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 § 404    e_ e~ ‘ ‘ runs 4e.-. shall lie punished by m1e.o1‘ net more than $506, cr imprisonment fer `net more than  `mduths, or both. (R. S. S 4425.) ` M4; Iaspectiexx I of ferfybeats, canal beats, had small crafti ~ l’€g1l]8ti§BS}`_li¢€RS¢8•+•Thé` hull and beliefs ot every terrybeat, cam! host, yacht, or other mall craft efflike chumcter pro- , pelled by steam, shall ‘be inspected under the provisions et this chapter.- Que}: ether provisions of law- for the better security et lite as may be applicable to- suck" vemls shaI1,Tby the regulations, ef, the bosrd ot supervising inqiectors, also be resuised is `he ccmplied with before a certiécate scf. inn ssectieu shall be gra11te—d,`aud ue such `vessel shall be navigsted without a licensee engineer and a licensed pilot: Pro- ‘·v£det1, however, That in open steam launches of ten gross _ tens spd under, gme. person, it duly qéixalmed, may serve in“ · the dsuble capacity of pilot and €IIgi1l”&Q1‘.` All vessels ot above fifteen ‘ gross tens carrying hfeight cr ’ passengers for hire, but not engaged ·.in §shing° as- .é. regular _` business, pfopelled by gas, Buid, nsphtha, or electfic-emptors, shell be sub- ject to all the provisions `of this section relating. to the im spectisu: of hulls and boilers a11d requiring " engineers and siiots, and for any violétion- of the provisipins ct this or the ' following chapter or sections 214;__01‘i 215 applicable to such t vessels, or or rules or reg‘u1utionse’lavs¥fully._ established there- under, spd - V to the extent to which such provisiqns 'ot law and. regulatieus are so applicable, the said vessels, their mssters, qmcers, and owners shall be 'subject to the provisions of sectiess 494 to 498, · inclusive, relating. to_ the imposition and `€Dfo1‘€€H}€§t' qt penalties mid` the enforcement of law. All vemels oi" fifteen gross tous pr less propelled in_ Whole or in part by gas, gasoline, . petroleum, nsphtha, fluid, `or electricity, and carrying passengers for hire, shall carry one life" preserver, of the sort- prescribed by the reguistiotns of the beard of supervising inspectors, for every passenger ·C§1'1'!€d, and no such boat while so carrying passengers shall be operated 'm·_ navigsted except in charge of ‘ .a person duly · _licensed~ for such service by the local tboetd pf~·iuspect0rs.~ Ne examination shall be required` as a condition of the 0b· taining et I such a lieense, and any such_ license shall pe l· revoked er suspended by the local board of inspectors for mis-; eesduct,_gress negligehce, recklesssess in navigation, intempersnce, cr vloletioh of lawlon the part of the holder, dud it _ revoked, the. person hcltiing such license shall be incapable et olatstning asnether such license for one - yesrcctrcmt the c date ,0t,1“ev0estion.tt ll(Rt_. S. ·§ 44216; Dec. 22, 1890, c. 26, 26 ‘$tst. @2; Mar. 3, 1905,  1457, -5 *4, 33 Stat. 1029;, May `16.» 1906,c.2460,v34 Stat. 193,), »- A. ” .  .` 405. Tugbeats and freight boats.¢-—-The hull and boiler of esesy tsgbcet, towing boat, and freight boat shall be in— spected, huuder the provisions of this ichapter} and the in- ‘ specters sltsll see `that the boilers, machinery, and sppurte- ’ milces et such éessel ere.¤,0t dangerous ln form of workmahshm and that the safety rvelves, `gsuge cocks, l0w—wster else indicators, gsteam ·gauges,° and fusible eplhgs me sll attached is ccmfermlty to law; and the omcers xxavigstiqg ssuclx vessels shall be licensed in conformity with the pr0— visions et? chspter 11 and shell be_ siibject to the same prey visiess ei law, ss cHicex:s navigating passenger .stes.mers. (11.5. §4427.)_ " _ Q · e - °‘ 496. Ccmstmctitm of bqilers.—--—·Every boiler manufactured to be txsed os steam vessels, sud made ct iren or steel ’ plates, shall be constructed of plstes that have been stamped is Qecccrdsince with the#pr0w·1sie11s,0f this chapter. (R. S. 5*44,%.) 487. Punishment for improper coustructicn.·———Evéry person who ccustmcts s boiler, or steam pipe connecting the heilers`, te be used gm steam vessels, of mm cr stwl plates which base niet been duly? stumped engl inspected aceqrclixxg to the pr0·— visions ct this chapter, oi: who knowingly uses any defectlye,

SHIPPINQ .1494; I hed, or faulty iron or steel in the construction of s¤& boilers; .o1·_ who drifts any rivet hole to make it come lair; or vého delivers any such boiler for um, knowing it to be imerteet in - its miles, Hanging, riveting, bracing, or in any other of its parts, shall be nned $1,000, _ ope-half foe the; use et.the“in:ormer. Nothing in- this chapter- shall he so. construed an to prevent from being-used, on any stearner,·any_bei1er or steam generator which- may not be Constructed of riveted fren, or steel plates, when" the board of supervising inspectors have satidaetéry Srideace that such. boiler er stmm  wt equal in strength, and as sate from explosion, he a holler ot the   quality elm. structed. ot riveted iron or steel plates: Provided, J•, That the.Secretary or eommememsy grant pe e  * op__to·nse any boiler or etwm generator hot   , of riveted tron or steelsplatesl upon the eerttdcate of the °sapervislng` lawm- `of steemboats for the district wherein   holler or generator is to belased, and-other mtistaetory proof that the moo! the same lis safe and eQcieut·; held permit to be ralid   next   ` lar meeting of the supervising inspectors who shndact thereoh. .(R. S. § 4429;-Aug.`7, 1882, c. 433, { ,1, E Stat.810; Feb. 14, . woe, c. ss2,`s2, sw. ses; mu-. ,4; mls, lz. ‘141,·e·1-sm.»*rae.)‘ · _ 408. Boiler‘platm.—~Every lron or steel plate wow la the coastruction ot steamboat boilers, and which   he subject to a sl tensile. strain, shall be inspected in "such··manner as prescribed by; the Board of Supervising   and approved by the Secretary of Commerce, so aa, to enable the- inspeetors to ascertain its tensile   homommeoumem, 4; _toll§hnm, and ability to withstand the  of %¤t6d» Rmb ?lng_j and cooling; and no iron er steefplafte @$1     in the construction ot sueh boilers whi&` has not been  `andapprovedfnnder those rules. And the   Io@or . General may, under the direction of the   of Gbmwerce, detail assistant inspectors from any local inspection  where assistant inspectors are employed, to inspect tron or steel boiler plates at `the';mllIs where the same   `man¤;ac··" tured; and it the plates are fonnd_ ln` accordance with the mules not the supervlslng·laspectors, the assistant inspector shall-. ` l stamp the same with the initials of his name, followed by the letters and words, “U. S. `Axlstant Inspector ;." and materiel so stamped shall be accepted by the local inspectors — in the 0 districts where such material is to be menuiactnred into marine boilers as being in full compliance with the reqniremenw o! ‘ this  the inwection of holler plamelit further provided that any person whoamxee any false, regex, fraudulent, spurlons, or counterfeit of the stamp authorized to he pot on by an assistant inspector, shall be deemed guiltyl et e felony, and shall be deed not lm than $1,000, nor more than $5,000,end imprisoned not lem than two ymrs ner merethah hre years., (R. 8;} 4480; Jan. 22, lwi, c. 10, E Stat. %; Feb. 14, _ 1903, c. 552, 32 Stat. @9; Mar, 4, 1913, c. 141, 87 `Stat. 730.) ’ 409. Stamping boiler platm.—·--—Every * plete of holler iron_e1• steel, made for use in the construction of steembmt boilers, shall be distinctly and permanently stamped hy the mane- 'fecturer thereof, and, it practicable, in sneh places that the marks shall be lett vmhle`when' such plates ere worked late ·bollers,` with the name of the mennfaetnrer, the place where manufactured, and the number of pounds tensile strain it will beer to the sectional square meh; and the inspectors shall `keep e record in their omce of the stamps upon ell boiler plates esd _. boilers which they inspect. _ (R. S. { 4431.) 410. Couaterfeiting etampew-Every person who counterfeits, or cauees to be colmterfeited, any of the nharke or stamps prescribed for boiler iron or steel plates, or who deeigaedly stamps, or causes to be stamped falsely,-» any such plete; and every person who stamps or marks, or ceases to he stamped or marked, any such iron or Usteel plstes with the name or tradeg `mark of another, with the intent to mislead or deeelgye, shall