778 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD DECEMBER, 1879.
Penalty for Improper weight on safety valve. (Ivid, sec. 302.)
Governor to appoint surveyors, and fix their remuneration, (Ibid, sec. 305.)
Surveyors to
have power to inspect.
(Ibid, sec. 306.)
Governor to
regulate
mode of survey. (Ibid, sec. 307,)
Penalty on surveyors receiving fees. (Ibid, acc. 308.)
Owner to have survey made by surveyor, and surveyor to give declarations. (Ibid, sec. 309.)
of the Chinese Passengers Act of 1855, or of any Ordinance made in pursuance thereof shall be provided with such shelter for the protection of deck passengers (if any) as the Governor, having regard to the nature of the passage, the number of deck passengers to be carried, the season of the year, the safety of the ship, and the circumstances of the case, may require :
And if any such steam-ship as aforesaid goes to sea from any port in the Colony without being so provided as here- inbefore required, then for each default in any of the above requisites, the owner shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the master shall (if he appears to be in fault) incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
3. If any person places an undue weight on the safety valve of any steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam coming within the meaning of paragraph 1 of this section, or, in the case of all British steam-ships surveyed as here- inafter mentioned, increases such weight beyond the limits fixed by the Government surveyor as hereinafter mentioned, he shall, in addition to any other liabilities, incur by so doing, a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
4. The Governor may, from time to time, appoint such number of fit and proper persons to be Government surveyors for the purposes of this Ordinance as he thinks proper, and appoint their duties, and may, from time to time, remove such surveyors, or any of them, and may, from time to time, fix and alter the remuneration to be received by such sur-
veyors.
5. It shall be lawful for the said surveyors in the execu- tion of their duties to go on board any steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam to which this section applies, at all reasonable times, and to inspect the same, or any part thereof, or any of the machinery, boats, equipments, or articles on board thereof, or any certificates of the master, mate, or engineer, to which the provisions of "The Mer- chant Shipping Acts, 1854 to 1876," or any Ordinance, or any of the regulations made, or to be made under the said Merchant Shipping Acts, or such Ordinance for the time being in force in this Colony apply, not unnecessarily detain- ing or delaying the ship from proceeding on any voyage, and, if in consequence of any accident to any such ship or for any other reason they consider it necessary so to do, to require the ship to be taken into dock for the purpose of surveying the hull thereof; and any person who hinders any such surveyor from going on board any such steam-ship, or vessel propelled by steam, or otherwise impedes him in the execution of his duty under this Ordinance, shall incur a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
6. The said surveyors shall execute their duties under the direction of the Governor, and the Governor may make re- gulations as to the manner in which the surveys hereinafter mentioned shall be made, and as to the notice to be given to the surveyors when surveys are required, and as to the amount and payment of the fees due and of any expenses incurred by such surveyors in the execution of their duties, and may thereby determine the person by and to whom and the conditions under which such payment shall be made.
7. Every surveyor who demands or receives directly or indirectly from the owner, agent, or master of any ship surveyed by him, under the provisions of this Ordinance, or from any other person any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
8. The owner, agent, or master of every steam-ship or vessel propelled by steam being within the waters of the Colony shall, where such ship or vessel comes within the meaning of this section, cause the same to be surveyed by one or more of the Government surveyors; and such sur- veyor or surveyors shall thereupon, if satisfied that they can with propricty do so, give to such owner declarations as follows:-
(a.) A declaration of a Government surveyor shall contain statements of the following particulars that is to say:-
(1.) That the hull of the ship is sufficient for the
service intended and in good condition; (2.) That the boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life, lights, signals, com- passes, and shelter for deck passengers, and the certificates of the master and mate or mates, are such, and in such condition as required by law.