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(5.) With reference to all ships or vessels, whether sea- going or not, if plying or intended to ply for hire, the number of passengers which such ship or vessel is, in the judgment of the surveyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabins; such numbers to be subject to such conditions and rariations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other cir- cumstances, as the case requires.
(b.) And the declaration of the engineer-surveyor shall con- tain statements of the following particulars, that is to
say--
(1.) That the machinery of the ship or vessel is sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition; (2.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which
such machinery will be sufficient;
(3.) That the safety valves and fire hose, when requisite, are in such condition as are required by this Ordinance;
(3.) The limit of the weight to be placed on the safety
valves;
(4.) The limit (if any) beyond which, as regards the machinery, the ship or vessel is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply;
And such declarations shall be in such form as the Governor directs.
Governor.
9. The said owner shall transmit such declarations to the Transmission Governor within fourteen days after the dates of the receipt of declarations thereof respectively; and in default, shall forfeit a sum not exceed to the ing two dollars for every day that the sending of such declara- Penalty for tions is delayed; and such sum shall be paid upon the delivery of delay. the certificate herein before mentioned in addition to the fee pay- (Ibid, sec. able for the same, and shall be applied in the same manner as such 310.)
fees.
(Thid, sec.
10. Upon the receipt of such declarations, the Governor shall, Governor to if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been com- issue cer- plied with, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and tificate. issued to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to 312.) the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with, and such certificate shall state the limits (if any) beyond which, according to the decla- rations of the surveyors, such ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the shipwright-surveyor, such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective num- bers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, and other cir- cumstances, as the case requires.
transmission
11. The Governor shall transmit such certificate in duplicate Issue and to the Harbour Master, who shall deliver the same to the owner, of certificates. master, or agent on his applying and paying the fee and other (id, see, sums (if any) herein mentioned as payable in that behalf. 313.)
12. The owner of every steamer requiring a certificate Fees to be paid under this section, shall pay for every certificate granted by the for certificate. the Governor the fees mentioned in the table marked C in the bid, sve. schedule hereto,
314.)
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13. No certificate shall be held to be in force for the pur- How long poses of this section beyond a period of twelve months; and Certificates to no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor fore to the owner, agent, or master of the ship to which the same (Ibid, sec. relates, that he has cancelled or revoked the same.
315.)
Inay cancel certificates,
14. The Governor may revoke and cancel such certificates Governor in any case in which he has reason to believe:-
(a.) That the declarations of the sufficiency and good and require
condition of the hull, equipments, and machinery of fresh de- any steamer or vessel, or either of them, have been clarations, fraudulently or erroneously made, or;
(Ibid, sec.
(b.) That such certificate has otherwise been issued upon 316.)
false or erroneous information, or;
(c.) That since the making of such declarations, the hall, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel have sustained any injury, or are otherwise insufficient:
And in every such case the Governor may, if he thinks fit, require the owner to have the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration or declarations of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate, or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.
15. The owner or master of every such steam ship, or vessel pro- Copy of cer- pelled by steam, shall forthwith, on the transmission of any such diffeate to be
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