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 FOR'I‘Y—FIR.ST CONGRESS. Suse. III. Ch. 100. 1871. 449 shall be selected for his knowledge, skill, and practical experience in the uses of steam for navigation, and is a competent judge of the character and qualities of steam-vessels, and of all parts of the machinery employed in steaming. The said supervising inspectors and the supervising inspector- Supervising general shall assemble together as z board, oncc in each year, at the city ::"°\:€;{: "QS} of Washington, District of Columbia, on the third Wednesday in January, gpggtnr-gegaral and at such other times as the Secretary of tho Treasury shall prescribe, W ¤¤¤¢° M °· for joint consultation, and shall assign to each of the supervising inspectors respectively, the limits of territory within which he shall perform his du- ungton, me. ties, and the said board shall establish all necessary rules aud regulations d.*Q;‘if“';’§3° °f required to carry out in the mosh effective manner the provisions of this u:;;:;},; rnxggi act. for the safety of life, which rules and regulations, when approved by kvthe Secretary of the Treasury, shall have the force of law: Provided, Suporvisiué however, that the supervising inspector for the district embracing the Pa.- ;E’P;;’*°' °fh ° ciiic coast shall not be under obligation to attend the meetings of the board oftencr than once in two years, and when he docs not attend such meetings, be shall make his communications thereto, in the way of a report, in such manner as tho board shall prescribe. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That each supervising inspector Duties Oy each shall watch over all parts of the territory assigned to him, shall visit, con- ¤¤P¤¤’iSi¤{g ipfer with, and examine into the doings of the loca] boards of inspectors §¥§'Q§;§Q;QtF‘" within his district, and shall instruct them in the proper performance of their duties; and shall, whenever he thinks it expedient, visit such vessels licensed, aud examine into their condition, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this act have been observed and complied with both by the board of inspectors and the master and owners ; and it shall be the duty of all masters, engineers, mates, aud pilots of such vessels to answer all reasonable inquiries, and to give all the information in their power in regard to any such vessel so visited, and hcr machinery for steaming, and the manner of managing both. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That whenever a supervising in- qoreport vlaspcctor ascertaius to his satisfaction that any master, mate, engineer, pilot, ;’;;;’:ig:t*1{:‘ or owner of any such vessel fails to perform his duties according to the mlocal iunpmprovisions of this act, he shall report the facts in writing to the board in 0*8; the district where the vessel was inspected or belongs ; aud, if uccd be, ho shall cause the negligent or ofcuding party to be prosecuted; and if ¤>)‘¤g<>;¤ hz}- the supervising inspector has good reason to believe there has been, Qfaignsgégr through negligence or any other cause, v, failure of the board who in- wma Sammy spectcd the vessel to do its duty, he shall report the facts in writing to the °* "*° T'°”°¤'.Y$ Secretary of the Treasury, who shall cause immediate investigation into the truth of the complaint, and, if he deems the cause sufficient, shall romovc the delinquent. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of such   msgs  the supervising inspectors to see that the said several boards within their rc- tgz; dag; ° spcctive districts execute their duties faithfully, promptly, und, as fur as possible, uniformly in all pIacos,by f[0]110wing out the provisions of thns act according to the true intent and meaning thereof; and they  s.hull, ag far as practicable, harmonize differences of opinion when they cxnst m dxifercnt local boards. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That the said supervising inspect- to;isit ¤¤11¤¤. 01‘S shall also visit collection districts in which there are no boards of Emrgsgggfsre inspectors, if there be any, where steamcrs arc owned or employedaand u0 1oqgl bonds each one shall have full power m inspect any sucustgamcr or the boxlgrs ¤f ¤¤¤p¤¤¤¤r¤a of such steamer in any such district, or in any district where, from d1s- tance or other cause, it is inconvenient be resort to the local boardnanu to grant certificates of approval, and to do and perform all the dunes xmposed upon local boards by this act. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Agsgzguigh board of supervising inspectors to establish such rules and rcgulauous as mms mj: von. xv:. Pun. -29