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 § 371 `rrrzzs 4c APP(3I`.e$¤¤"IME2s’*Zl‘, QUALIFICATIONS, DUTIES, AND SAI ARIE3 QF INSPECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS 371. Supervising Inspector General and Deputy Supervisin; Inspector Genertale-There shall be a Supervising inspects General, who shall be appointed from time to time by th llresitlest, by and With the advice and consent ook! the Senate and who shall m selected with reference topéils htuess an ability to systematize and curry into etfect all the provisions o law relating to the Steamboat Inspection Service, and wh shall he entitled to a salary of $5,000 a year and his actus necessary traveling expenses whhe traveling on o§cial buslnes assigned him by competent authority, together withhis actus and reasonable expenses for transportation of instrument: wltlch shall be certified and sworn to under such instruction as shall be given by the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce may appoint a Deputy Supe1 rising Inspector General, who shall be the chief clerk of th bureau and in the absence of the Supervising Inwector Genera have power to act in his stead, and·who shall be entitled to Salary of $3,000 per year. (R. $.11,4402; July 2, 1918, c. 11E so Stat. *139.) _. , 372. Duties of Supervising Inspector _Gener;l.—-The. St pervising Inspector General shall, under the direction of th Secretary of Commerce, superintend the administration of th stmmhoat-inspection laws, preside at the meetings of tp Board l of Supervising Inspectors, receive all reports of inspev tors, receive and examine all accounts of inspectors, repon tally at stated periods to the Secretary ot  upon ai matters pertaining to_his ofilcial dutiw, and produce a corre< and uniform administration of the inspection laws, rules} an regulations. (R. S, if 4403; Feb. 14, 1903, c. 652,  Stat; 829 MarZ_4,"1913, c. 141, 37 Stat. 736.) _ R _ ‘ . 371 Sapervising hspectors; `quslihcations and appoint ment.———·There shall be elevw supervising. inspectors, who sha] be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and cor sent ot the Senate. Each of them shall be selected for hl knowledge, skill, and practical experience in the uses of stm; tor navigation, and shall be a competentjudgel of the characte and qualities ot steam vemels and of all- parts of the machluelf employed in steaming. Each supervising inspector shall b eudtledto a salary of $3,45041 year and his actual nécessar traveling expenses `while traveling, on odlcisl business assigns _hi¤ilc ,£*Z;€.9om13.s§.@,§.,a,11,§1}9!,i§y, together   his actua1. ,a¤dJ,res sooable expenses for transportation ot instruments, which shaf the certihed and sworn to sewer such instructions as shall la `giren by the Secretary of Commerce. (R. S. { 4404; July -1 1913, c. 115,40 Stat.-740,) _ _ I P v 374Q Duignatioh of o&cer to perform dntmT of absent in . specter.-—-gin the case of the absence ot any supervising ihspecto ot steamboats from his o@clal station the Secretary of Cos `meroe may designate some o@cer ot the Stmmhoat Inspectio Service to pertorni the duties ofsuch omcer daring his absence (Liar. 4, *1911, c. 237, l 1, 36 Stat. 12%; Mar. 4,1913, c. 142 87 Stat. 786.i):· · —. t l _ .375. Meetings of board; mlgnment of distrlctarexecutlv eom:alttee.-;~’1?he supervising inspectors (nd the Sxipervisln Inspector General shall assehble as “a board once in eac year at the city of Washington, District ot- Columbia, to .the p_ third Wednesday in January, and at such other time as the Secretary » ot Commerce shall prescribe, for = join _ consultation, and ‘ shall, assign to each of ,the supervlsin inspectors the limits of territory within which he shall pen form his duties. The board shall establish all necessary regr lations required to carry out in the most effective manner th provisions of, this and the following 'chapter and sections 21 and .215 and also regulations, prohibiting useless and unnece sary, whistling, and such regulations, when approved by th

resnxrrzso 1490 9- Secretary of Commerce, shall have the force of law. The supervising inspector for the district embracing the Pacino coast shall not be under obligation to attend the meetings of K the board oftener than once ln two years; but when he does T not attend. such meeting he shall make his com‘rnunlcatsions ‘° thereto, in the nay of a report, in snch manner as the hoard ’* shall prescribe: Provided,. That the Secretary of Commerce may d  at any time call in session, after reasonable public notice, a meet- 'f e ing of an executive committee, to be com@d of the Seper- -0 rising Inspector General and any two supervising inspectors, ll and regulations made, with the approval of the Secretary of B· Commerce by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, either by the following chapter, or any amendments thereof, such altera· V· tion, amendment, addition; or repeal, when approved by the ll edect until thirty days after the adjournment of the next ae meeting of the'Board of Supervmng Inspectors he fo ng , il" powers of such executive committee, acting with the said Secretary, shall also extend to the approval of the lnstrmnents, 1- machines, and equipments referred to in secttonéw. (RJS. le § MD5; Mari 8, 1905, c. 1453, I 1, w S¤t.·10&; Feb. 8, 1907, le c.  34 Stat. 881; Mar;’4, 1913, e. 141, 87 Stat. 733.) te _ 376. Duties of supervising i¤spectm·n.—--·Each snyidng inc- specter shall watch over all parts of the territory asslmd to rt · him, shall visit, confer with, ’and examine into the denngs of ll the local   of inspectors, within hm   am   inzt struct them in the .Pi'®¢r.performance of their dntiea; and d shall, whenever he thinks it 'expediwt, visit any www _ >; {licensed, and examine into their condidon, for the. pn  of ascertaining vihether the pmiisions of this and the fohowing
 * 1 which committee, with the approval of t& mid Secretary, shall
 * 8 have power to alter,`an1end, add to, or repeal any of the roles
 * 8 virtue- of this section or under any power grantm by this or
 * 9 said Secretary, ito have the force of law and to continse in
 * .L chapter and sections 214‘and hh have been observed and

ll compliedlwith, both by the board of inspectors and  master · n- and o1’su& 1g vessels shall answer all rusonable tnqulrtee, and shall. give n all the information in theirpower °ln rward to any snch Qvmet gp so visited, and her machinery for  andthe   of y managing both; (R. S._§4408.) _`   _ ‘ _ · _ »e ` 877. Duties asgto violations of lavr.———Whenerer a supervising t y inspector ascertalns to his satisfaction that any master, mate, d, engineer, pilot.- or owner 'of any steam veml fails to perform t- hisedut1es;aecording·to the ·»r~   the following 11 chapter, he shall report the facts in writing to thej hoard of lg local inspectors ln the district where the rmi was t ted 2, or belongs; and, if be, he shall cause the negligent or __ offending mrty to he ; prosecuted; and if the supervising in- 1. specter has good reason to helleve there has been, through ` »_;·» negligence or. any other eanse, a fallnre of the board which ` I. inspected the vessel to do its `dnty, he shall report the facts in n wdting to the` Secretary ~ of Commerce; who shall cause l1n· e. niediate investigation into the truth of the complaint, and, if 1, he_ deems the cause sumcient, shall  remove any officer found, - delinquent. `(B..B. § 4407 ;  14,.1903, c. 552, 32 Stan 829; e~ Mar._—4, 1913, c. 141,31 Stat. 736.) _· · ‘ e K 378. Supenision of `local bmrds;-—The supervising finspee he tors shall see that the several boards of local inspectors within H their respective districts execute their dutim faithfully, promptly, ,8 and; as far. as po@lble, `unarormxy in all places, by following ,t "out the provisions of- this and the following chapter and sec- S tions `214 and 216 accordlng   the true intent and meaning F- thereof; and they shall, as far as practicable, harmonlset dif- 1.. ferencwiof qpinion existing in different local boards. (R. S. to S Hog-) ~ ‘ l ' ‘ .4_ 879. Supervision of districtaj not having bspectors.-—The . s- supervising inspector shall visit any collection district-in which me there is at anytline no board of inspeetorsyand within which '