable them to fill the
duties of their positions; and they shall be men
of good moral character, and shall hrst be
duly sworn or affirmed by some officer OF the
State that they viii faithfully perform the
duties of their Office; and the governor may at
any time remove an Inspector from office upon
Evidence sufficient TO show incapacity or I'M
faitheuiness in the discharge of his duties, and
appoint a successor.
Sec. 5 Said inspectors shall, on or before
the first Monday of April next after the pas
sage of this bill, and each year thereafter, at
such times as they shall designate, meet and
establish such rules and regulations for the
inspection of steam boilers, and to carry out
the provisions of this (which rules, when SO
established, shall have the form of law
Sec. 4. Every owner, lessee or other person
in charge of any steamboat plying upon any
inland lake not subject to inspection Inder the
laws of the United States, or any establish
ment propelled in whole or in part by steam,
shall cause to be inspected 1t least once in
each year, the boilers, pipes nd valves used by
him, and every such owner, lessee or person
in charge of such steamboat or establishment
who shall raise steam and operate his said
boilers, pipes and valves without such inspec-
ton, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hun
bred dollars, one-haIf of said amount to &C
crue to the State, and the other half to the
person informing and prosecuting therefor.
Sec. S. Said Inspectors STILL annually in
spect all boilers in the State subject to inspec
ton under the provisions of this act, and grant
certificates of inspection to the owner or 9TH
er person, in conformity Nth the rules estab-
llshed by said board of Inspectors, when such
boilers shall be found to COM ply with the rules
of said board of inspectors.
Sec. g.. In addition TO the annual inspection
it Shall be the duty st said inspectors to ex-
anime at proper times, when in thei. opinion
such examination shall become necessary all
such boilers in the State as shall become
unsafe from any Cause, after their inspection,
and to notify the owners or these using the
same of any defects in said boilers, and what
repairs may be necessary i'll order to render
them safe; and it shall be the duty Of the per-
son owning or operating any such boilers to
cease TO use the same Gntl sueh repairs are
made; and in case of failure to comply with
the requirements herein, the said person SO
owning or operating the same shall be liable to
fine not exceeding one hundred dolla.s.
Sec. z. Every steam boiler Shall be provided
with fusible plug of good Blanca tin and
lead inserted in the flues, crown-sheets, or
other parts of the boiler most exposed to the
heat of the furnace when the water falls be-
low the prescribed limits
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty Of all owners
or others operating steam boilers mentioned
in this act to allow said inspectors free access
to the same, and it is hereby made the duty of
any engineer operating the same to assist the
inspector in his examination, and to point out
any defects he may know in the boiler or ma
chinery operated by him.
Sec. 9. The fees OF such inspectors Shall
be for one boiler five dollars, and three dollars
for each, additional boiler when connected, to
be paid When certificate is granted.
Sec. 10. Any inspector who shall wlfully
certify falsely touching any steam boiler or
their attachments, shall, or conviction thereof,
be punished by fine not exceeding five hun.
drcd dollars, and shall be removed from Office.
Sec. IL. This act, so far as it refers to
steam boilers, shall not apply to railroad
locomotives and boilers used in railroad shops,
boilers holding an inspection certificate from
any insurance company insuring against eX-
plosivc or steamboat boilers, that come under
the United States inspection laws. This act
shall apply only to boilers used in steamboats,
plying upon inland lakes in this State.
Sec. IL. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March S, 1851.