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 690 FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 138, 139. 1895. Work M ¤·¤ me SEO. 5. That it shall be the duty of the surveyor to execute any °"°° surveying work for the District oflColnmbia, without clnarigekgn the i _ r f th Commissioners- and al tees or surveys ma e y e sur- Fmmmbw M vleyhr gr thi assistant survbyor shall be paid over to th_e collector of taxes of the District of Columbia under regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and be covered into the Treasury of the United States as other revenues_of the District are mssnvsusn of now; and the Held notes of the surveyor and his assistant shall be pre- "°'°“’"°°'°"°*°` served and shall be a part of the public property of the District of Columbia, and all records, plats, plans and other papers or documents now existing or hcreaftzr made 0};- secured by Jhlepfiice of the said Hsué- ve or shall be delive eac surveyor is successor in o c , and no plat or urvey of larsid shall be recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia except it be certified to as correct by the surveyor of the said District. _ Dunn of ¤¤i•¤¤·*- Sec. 6. That the assistant surveyor shall take the ame oath his principal is required to take, and may, during thecontinuance of his otiice, discharge and perform any of the official duties of his principal, and any default or misfeasance in office by the assistant surveyor, or other assistant or helper of the surveyor, shall be deemed a breach of the official bond of his principal. Schedules cr rm. Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby empowered and directed to prescribe a schedule of fees to be charged by the surveyor for his services, in lieu of the fees now charged, which schedule shall be printed and conspicuously displayed in the office of the surve or. Repeal. Sec. 8.yThat all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of thi Act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 28, 1895. February 28, im. CHAP. 139.-An Act To amend section fortyifour hundred sud thirty-four of title ——········—·-·· fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United iam vemln- m States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-four hun- ..,.%;'I°` ""dred dtml: thirty-fortiruof title ilfty-two of the Revised Statutes be amen 0 rea as o ows: rulesets. of mm ··Sec. 4434. No externally ilred boiler having its shell constructed g},;;']}, g',}°§§§§{’§,,{‘;$ of iron or steel plates exceeding an average thickness of thirty onesl-. hundredths of an inch shall be employed on any steam vessel navigating the Red River of the North or rivers iiowiu g into the Gulf of Mexico or their tributaries; and no externally fired boiler employed on space mwmauss. any such steam vessel shall have less than three inches space between its shell and any of its internal tlues, and not less than three inches space between such ilues when any such ilues are more than five inches in diameter; and every such externally tired boiler employed on any nnniwn. such steam vessel shall be provided with a manhole in the lower part of the front bead thereof, of such dimensions as may be prescribed by the Board of Supervisingdnspectors, in all case where the distance 105;:1 m¤¤;n:»¤‘_:: between 1tsinternal ilues is less than three inches. Externally Bred sen. ‘ " boilers having shells constructed of iron or steel plates not exceeding an average thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized and employed on steam vessels navigating the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or saltwater bays or sounds, or the Great Lakes, or any of them, and waters iam; M I ilowing to and from the same, or any of them: Prmrided, That on inspec- "¤ ’°" "°'· tion no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of thirty onehundredths of an mch and no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of fifty onehuudredths of an inch shall be rejected for use if found to exceed those dimensions, respectively, if the average thickness thereof does not exceed the limits therein specified, and the