, 1884-01-02

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During the last as we'll as the present
Y ear, in accordance with the enactmentS
contained in the ordinance of 9th April
1882, that are valid in the Danish West
India Islands, cfr. Chancery letter dated
9th December 1917 Commission to that
effect appointed by the Superior Authority,
and consisting of 2 experts and the Police
master Of the jurisdiction, has effected an
examination Of the steam boilers on the
sugar estates in ST. Croix. In performing
these examinations, the Commission has
chiefly followed the instructions contained
in publication for the mOthercOuntry dated
LIST December 1880 concerning the arrange
ment and control Of steam boilers on shore,
and the Instructions Of the same date for
surveyors appointed pursuant to 8 and
10 in law of 9th March 1910 concerning
public control of steam boilers on shore;
but, such being the ease, it is considered a
natural consequence that the law upon
which the administrative regulations in
question are founded-the law Of24th March
1875, as amended by law of 2nd April 1880
should be extended to be valid In st.
CrOiX.
But while it must indeed be conceded
that st. CrOiX is the island in regard to
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urgently needed, it is on the other hand
true that the extension will be Of signii-
canoe also for st. Thomas and st. John;
and as generally speaking the piece-meal
extension of legal enactmentS like those III
question must be considered unfortunate,
Government has thought it the more cor
rect course to propose that the enactlnentS
in question be- extended to be valid for the
Danish West India Islands in general.
BY the law of y April 1851 and the two
subsequent laws just referred to, the prIn-
ciple of exercising public control with mills
worked by means of steam machinery has
been more fully developed and worked ont
i'll detail. One of the principal regulations
in the law of 1875 is, that every steam
engine subject to public control shall be
thoroughly examined by 2 experts before
it is taken into use, either as new, or after
being extensively repaired, or, If stationary,
after removal to ar other station, and also
after a time of 3 years since last eXamlna-
ton; such a steam engine shall, moreover,
every year during which it has not been
examined according to the other enactmentS
OF the law, be examined by one expert, by
which examination no test of pressure Is
applied; and, finally, under Is OF the law,
it may at any time, when the POlicemaSter
finds sufficient cause therefore, be subjected
to minute examination. The enactment in
the ordinance of 1882, IS, concerning the
payment of the costs connected with the
examinations and surveys, has become
modified in so far as, by the law Of 1875,
the expenses in question are to be distributed
between the public and the private parties
concerned.
AS will be seen from the draft, only unes-
sential alterations of the law have been
proposed.
In S / of the draft $50 gallons and 1925
gallons" has been entered as being nearly
equivalent to the corresponding quantities
of resp. 5000 Potter and $500 Potter"
mentioned in the law of 1880. In regard to
boilers of such small size, it should be
observed that as far as Government is
aware-none are at present used i'll st.
Croix, but that this circumstance has not
been considered sufficient reason for omit
ting the enactment in question from the
draft.