Chapter 355. To amend the Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,”approved February 17, 1911, as amended
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CHAP. 355.— An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,”approved February 17, 1911, as amended. June 7, 1924.[[H. R. 8578](/us/bill/68/hr/8578).][[Public, No. 277](/us/68/pl/277).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the firstSafe locomotive boilers etc.Vol. 36, p. 913, amended. sentence of section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto,” approved February 17, 1911, as amended, is amended to read as follows:
" “That when used in this Act the terms ‘carrier’ and ‘commonRailroad carriers affected.Vol. 36, p. 913, amended. carrier’ mean a common carrier by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water, within the continental United States, subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, excluding street,Exclusions. suburban, and interurban electric railways unless operated as a part of a general railroad system of transportation.” " Sec. 2. Section 2 of such Act is amended to read as follows:Vol. 36, p. 913, amended.Use of locomotives and tenders unless boiler, etc., in safe condition, unlawful.
" “Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any carrier to use or permit to be used on its line any locomotive unless said locomotive, its boiler, tender, and all parts and appurtenances thereof are in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same are put, that the same may be employed in the active service of such carrier without unnecessary peril to life or limb, and unless saidInspection required. locomotive, its boiler, tender, and all parts and appurtenances thereof have been inspected from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Act and are able to withstand such test or tests as may be prescribed in the rules and regulations hereinafter provided for.
” " Sec. 3. The last sentence of section 3 of such Act is amended toVol. 36, p. 914, amended. read as follows: " “The office of the chief inspector shall be in Washington, DistrictOffice, etc., of chief inspector. of Columbia, and the Interstate Commerce Commission shall provide such legal, technical, stenographic, and clerical help as the business of the offices of the chief inspector and his said assistants may require.” " Sec. 4. Section 4 of such Act is amended by adding thereto a newVol. 36, p. 914, amended. paragraph to read as follows:
" “Within the appropriations therefor and subject to the provisionsAdditional inspectors authorized. of this Act, the Interstate Commerce Commission may appoint, from time to time, not more than fifteen inspectors in addition to the number authorized in the first paragraph of this section, as the needs of the service may require. Any inspector appointed under thisAssignment. paragraph shall be so assigned by the chief inspector that his service will be most effective.”Limitation repealed.Vol. 36, p. 916, repealed.Salaries, etc., increased.Vol. 40, p. 916, amended.
" Sec. 5. Section 10 of such Act is hereby repealed. Sec. 6. Hereafter the salary of the chief inspector shall be $6,000 per year; the salary of each assistant chief inspector shall be $5,000660per year; the salary of each inspector shall be $3,600 per year; and the annual allowance for each inspector for office rent, stationery, and clerical assistance fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission shall not exceed $1,000. Approved, June 7, 1924.