Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-02-07
NO. 16.

NJ. 10.
An Act to Establish a Board of INSPECTORS TO,
Steam Vessels and Steam Boilers, and to Pro.
vide for Licensing Engineers of Steam En-
gines.
Be it Enacted By the Legislative assembly o.
the State of North Dakota:
SECTION l. There shall be appointed by
the governor a board of inspectors. consist
ing OF one from each of the several Judi.
clal districts OF the state, whose duty il
shall be to inspect all steam boilers in use
within his district. not subject to inspec.
ton under the laws OF the United States
and to examine and grant certificates of Ii
cense to all steam engineers entrusted with
the care II management of steam boilers
within said district. Said inspectors shall
hold their respective offices for two (2)
years from the date of appointment, unless
removed for cause by the governor.
Seq No person shall be eligible 70
hold office OF inspector of boilers who is
either directly or indirectly interested in
the manufacture or sale of boilers or steam
machinery, or any patented article required
to be used or of general use in the construc.
ton OF steam boilers or engines, or who is
engineer. and suitably qualified by expert.
ence in the construction Of steam boilers
or such experience in their manufacture as
to enable him to perform the duties of the
office, and no person shall enter upon or
perform any Of the duties of inspector who
has not taken and subscribed an oath, and
filed the same with the secretary of the state
that he will faithfully and impartially per,
form the duties of his office.
SECS Said inspectors shall, In April
next after the passage of this act, and each
year thereafter, meet as a board at Bis
marck, North Dakota, and estab.
!lsh such rules n regulations
for the inspection of the hulis
machinery, boilers, steam connections, fire
apparatus, life saving appliances and
equipments of all steamers, propelled in
the inland waters of the state. They shall
also designate the number of passengers
that each steam vessel may safely carry
and it shall be unlawful for any master OF
owner OF any steam vessel her, in provided
for, to carry a greater number of passen.
gers than allowed by the inspectors Ger.
tificate, and such regulations, when ap.
proved by the governor, shall have the
force of law.
SEC. 4. Every owner. lessee or Cher
person, having charge of steam boilers on
any boat, or boat propelled in whole or in
part by steam, not subject to inspection
under the laws of the United States, shall
cause the same to be inspected at least
once in each year by the inspectors herein
provided for, and every UGH owner, lessee
or person having charge Of such boilers OF
steam vessel, who shall raise steam and
operate such boilers and machinery with,
out such inspection, shall be subject to a
penalty of one hundred (100) dollars,
said amount to accrue to the state.
SEC. S. The said inspectors shall once
in each year at least, upon application, in
writing, OF the owner, lessee or manager
carefully inspect the hull, boiler, machin'
cry and equipments OF all steam vessels
liable to inspection under this act, ant
Shall satisfy themselves that every suct
vessel is of a structure suitable for the ser.
vice in which she is to be employed and
has suitable accommodations for paSSen'
gers and crew and is in a condition to war
rant the belief that she may be used in
navigation as a steamer, with safety to life
and that such equipments as life preserv'
ers, floats, pumps. hose, anchors and other
been provided. When the inspection of a
steam vessel is completed and the inspect
OrS approve the vessel and her equipments
throughout, they shall make and subscribe
a certificate to the secretary of the state, in
such form as the board of inspectors shall
prescribe; such certificate shall be sub.
scribed and verified by the oath of the in
icate shall be furnished by the inspector to
the managing owner or master of said
steam vessel, who shall post the same in a
conspicuous place on said boat. The orig
inal certificate shall be kept on file in the
Office of the secretary Of the state.
SEC. &. The said inspectors shall, in ad-
dition to their duties as inspectors of
steam vessels, inspect all steam boilers or
steam generators before the anne shall be
used, and ono at least in each year there.
after they shall subject all boilers to hydro
static pressure, and shall satisfy them
selves by a thorough examination inside
and out, and by hammer test, after the n.y.
drOstatic pressure, that the boilers are well
made of good and suitable material: that
the openings for the passage of water and
steam respectively, and all pipes and tubes
exposed to heat are of proper dimensions
and free from distractions; that the fues
are circular in form; that the friction (tire
line) of the furnace is at least two (2)
inches below the prescribed minimum
water line of the boilers; that the arrange
ments for delivering the feed water are
such that the boilers cannot be injured
thereby, and that such boilers and their
without peril to life. They shall also satisfy
themselves that the safety valves are of
suitable dimensions, sufficient in number
and properly arranged, and that the safety
valve weights and springs are properly adj
justed so as to allown no greater pressure in
Cne DOllerS LnRn the amount prescribed by
the inspection certificates; that there is q
sufficient number of guage cocks properly
inserted, suitable guages that will correct
ly record the pressure of steam; and that
a tusible plug is properly inserted, so as to
fuse by the heat of the furnace whenever
the water in the boilers falls below its pre-
scribed limits, and that adequate and GER
tain provisions for an ample supply to feed
the boilers at all times, so that in high
pressure boilers the water shall not be
less than four az inches above the top of
the tlues, and, that means for blowing out
are provided so that the mud and sediment
may be removed while the boiler is under
pressure of steam. In SubjectingE to hydro
static tests, boilers usually designated as
high pressure, the inspector shall assume
one hundred and twenty-five (125) pounds
toithe square inch as the maximum pres
sure allowable as a working pressure for
new boilers OF forty-two (42) inches in di-
ameter, made in the best manner, of plates
%one,fourth of an inch thick, of good mate
rails; but the inspector shall Fate the
working power of all high. pressure boilers
according to their strength; COM
pared with this standard, and in all
cases the test applied shall exceed the
working power allowed, in the ratio of one
hundred and sixty-fiye (165) to. one
hundred and ten (1l0) in subjecting to the
ihydrostatic test boilers usually designated.