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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. C1—I.·100. 1871. 457 the provisions of this act; and it shall be the duty of the inspectors to see to b° i¤’P°°*°d» that the boilers, machinery, and appurtenances of such vessel are not &°` dangerous in form or workmanship, and that the safety-valves, gaugecocks, low-water alarm-indicators, steam-gauges, and fusible plugs are all attached in conformity to law; and the officers navigating such vessels shall 0m°°” °“°B‘ be licensed in conformity with the provisions of this act, and shall be sub- £°Q;§igg°&té° b° ject to the same regulation of law as officers navigating passenger steamers. i I Sec. 60. And be it further enacted, That, before issuing any license to Fees for issus any steamer, the collector or other chief officer of the customs for the i“gH°°°$°¤*° port or district shall demand and receive from the owner or owners there- °t°&m°”* of, as a compensation for the inspections and examination made for the year, the following sums, in addition to the fees for issuing enrollments and licenses now allowed by law, according to the tonnage of the vessel, to wit: For each steam-vessel of one hundred tons or under, twenty-five dollars; and, in addition thereto, for each and every ton in excess of one hundred tons, five cents. And each captain, chief engineer, and iirst- tocsptains, class pilot, licensed as herein provided, shall pay for every certificate, °¤Hl¤°°”»Pll°i¤» granted by any inspector or inspectors, the sum of ten dollars ; and every &°` chief mate, engineer, and pilot of an inferior grade shall pay, for every certificate so granted, the sum of five dollars, which shall be paid over to the chief officer of the customs in such manner and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 61. And be it further enacted, That each local board of inspectors psp0n0f10Q,,; shall keep an accurate account of every such steamer boarded by them i¤¤P¤¢€°¥¤ V2 during the year, and if [of ] all their official acts and doings, which, in the §;§§f(ff’”g m' form of a report, theliy] shall communicate to the supervising inspector of the district, at such times as the board of supervising inspectors, by their established rules, shall direct. Sec. 62. And be itfurt/ter enacted, That in addition to the local boards _ Local board of of inspectors now appointed by law, there shall be [a] local board designated m and appointed for the district of Puget Sound, Washington Territory; for Puget sound, the district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; for the district of Albany, New Milwaukwt York; for the district of Apalachicola, Florida; for the district [of] Evans- ggsgglyiccla ville, Indiana; and for the district of Huron, Michigan; and also at Evansville, i Marquette, in the district of Superior. And each local inspector of the §I,I:;°g;Bm several districts, respectively, shall be paid annually, under the direction pgy 0;;},,,,; of the Secretary of the Treasury, the following compensation, to wit: i¤Sp<>¤tvr¤· One inspector of hulls, and one inspector of boilers, for the districts of New York and New Orleans, two thousand two hundred dollars each; for the districts of Philadelphia, Baltimor[e], Buffalo, St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Huron, and Galena, two thousand dollars each; for the districts of Mobile, Memphis, and Cleveland, one thousand five hundred dollars each; for Portland, in the district of Oregon, New London, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Galveston, Albany, Wheeting, Nashville, Portland, Maine, and Evansville, one thousand two hundred dollars each; for the districtfs] of Puget Sound, Apalachicola, Oswego, and Burlington, and also at Marquette, eight hundred dollars each; and, in addition Assistantlm thereto, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint in such districts 2f5E2in1g2r_ where their services are actually required, assistant inspectors, at a com- ized, t;,,,;, aP_ pensation, for the district of New York, two thousand dollars; and all ggutment. pay, other districts, not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars per annum to each ‘ person so appointed; or may appoint a clerk to any such board at a compensation not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum to each person so appointed. And each supervising inspector shall be paid three thou- Sglgryz of_ sand dollars per annum; and every inspector shall be paid for his actual, ;;gc,mf_"8 “" reasonable traveling expenses, at the rate of ten cents per mile, lwhen incurred in the performance of his duty; and also for transportation of ·;·,.,,,,;_,,,,d instruments, which shall be certified and sworn to under such instructions mrtppggggcu of as shall be given by the Secretary of the Treasury. ‘