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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sus. HI. Ch. 100. 1871. 451 contained in any certificate sgned and sworn to by him, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. EC. 33. And be it further enacted, That no person interested, either Who may not directly or indirectly, in any patented life-preserver, life-boat, gauge, or b° f“¥‘f‘;"l“l“!t_ any article required to be used on any steamer by this act, or who is a Skim nsw, member of any association of owners, masters, engineers, or pilots of steamboats, or who is directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in any steanvvessel, or who has not the qualifications and acquirements as prescribed by this act, or who is intemperate in his habits, shall be eligible to hold the office of either supervising or local inspector, or dis- mggnxgogf charge the duties thereof ; and if any such person shall attempt to exer- attemptingto oise the functions of the office of steamboat inspector, it shall be a misde- §"°'°.“° wg meanor, for which he shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred' dollars, silsfntigggtoin. and shall be dismissed from office. ¤p¤¤¤>¤‘· Sec. 34. And be it further enacted, That any inspector who shall, upon upon inspectauy pretense, receive any foe or reward for his service rendered under §{6f°;I'g;:‘vg'c$ this act, except what is herein allowed him, shall forfeit his office, and if forgerviceh. ' found guilty, on indictment., or otherwise, [bc] punished, according to the aggravation of the offence, by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. SEO. 35. And be it further enacted, That every boiler manufactured Boilers manuafter twelve months from the passage of this act, to be used on steam- €’°*l"°d am; vessels, and made of iron or steel plates, shall be constructed of plates   $3,:* that have been stamped in accordance with the provision of this act; constructedand if any person shall construct a boiler, or steam-pipe connecting Penalty for the boilers, to be so used, of iron or steel plates which have not been d°i”S °“b“"l°°~ stamped and inspected according to the provisions of this act, or otherwise as herein provided, or who shall knowingly use any defective, bad, or faulty iron or steel in the construction of such boilers; or shall drift any rivet-hole to make it come fair; or shall deliver any such boiler for use, knowing it to be imperfect in its flues, flnnging, riveting, bracing, or in any other of its parts, shall be fined one thousand dollars, one half for the use of the informer: Provided, however, That Boilers, src. nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent from being used, on ;‘3°x;‘;°‘;;;**;';g(§‘ any steamer, any boiler or steam-generator which may not be construct· m &,_y ' ed of riveted iron or steel plates, when the board of supervising inspectors shall have satisfactory evidence that such boilers or steam-generators is equal in strength, and as safe from explosion, as a. boiler of the best quality, constructed of riveted iron or steel plates. Sec. 36. And be it further enacted, That after twelve months from the _ Inspection of passage of this act, every iron or steel plate used in the construction of ;';Q6‘;";;31i¤ steamboat boilers, and which shall be subject to a tensile strain, shall be the q,,,,t,,,,m,u inspected in such manner as shall be prescribed by the board of super. of boilers. vising inspectors and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, so as to enable the inspectors to ascertain its tensile strength, homogeneousness, toughness, and ability to withstand the effect of repeated heating and cooling; and no iron or steel plate shall be used in the construction of such ipclpxplstes boilers which has not been so inspected and approved under the rules Qglcgmsgggmds prescribed as aforesaid. _ Sec. 37. And be it further enacted, That every such plate of boiler bfo be Stsmped . . . · y the manuxrou or steel, made for use in the construction of steamboat boilers, shall mmm, &c_ be distinctly and permanently stamped by the manufacturer thereof, and, if practicable, in such places that the marks shall be left vlsible when such plates shall be worked into boilers, with the name of the manufacturer, the place where manufactured, and the number of pounds tensile strain it will bear to the sectional square inch; and the linspectors “§:¤;>¤`gln<>€0im_ shall keep a record in their office of the stamps upou_all boiler plates pmcgaud bpm_ and boilers made under the provisions of this act, which they shall m- ers. spect.