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of a capacity exceeding 125 gallons, if fitted with 5:


9. 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;
inches in bore, and not exceeding 10 feet in vertical
height above the lower opening, which tube shall not
be sunk in the water contained IN the boiler to G great
er depth than at least 4 inches above the bottom OF the
boiler. Within the limit thus fixed, Government is
empowered to prescribe how far the tube in 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
Nos. 2 and 3.
Every steam boiler and exhaustp,pe (of. ls) thereto sp-
pertaining shall be constructed in accordance with the regula-
lions issued by Government, which authority shall also be en-
powered to provide regulations for the proper attendance of such
boilers.
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The Government is empowered to issue detailed regulations
for the use of lOcOmOters in the proximity of buildings and in
hammable 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
ifthe boiler fulfIs the conditions prescribed by Government IN
portable boilers intended for use in the proximity of inaammable
objects, if they are fitted with such protective apparatus as pur.
Su'nt to 5 8 shall be required By Government
Concerning the manner in which the tests and examinations
mentioned in 3 shall be effected, detailed rules may be prescrib-
Ell by Government.
If the prescribed test and examination have not been effect
ed before the boiler is walled in, placed in position, or covered,
whatever in n the hO Opinion piii% Of Of the he surveyors binders ii the S proper test.
ing and examination OF the boiler.
T.
In the survey of boilers constructed in a foreign country,
test of pressure may be omitted if it cannot be effected without
removing the covering of the boiler, and provided that it is
shown by certificate from the local authorities, hegaized by the
Danish consul, that the testing i'll question has been effected in
such foreign country i'll 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.
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 til used.
For efecting 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 t. accept appointment as Perma.
nent Surveyors, such appointment may be given for a term not
exceeding ) years.
After completing a survey, the surveyors have to render n
full Report thereof, setting forth the condition and state of the
boiler &c. &C., the tests and examinations, and the defects which
they have discovered. This report is rendered in duplicate, of
kept by the POlicemaster, and the other, provided with his GER
tifcate, is delivered to the owner of the boiler for his infOrma-
ton. The surveyors report stands valid as long as the defects
eventually therein set forth have not been remedied, or the re-
port reversed by resurvey.
If the owner of the boiler, or the party who uses it, demands
the survey tested by resurvey, the Superior Authority appoints
to that effect the double number of experts. The reSurveyOTS
make statement as to the points in which the said survey is con.
frmed, and as to those in which til reversed.
IL.
Before a boiler subject to public control is taken into use,
whether as new or after undergoing extensive repairs, or II sta
tlOnary, after removal to another station, report Thereon shall be
made to the POicemaSter of the jurisdiction.
Every person who becomes owner of d portable steam boiler
locomotive or locomotor) subject to public control, shall report