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 THIRTY—SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106. 1852. 71 provisions of this act, he shall report the facts in writing to the board in the district where the vessel belongs, and, if need be, cause the negligent e or otfending parties to be prosecuted; and if he has good reason to bef lieve there has been, through negligence, or from any other cause,a failure Report M tv of the board who inspected the vessel to do its duty, he shall report the 'g:§lx,°f1°* °f l°°"" , facts in writing to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall cause irnme- ` ' diate investigation into the truth of the complaint, and if he deems the b D°“m`1“3”* te cause sufficient, shall remove the delinquent. ° mmwe ' S20. 21. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of such Dqtips as to supervising inspectors to see that the said several boards within their °b° respective collection districts execute their duties faithfully, promptly, ` and, as far as possible, uniformly, in all places, by following out the provisions of this act, according to the true intent and meaning thereof; and they shall, as far as practicable by their established rules, harmonize differences of opinion when they exist in different boards. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That the said supervising inspectors Provision}, shall also visit collection districts in which there are no boards of in- Xffofaltgggfd spectors, if there be any where steamers are owned or employed, and whmms moneach one shall have full power to inspect any such steamer or boilers of V¤!}i¢¤¤ to f¤S¤f*¤ each steamer in any such district, or in any other district where, from t° "' distance or other cause, it is inconvenient to resort to the local board, and to grant certificates of approval according to the provisions of this act, and to do and perform in such districts all the duties imposed upon boards in the districts where they exist: Provided, That no supervising No inspector or other inspector shall be deemed competent to inspect in any case? iw; Why; h° where he is directly or indirectly personally interested, or is associated aisolgiglgilevpigg in business with any person who is so interested, but in all such cases persons in int<>· the duty shall be performed by disinterested inspectors, and inspection “’§gS cum b made in violation of this rule shall be void and of no effect. such Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each P¤}‘S<>¤ W be of the collectors or other chief officer of the customs for the districts v°}g;ch wumor aforesaid, except San Francisco, to make known without delay, to the to report the collectors of all the said districts, except San Francisco, the names of gf*;{;t§°;c§'“*°d all persons licensed as engineers or pilots for such vessels, and the names u ` of all persons from whom upon application, licences have been withheld, and the names of all whose licenses have been revoked or suspended, and also the names of all such vessels which neglect or refuse to make such repairs as may be ordered under the provisions of this act, and the names of all for which license has been, on application, refused. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Collectors, iu. collectors or other chief officers of the customs and of the inspectors ;Pt;‘D“g’f6£‘:‘:5£ aforesaid, within the said several districts, to enforce the provisions of ing this hw on law against all such steamers arriving and departing; and upon proof Pt‘9¤¤iW of 3065 that any collector or other chief officer of the customs, or inspector, has §u;m°° °“ °' negligently or intentionally omitted his duty in this particular, such delinquent shall be removed from office, and shall also be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offence, to be sued for in an penalty, action of debt before any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 25. And 6e it further enacted, That the collector or other chief Qvlleelqrwrv officer of the customs, shall retain on Hle all original certiiicates of the msgémm inspectors required by this act to be delivered to him, and shall give to m give out two the master or owner of the vessel therein named, two certified copies °°m£°d °°P*°‘· thereof, one of which shall be placed by such master or owner in some 0 m b conspicuous place in the vessel, where it will be most likely to be k€p’l°P%°;Igd in: observed by passengers and others, and there kept at all times; the other conspicuous shall be retained by such master or owner as evidence of the authority §g;’;§;£‘° thereby conferred; and if any person shall receive or carry any passen- ` ger on board any such steamer not having a. certified copy of the certificate of approval as required by this act, placed and kept as aforesaid;