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 858 Trruc r.rr.—-REGULATION OF STEAM-VESSELS.—Cr1. 1. _ Punishment _ of Sec. 4425. Every inspector who willfully certifies falsely touching any !"“Pf,;‘;{ °°"*’fY‘ steam-vessel, as to her hull, accommodations, boilers, engines, machinery, 3; or their appurtenances, or any of her equipments, or any matter or thing Ibid-. 8- 32 contained in an certificate signed and sworn to by_ him, shall be punished by fine ofy not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. [Sn 5 MS2-] Ferrvboats, ca- Sec. 4426. The hull and boilers of every ferry-boat, canal-boat, yacht, 2'*l‘b°”’· Y°°h**· or- other small craft of like character, propelled by steam, shall be inspected L____ under the provisions of this Title. suc other provisions of law or the U>id-.¤·58»1>·456- better security of life,as may be applicable to such vessels, shall, by the regulations of the board of supervising inspectors, also be required to be complied with, before a certihcate of inspection shall be granted; and no such vessel shall be navigated without a licensed engineer and a licensed ilot. Tug-boats, P Sec. 4427. The hull and boiler of every tug-boat, towing-boat, and i¤’°iShVb°¤*¤» &¤· freight—boat shall be inspected, under the provisions of this Title; and Ibid_ the inspectors shall see t at the boilers, machinery, and appurtenances of such vessel are not dangerous in form or workmanship, and that the safet -valves, gauge·cocks, low-water alarm indicators, steam -Emges, and fusible plugs are all attached in conformity to law; and the officers naviptin such vessels shall be licensed in conformity with the provisions of t is Title, and shall be subject to the same provisions of law as officers navigating passengensteamers. Qonstruction of Sec. 4428. Every boiler manufactured to be used on steam-vessels,and b°‘l°”· made of iron or steel plates, shall be constructed of lates that have been 1hid,,¤_35,p_451_ stamped in accordance with the provisions of this 'Eitle. Punishment for Src. 4429. Every person who constructs a boiler, or steam-pipe coni{nP¤>p¢f<;¤n¤’¢r¤c— nectinglthe boilers, to be used on steam-vessels, of iron or steel plates t‘°“° b°‘1°”· which ave not been duly stamped and inspected according to the pro- Ibid. visions of this Title, or who knowingly uses any defective, bad. or faulty iron or steel in the construction of such boilers; or who drifts any rivethole to make it come fair; or who delivers any such boiler for use, knowing it to be imperfect in its iiues, Hanging, riveting, bracing, or in any ot er of its parts, shall be fined one thousand dollars, one- alf for the use of the informer. Nothing in this Title shall be so construed as to prevent from being used, on any steamer, any boiler or steam-generator which may not be constructed of riveted iron or steel pilates, when the board of supervising inspectors have satisfactor evi ence that such boiler or steam-generator is equal in strength, and as safe from explosun, as a boiler of the best quality constructed of riveted iron or steel p tes. Inspection of Sec. 4-430. Every iron or steel plate used in the construction of steamboilvr-plates- boat-boilers, and which shall be subject to a tensile strain, shall be Ibid_, ,_ 36inspected in such manner as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, so as to enable the inspectors to ascertain its tensile stren th, homogeneousness, toughness, and ability to withstand the effect 0% repeated heating and cooling; and no iron or steel plate shall be used in the construction oflsueh boilers which has not been inspected and approved under those ru es. Stampingboiler- Sec. 4431. Every plate of boiler·iron or steel, made for use in the con- Pl¤l>¤¤- struction of steamboabboilers, shall be distinctly and permanently stamped " Ibid_, ,_ 37_ by the manufacturer thereof, and, if practicable, in such places that the marks shall be left visible when such lates are 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 inspectors shall keep a record in their office of the stamps upon all boiler-p ates and boilers which they inspect. Punishment for Sec. 4432. Everyperson who counterfeits, or causes tobe counterfeited, counterfeiting any of the marks or stamps prescribed for boiler—iron or steel plates, 0T ”*_‘§’j£';____ who designedly stamps, or causes to be stamped falsely, any such plates; Ibid.,s.38,p.452. and every person who stamps or marks, or causes to be stam d or marked, any such iron or steel plates with the name or trade-mails of another,