Customs, Excise and Commercial Laws of Canada; Acts Relating to the Revenue, Finance, Duties of Customs, Excise & Licenses, and to the Registration of ... Steamers, Standard Weights and Bounties for

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...than six inches distant from such heated metal or other substance likely to cause ignition; and further, when wood is so exposed to ignition, it shall, as an additional preventive, be shielded by some incombustible material, in such manner as to allow the air to circulate freely between such material and the Wood; and metallic vessels or safes should be provided and kept in some convenient place to receive cotton, waste, hemp, and other inflammable subtances, which are in use on board; ' u 2. 2. Provided, however, that when the structure of the Steamboat P,-W550 = 1"issuch, or the arrangement of the boilers or machinery is such, S, '5"1.'"t¥ that the requirements aforesaid cannot, without serious inconi venience or sacrifice, be complied with, Inspectors may allow deviations from the said requirements, if, in their judgment, it can be done with safety. Ibid, s. 32. 20. Every steamboat carrying passengers shall have at E.,.e,,. smmleast three double-acting forcing pumps, with chamber at least boat to have four inches in diameter, two to be worked by hand and one by §f,"f',',':l,',:,',',','§" steam, if steam can be employed independent of and not worked W_flter in case by the main engine, otherwise all three by hand, one whereof Mmeshall be placed near the stern, one near the stem, and one amidships, each having a suitable well-fitted hose, of at least twothirds the length of the vessel, kept at all times in perfect order and ready for immediate use; each of the said pumps shall also be supplied with water by a pipe connected therewith, and passing through the side of the vessel, so low as to be at all times in the water when the vessel is afloat; 2. Provided, that in...