Chapter 272. to regulate steam-engineering in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 272.— An Act to regulate steam-engineering in the District of Columbia.Feb. 28, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Steam engineers to be licensed. That it shall be unlawful for any person to act as steam-engineer in the District of Columbia who shall not have been regularly licensed to do so by the Commissioners thereof. Sec. 2. That all persons applying for such license shall be examinedBoard of examiners. by a board of examiners composed as follows:
The boiler-inspector for the District of Columbia and two practical engineers to be appointed by the District Commissioners. Said examination shall be conductedRules. in all respects under such rules and regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall from time to time provide; and all steam-boilers and engines shall be subjected to such tests as the said Commissioners may prescribe. Sec. 3. That applicants for license as steam-engineers must be twenty-oneQualifications. years of age and of temperate habits; must make application in writing, to which application must be attached a certificate as to character and moral habits signed by at least three citizens of the District of Columbia, themselves of moral standing.
Sec. 4. That the fee for a license as steam-engineer shall be threeFee. dollars. Sec. 5. That any person employed as a licensed steam-engineer inPunishment for intoxication. the District of Columbia who is found under the influence of intoxicating liquor while on duty, shall, for the first offense, have his license revoked for six months; for the second offense, twelve months; and for the third offense, shall have his license revoked and be debarred from following the occupation of licensed steam-engineer in the District of Columbia for the period of five years.
Sec. 6. That any owner or lessee of steam-boiler or engine, or thePenalty for employing non-licensed engineers. secretary of any corporation, who shall knowingly employ a steam-engineer as such who has not been regularly licensed to act as such, shall on conviction thereof by the police court of the District of Columbia, be fined fifty dollars, and in default of payment of such fine shall be confined for a period of one month in the workhouse of the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That boilers used for steam-heating, where the*Proviso*.Heating boilers. water returns to the boiler without the use of a pump and injector or inspirator, and which are worked automatically, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
Sec. 7. That the foregoing section shall not apply to engineers whoState or United States license. have been licensed by the United States Government or the laws of any State. Sec. 8. That this act shall take effect sixty days after the approval thereof. Approved, February 28, 1887.