, 1884-01-02

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public control mith Steam Boilers. on shore,
as Gmended by law Of End AprJ 1880, as
extended to be Mlid IN the Danish West
India Islands.
Law of oath March 1875 concerning pub
lie control with steam boilers on shore, as
amended by law Of 2nd April 1880, is ex-
tended to be valid in the Danish West
India Islands in the manner hereunder
enacted
Every Steam Boiler used on shore, either
as a separate apparatus for the generation
of steam, or for supplying q steam engine,
shall in accordance with the provisions Of
the present ordinance be subject to public
control. From such control shall, hOweV-
Ell, be excepted
y Boilers of a capacity not exceeding 80
gallons, provided they in respect to
construction and strength fulfil the
conditions fixed by Governments;
p Boilers Of a capacity not exceeding
125 gallons, provided they are fitted
with asafety-valve with Il clear escape
of not less than 0.07 square inches for
every square foot Of heating surface,
and the maximum of total weight at
tached to such Safcty-valve does not
exceed l0lbs. per square inch,-or that
it is satisfactorily shown to the Police
master that the pressure does not
exceed the said limit:
81 Boilers of d capacity exceeding 1875
gallons, if fitted with:
AZ a safety valve Of the same size as that
described under No. 2, and the total
weighing of which dOes not exceed 7
lbs. per square inch,
b. a tube opening into tho atmosphere,
not less than 3 inches in bore and not
exceeding 16 feet in vertical height
above the lower opening, which tube
shall not be sunk into the water con
tanned in the boiler to a greater depth
than at least A inches above the bot
tom of the boiler. Within the limit
thuS fixed, Government is empowered
to prescribe how far the tube III queS.
ton may be sunk within the boiler.
Government is empowered to issue de
tailed rules as to the quality and construc-
ton of the boilers mentioned under Nos.
2 and 3.
Every steam boiler and exhaust pipe
cfr. S ID thereto appertaining shall be
constructed III accordance with the regula-
tons issued by Government, which au-
thOrity shall also be empowered to provide
regulations for the proper attendance of
such boilers.
So.
The Government is empowered to issue
detailed regulations for the use of loco
motors III the proximity Of buildings and
infammabIe objects.
A.
Every steam boiler subject to public
control shall be surveyed before being
taken into use either as new or after I'M
.dergoing extensive repairs, and shall be
surveyed again on the expiration of every
3 years after such survey. A stationary
boiler that has been removed shall be sur
veyed before being taken into use after
the removal. The purpOrt of the survey
is to test and examine if the boiler fulflS
the conditions prescribed by Government
in regard to the construction of steam boil
ers, and, in the case of portable boilers in
tended for use in the proximity of iniam-
mable objects. if theyare fitted with such
protective apparatus as pursuant to 5 3
shall be required by Government.
SIS.
Concerning the manner in which the
tests and examinations mentioned in s 3
shall be effected, detailed rules may be
prescribed by Government.
IS.
If the prescribed test aud examination
have not been effected before the boiler is
walled in, placed in position, or covered,
the owner of the boiler, or the person who
uses.it, shall remove whatever in the opin-