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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHs. 354, 355. 1924. 659 salaries, and compensation (including night rate) now authorized by law until such time as their wages, salaries, and compensation shall be determined as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions p,§,‘;§{“°“”g "’“’s "* of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, June 7, 1924. CHAP. 355.-An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to promote the fflli1l1l’8b%ll _ safety of emlployees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common car- [Public. N0·277·l riers engage in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and ggitgalbjgdboilers and appurtenances thereto," approved February 17, 1911, as Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first m$”:€cl°°°m°t‘v° b°‘]` sentence of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the °dV°*·“·P·”‘3·°m°¤d‘ safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling ` common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances there- approved February 17, 1911, as amended, is amended to read as 0 ows: “That when used in this Act the terms ‘carrier’ and ‘common {www °“"‘°“‘ "' carrier’ mean a common carrier by railroad, or partl by railroad °dV°‘·3°·P-°*3·°m°¤d· and partly by water, within the continental United Sllzates, subject _ to the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, excluding street, sub- Ex°l"°"°”S' urban, and interurban electric railways unless operated as a part of a general railroad system of transportation." V I 36 3 d SHO. 2. Section 2 of such Act is amended to read as follows: ¤1.°` 'pm ’°ml° ` " Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any carrier to use or permit ,,,g”f,u§§,Q§§}gQ?§§§Z§? to be used on its line any locomotive unless said locomotive, its gr,;u¤*_yi\·,3ig‘gi·f¤ ¢¤¤¤i· boiler, tender, and all parts and appurtenances thereof are in proper ' condigon alpd safe to operate ini thedservicga to which the sarpe ar; put, t at the same ma be em o e in the active service o suc carrier without unnecelssary pdiilyto life or limb, and unless said Im°°°u°°r°quk°d` locomotive, its boiler, tender, and all parts and appurtenances thereof have been inspected from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Act and are able to withstand such test or tests as may be prescribed in the rules and regulations hereinafter provided for." Sec. 3. The last sentence of section 3 of such Act is amended to 8dY°"3°’°‘°"’°m°°°` read as follows: Om t I h., “ The office of the chief inspector shall be in Washington, District i¤Spe$,_° °" ° ° “° of Columbia, and the Interstate Commerce Commission shall provide such legal, technical, stenovraphic, and clerical help as the business of the ’offices of the chief-, inspector and his said assistants may HIPC.? {HSBC. 4. Section 4 of such Act is amended by adding thereto a new ¤aY°I'36’p`9H’°m°°d` paragraph to read as follows: . . H . “ Within the a propriations therefor and subject to the provisions a¤fzili11iii)d.m1mpe°ms of this Act, the Iiiterstate Commerce Commision may appoint, from time to time, not more than fifteen inspectors in addition to the Humber authorized in the first paragraph of this section, as the needs Assigummm of the service may require. Any ins for appointed under this Paragraph shall be so assigned by the clgiielf inspector that his service Limimm mpm,_,d_ will be most eil`ective,” ¤dV<>1-36»¤-916.r¤v¢¤¥ Sec. 5. Section 10 of such Act is hereby repealed. sums., sm., ui. Src. 6. Hereafter the salary of the chief inspector shall be $6,000 °'v¤ub.p.u1s,»m¤¤¤. PGP year; the salary of each assistant chief inspector shall be $5,000 °°·