CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12] — Page 144

#

( 5 )

Shelter for

NIRF

Penalty for improper weight on safety valve. (Ibid, sec. 302.)

Governor to

appoint sur-

veyors, and fix their remu-

neration.

(Ibid, soc. 305.)

Surveyors to

(e) Every steam ship employed to carry passengers by sea 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 passen- gers 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 herein before 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, in the case of steam ships surveyed as hereinafter mentioned, increases such weight beyond the limits fixed by such engineer-surveyor as hereinafter mentioned, he shall, in addition to any other liabilities he may incur by so doing, incar 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 shipwright-surveyors and engineer- surveyors for the purposes of this Ordinance as he thinks proper, and may, from time to time, remove such surveyors, or any of them, and may, from time to time, fix and alter the remune- ration to be received by such surveyors.

5. It shall be lawful for the said surveyors in the execution of their have power to duties to go on board any steam ship or vessel propelled by steam

inspect.

(Ibid, sec.

306.)

Governor to

to regulate mode of survey. (Ibid, sec. 307.)

Penalty on surveyors re- ceiving fues unlawfully. (Thid, see. 208.)

Owners to

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 cer- tificates of the master, mate, or engineer, to which the pro- visions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854" and of the Acts amending the same, or this Ordinance, or any of the regulations made, or to be made thereunder apply, not unnecessarily detaining 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 steara ship, or otherwise impedes him in the exe- cution 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 shall make regulations 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 any other expenses incurred by such surveyors in the execution of their duties, and may thereby determine the person by whom and the conditions under which such payment shall be made.

7. Every surveyor who demands or receives directly or indirectly from the owner or master of any ship surveyed by him, under the provisions of this Ordinance, any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey, otherwise than as the officer and by the direction of the Governor, shall incur a penalty not exceed- ing two hundred and fifty dollars.

8. The owner, agent, or master of every steam ship or vessel

inve surveys propelled by steam being within the waters of the Colony shall, is doubtful

made by

slupwright where such ship or vessel comes within the meaning of this section, and engineer- cause the same to be surveyed by one of the shipwright-surveyors surveyors, and and by one of the said engineer-surveyors so appointed as aforesaid;

surveyors

in give

such shipwright-surveyor being, in the case of iron steamers, a declarations, person who is, in the judgment of the Governor, properly qualified (Ibid, sec.

to survey such ship; and such surveyors shall thereupon, if 3.)

satisfied that they can with propriety do so, give to such owner declarations as follows:--

(a.) The declaration of the shipwright-surveyor shall contain statements of the following particulars with reference to sea-going ships, that is to say--

(1.) That the hull of the ship is sufficient for the service

intended and in good condition;

142

the

to do

prevalent, whether

trà desemble

up

way

(2) That the partitions, boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life, lights, signals, compasses, and shelter for deck passengers, and the certificates of the master and mate or mates, are such, and in such condition as required by this Ordinance; (3.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which the said hull and equipments will be sufficient; (4.) The limits (if any) beyond which, as regards the bull and equipments, the ship is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to pl

U K

I keep

in the smartado

the distastenin

Engreser

tia www.

The

༼སྤུར་མཁན་

oftem makes

britt zuray