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1486 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.


Merchant Shipping.


( 2. ) With a proper supply of lights inextinguish
able in water, and fitted for attachment to life
buoys.

Shelter for (e. ) Every steam - ship carrying more than twelve passengers by
deck pas
sengers. sea, not coming within the provisions of the Chinese
Passengers' Act of 1855 , or of any Ordinance made in
pursuance thereof shall be provided with such shelter for

the protection ofdeck 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.

Penalty.
If any such steam -ship as aforesaid goes to sea from any port in the
Colony without being so provided as hereinbefore 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 .

Penalty for 3. If any person places an undue weight on the safety valve of any
improper
weight on steam-ship coming within the meaning of subsection 1 of this section , or
safety valve.
[Ibid, sec. increases such weight beyond the limits fixed for any British steam -ship
302.1
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 .

Governor to 4. The Governor may, from time to time, appoint such number offit
appoint
surveyors, and proper persons to be Government surveyors for the purposes of this
and fix their
remuneration. Ordinance as he thinks proper, and appoint their duties , and may, from
[Ibid, sec.
305.] 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 surveyors.

Surveyors to 5. It shall be lawful for the said surveyors in the execution of their
have power to
inspect. duties to go on board any steam-ship to which this section applies, at all
[ Ibid, sec.
306.] 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 Merchant Shipping Acts , 1854 to 1876 , " or any Ordinance , or any

of the regulations made, or to be made under the said Merchant Shipping