CHAPTER 32. An Act to Amend Sections 552, 553, 560, 563, 566 and 567 of Article 15, of Chapter 3, of Title 1, of Part 3, of the Political Code of the State of Montana, Relating to the Inspector of Boilers, and to add thereto a new Section to be known and numbered Section 570. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: Political Code Section 1. That Section 552 of the Political Code Section 552 of be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as amended. follows: inspectors of Section 552. There shall be two Assistant Inspectors Two assistant of Boilers, each of whom shall be called Assistant In- boilers. spector of Boilers. Such Assistant Inspectors must be persons who have had at least four years' practical experience in the operation of steam engines and boilers and must be persons of temperate habits and good character and qualified to perform the duties of their office. They shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and be subject to removal at the will of the Governor. The salary of each Assistant Inspector shall be $1800.00 per year. Each Assistant Inspector must execute an official bond in the sum of $2500.00. Section 2. That Section 553 of the Political Code be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Qualifications. Salary. Bond. Section 553 of amended. Political Code office of InBoilers. spector of Rules with reference to boilers and Section 553. The Inspector of Boilers must have his office at the seat of government, and must adopt rules as nearly uniform as possible for the inspection of steam boilers, and prescribe the nature and extent of the exexamination of applicants for licenses and adopt such rules for the issuing thereof as are required by the inspection of provisions of this Article, and must adopt such rules examination as he may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Article, and distribute copies of such rules among the engineers, superintendents of mines. and mining companies of the state, and all persons Distribute having charge or control of steam machinery. of applicants for license. copies of rules Political Code Section 560 of Section 3. That Section 560 of the Political Code amended. be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Engineers divided into Qualifications of first class engineer. Qualifications of second Section 560. Engineers entrusted with the care and three classes. management of steam machinery as specified in Section 559, must be divided into three classes, namely: First class engineers, Second class engineers, and Third class engineers. No license must be granted to any person to perform the duties of first class engineer who has not taken and subscribed an oath that he has had at least three years' experience in the operation of steam boilers and steam machinery, or whose knowledge and experience is not such as to justify the belief that he is competent to take charge of all classes of steam boilers and steam machinery. No license must be granted to any person to act as second class engineer who has class engineer not taken and subscribed an oath that he has had at least two years' experience in the operation of steam boilers and steam machinery, and is, on examination, found competent to take charge of all classes of steam boilers and steam machinery, not exceeding one hundred horse power. No license must be granted to any person to act as third class engineer, who has not served at least one year as fireman under a competent engineer and found upon examination to be sufficiently acquainted with the duties of an engineer to be entrusted with steam boilers and steam machinery, not exceeding twenty horse power. All firemen who have charge of steam boilers as to the regulation of feed, water and fuel, where the boilers are so situated as not at all times to be under the eye of the engineer in charge, are required to pass a third class engineer's examination and procure the same kind of license. Engineers not holding licenses of any of the above classes and who are entrusted with the care and management of traction engines or engines or boilers on wheels, other than locomotives, are required to pass an examination as to their competency to operate such class of machinery and to procure a license to be known as a Traction License. Qualifications of third class engineer. Firemen to pass examination. Examination for traction license. Such Traction License shall not entitle the holder thereof to operate any other class of steam machinery specified in Section 559. No license shall be granted to any person to act as traction engineer who is not found, upon examination, to be sufficiently acquainted with the duties of a Traction Engineer to be entrusted with the care of traction engines. Political Code Section 4. That Section 563 of the Political Code be, Section 563 of and the same is hereby amended so as to read as fol- amended. lows: spection of traction en Fees for ex Section 563. The Inspector or Assistant Inspectors Fees for inare authorized to charge a fee of ten dollars for the boilers and inspection of each single boiler and its steam connec- gines. tions, and five dollars for each additional boiler when connected. The fee for the inspection of each traction engine or boiler on wheels shall be ten dollars. The fee for the inspection of boilers in incorporated cities shall be five dollars. Such fees shall be payable at the time of the delivery of the inspector's certificate of inspection. The fee for the examination of applicants for engineer's licenses is $7.50 for first class engineers, amination of $5.00 for second class engineers, $3.00 for third class applicants. engineers and $3.00 for traction engineers; to be paid at the time of the application for license. In case of the failure of any applicant to pass a successful examination ninety days must elapse before he can again be examined as an applicant for license in the class for which he was examined. But the Inspector may grant to the applicant a lower grade of license than that applied for upon such examination. All certificates of inspection and engineer's licenses must be displayed in a conspicuous place in the engine room. Certificates and licenses played in con to be dis spicuous place Section 566 of Section 5. That Section 566 of the Political Code be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as Political Code follows: Section 566. This Article does not apply to locomotives in Montana, nor to boilers used for heating purposes in private residences, nor to any boiler having a capacity of only five horse power or less; nor are loco amended. Locomotives and boilers in residences ex empted from operation of this Article. Owner to notify inspector. motive engineers or persons operating any of the engines or boilers herein exempted from the operation of this Article, required to procure licenses from the Inspector or Assistant Inspectors. It shall be the duty of the owner or user of any traction engine or boiler on wheels, other than locomotives, to notify the Inspector of the location of such boiler on or before the first day of June in each year. Any owner or user of such engine or boiler failing to so notify the Inspector shall tify inspector. be punished by a fine or not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Penalty for failure to no Section 567 of amended. Renewal of certificate. Fee for renewal. Moneys paid to State Treasurer. Inspector must make annual report. What report to contain. Section 570 added. Section 6. That Section 567 of the Political Code be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 567. All certificates of license to engineers. of all classes shall be renewed yearly. The fee for renewal is $1.00 in all cases. Any engineer failing to renew his license as herein provided, or within at least thirty days thereafter, must forward this fee for an original license of the same grade before license can be re-issued. All moneys collected by virtue of this Article must be paid in to the State Treasury at least as often as once in each month. The Inspector of Boilers must make an annual report to the Governor on the tenth day of December of each year, setting forth the moneys collected by himself and the Assistant Inspectors from any and all sources, and the disbursements, and the number of boilers inspected by them, and the number and grades of licenses issued by them and to whom, and the general results and experiences of his office, and such recommendations as to him may seem fit and proper. Said report must also refer to and account for the causes of any boiler explosions which may have occurred in the State during the year, and the loss of life or property resulting therefrom. Section 7. There is hereby added to Article 15, of Chapter 3, of Title 1, of Part 3, of the Political Code a Section to be numbered Section 570, and which shall read as follows: Section 570. Any person who offers for sale within this State a boiler subject to the provisions of this Article, which has been in use and is out of service, or who brings into the state and places in service any such boiler which has theretofore been in use in any other state, without first notifying the Boiler Inspector, and having such boiler inspected, and securing from the Inspector a certificate of such inspection, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Penalty for offering boiler for sale, etc.. which has not been inspected clause. Section 8. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with Repealing the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Section 9. This Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved Feb'y 21, 1905. When act takes effect. CHAPTER 33. An Act to Add to Part III, Title V, Chapter IV, Article Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Section 1. There shall be added to Part III, Title V, Chapter IV, Article IV of the Political Code of the State of Montana, Relating to the Soldiers Home, an Additional Section to be designated Section 2532, which shall read as follows: Section 2532 added to Part III, Title V, Political Code. Chaplain for Section 2532. The Board of Managers shall select and appoint a Chaplain for the Soldiers Home, who must be a regularly ordained minister of the gospel, Home. and who shall hold divine services at the Soldiers Home at least twice a month, and who shall also conduct the burial service upon the death of any of the inmates of and duties of Qualifications chaplain. |