, 1884-09-24

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st. Croix.
Law of Oath March 1875 concerning public control with steam
boilers on shore, as amended by law of Ind April 1880, is extend
ed to be valid for st. Croix, in the manner hereunder enacted.
Every Steam Boiler used on shore, either as a separate APP
paratus for the generation of steam, or for supplying a
steam engine, shall in accordance with the provisions of the pre-.
sent Ordinance be subject to public control From such control
shall, however, be excepted:
/. Boilers of a capacity not exceeding SO gallons, provided
they in respect to construction and strength fulfil the con-
ditions fixed by Governments;
2. Boilers of a capacity not exceeding 10 gallons, provided
they are fitted with a s~afety-valve with a clear escape of
heating surface, and the maximum of total weight attach
ed to such safety-valve do not exceed 10 lbs. pr. square
inch,-or that it is satisfactorily shown to the Policemas-
ter that the pressure does not exceed the said limit;
g.. Boilers of a capacity exceeding 125 gallons, if fitted with:
a. a safety valve OF the same size as that described under
No. 2. and the total weighing Of (which does not exceed
lbs. per square inch;
b. a tube opening into the atmosphere, not less than 8
inches in bore, and not exceeding Is feet i'll vertical
height above the lower opening, which tube shall not
be sunk in the water contained IN the boiler to G great
boiler. Within the limit thus fixed, Government is
empowered to prescribe how far the tube i'll question
may be sunk within the boiler.
Government is empowered to issue detailed rules as to
the quality and construction of the boilers mentioned under
Every steam boiler and exhaustplp (cfr. s 1877 thereto an.
pertaining shall be constructed in accordance with the reguIa-
tons issued by Government, which authority shall also be en-
powered to provide regulations for the proper attendance of such
boilers.
The Government is empowered to issue detailed regulations
for the use of locomOters i'll the proximity OF buildings and in
fammable objects.
Every steam boiler subject to public control shall be survey
ed before being taken into use either as new or after undergoing
extensive repairs, and shall be surveyed again on the expiration
of every 8 years after such survey. A stationary boiler that has
been removed shall be surveyed before being taken into use
after removal. The purpOrt of the survey is to test and examine
if the boiler fulfls the conditions prescribed by Government Ill
regard to the construction OF steam boilers, and in the case Of
portable boilers intended for use III the proximity Of inhammable
objects, if they are fitted with such protective apparatus as pur.
Suant to 3 shall be required by Government.
s..
Concerning the manner in which the tests and examinations
mentioned in 5 3 shall be effected, detailed rules may be prescrib-
ed by Government.
If the prescribed test and examination have not been effect
ed before the boiler is walled in, placed i'll position, or covered,
the owner of the boiler, or the person who uses it, shall remove
whateverin the opinion of the surveyors binders the proper test
ing and examination Of the boiler.
Z.
In the survey of boilers constructed in a foreign country,
test of pressure may be omitted ii it cannot be effected without
removing the covering of the boiler, and provided that it is
shown by certificate from the local authorities, legallzed by the
Danish consul, that the testing in question has been effected in
such foreign country in the course of the past year in accordance
with the legislation of such foreign country, and that the boiler
has stood the test,-and provided that such certificate contains
such detailed information as to show that the boiler is In accord
ance with the regulations existing in the Danish West India
Islands.
8.
Survey of steam boilers may at the option of the parties
concerned be effected either at the place where the boiler is being
built, or at the place where it is used.
8.
For effecting the enacted surveys 2 experts are appointed.
The appointment is made by the Superior Authority, which is
entitled to select the surveyors from either district of administra-
ton. IF the parties are willing to accept appointment as Perma-
nent Surveyors, such appointment may be given for a term not
exceeding 3 years.