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 and navigating 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 or owner of any steam vessel herein provided for, to carry a greater number of passengers than is allowed by the inspector's certificate, and such regulations, when approved by the Governor, shall have the force of law.

§ 4. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO HAVE STEAM BOILER INSPECTED.] Every owner, lessee or other 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 such owner, lessee or person having charge of such boilers or steam vessel, who shall raise steam and operate such boilers and machinery without such inspection, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred (100) dollars, said amount to accrue to the State.

§ 5. STEAM VESSELS, WHEN TO BE INSPECTED-CERTIFICATE.] 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, machinery and equipments of all steam vessels liable to inspection under this act, and shall satisfy themselves that every such vessel is of a structure suitable for the service in which she is to be employed and has suitable accommodations for passengers and crew and is in a condition to warrant the belief that she may be used in navigation as a steamer, with safety to life, and that such equipments as life preservers, floats, pumps, hose, anchors and other things necessary to insure safety, have been provided. When the inspection of a steam vessel is completed and the inspectors 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 subscribed and verified by the oath of the inspector making it, and a copy of said certificate 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 original certificate shall be kept on file in the office of the Secretary of the State.

§ 6. MANNER OF TESTING.] The said inspectors shall, in addition to their duties as inspectors of steam vessels, inspect all steam boilers or steam generators before the same shall be used, and once at least in each year thereafter they shall subject all boilers to hydrostatic pressure, and shall satisfy themselves by a thorough examination inside and out, and by hammer test, after hydrostatic 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 obstructions; that the flues are circular in form; that the friction (fire line) of the fur-