Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 49 Part 1.djvu/1963

 1918 Operating at pre ssure greater than permitted. Safety-control, etc ., de vices. Annual inspections. Issuance of certificate of inspection. Display of certificate. Issuance of certifi- cat es up on report of insp ect ion by ins ur- an ce company. Reports of cancela- tion of insurance. Revocation or sus- pension of certificate. Exemptions. Fees . 74TH C ONGR ESS. SESS. II. CH. 802. JUNE 25, 1936 . such vessels as may be exempted by the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Co lumbia, with out ha ving f irst o btaine d a ce rtific ate of inspection from the boiler inspector. SEc. 5 . No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler or unfired pressure vessel, referred to in section 4 hereof, at a pres- sure greater than that permitted by the certificate of inspection, or while feed pumps, gages, cocks, valves, or automatic safety-control devices are not in proper working condition, or in violation of any of the regulations promulgated hereunder by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. SEc. 6 . The boiler inspector, or one of his assistants, shall inspect annu ally all boilers and unf ired pre ssure ve ssels f or which a certi fi- cate of inspection is required by section 4 of this Act, and shall determine by actual tests the condition thereof from the standpoint of safety and fitness for operation. If such boiler or vessel be safe and fit for operatio n, the b oiler in spector shall i ssue the certifi cate of inspection which shall state, among other things, the pressure per square inch such boiler or vessel may be allowed to carry. This certificate of inspection shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in close proximity to the boiler or vessel covered thereby. In the case of a steam boiler or unfired pressure vessel which is regularly insured and inspected at least once a year by an insurance company duly licensed in the District of Columbia and approved by the Com- missioners of the said District as to its inspection service, where a report of such inspection filed within thirty days after such inspec- tion with the boiler inspector shows any such boiler or unfired pres- sure vessel to be in a safe and insurable condition, such inspection and report shall take the place of the inspection hereinbefore pro- vi ded and the cert ificate of inspe ction ma y be iss ued upo n such r eport. Insurance companies shall report to the inspectors the cancelation of insurance of any certificate holder. SEc. 7 . The boiler inspector may in his discretion revoke or sus- pend the certificate of inspection provided in section 4 of this Act if at any time he shall find any boiler or unfired pressure vessel covered by such certificate to be unsafe or unfit for operation. SEc. 8. Steam boilers and unfired pressure vessels located in or upon boats or vessels or other floating equipment, or boats or vessels owned or operated by the United States, or upon locomotives, street cars, busses, or other vehicles, operated under the regulations of any Federa l agen cy or the Pu blic U tiliti es Com missio n of t he Dis trict of Columbia, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. SE c. 9 . There shall be paid to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia by the owner or user, for the issuance of a certificate as required by this Act fees to be fixed from time to time by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the annual inspection of each steam boiler or unfired pressure vessel, commensurate with the cost of inspection, with power to fix higher fees for the issuance of a certificate where the inspection in connection therewith is made on a Sunday or legal holiday. When an inspection report is filed by an insurance company with the said boiler inspector, showing that a boile r or u nfired press ure ve ssel h as bee n insp ected and fo und to be in a safe and insurable condition as provided in section 6, the owner or user of such insured and inspected boiler or unfired vessel shall be exempt from the payment of all fees with the exception that ther e shall be paid to the C ollector of Taxe s of th e Distri ct of Co lum- bia a fee of $1 by the owner or user prior to the issuance of a certifi- cate of inspection. No such certificate shall be valid after the boiler or unfired pressure vessel shall cease to be insured by an insurance company authorized as provided in section 6 of this Act.