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herein shall be construed to be a closed vessel in which steam or vapor (to
be used externally to itself) is generated by the application of heat. The
rules and regulations so formulated shall conform as nearly as possible to
the boiler code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and
amendments and interpretations thereto made and approved by the Council
of the Society.

1939, ch. 718, sec- 132.

152. The members of the Board of Boiler Rules, exclusive of the chair-
man thereof, shall serve without salary and shall receive their actual ex-
penses, not to exceed their actual railroad fare plus ten dollars ($10.00)
per day each, for not to exceed twenty days in any year while in the per-
formance of their duties as members of the Board, to be paid in the same
manner as in the case of other State officers. The Chairman of the Board
of Boiler Rules shall countersign all vouchers for expenditures under this
section.

1939, ch. 718, sec. 133.

153. This sub-title shall not be construed as in any way preventing the
use or sale of boilers in this State which shall have been installed or in
use in this State prior to the taking effect of this sub-title and which shall
have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the Board of
Boiler Rules governing existing installations, as provided in Section 160.

1939, ch. 718, sec. 134.

154. The present State Boiler Inspectors shall be retained in office by
reason of their having qualified by passing the competitive State of Mary-
land Boiler Inspector's Examination given by the State Employment Com-
missioner, and have been and are now employed as State Boiler Inspectors.

The Senior Boiler Inspector shall be the Chief Boiler Inspector. At any
time thereafter the office of the Chief Inspector shall become vacant the
Employment Commissioner shall, as soon as practical, conduct a competi-
tive promotional examination open to the present employees of the Boiler
Inspection Department only, who shall have had at the time of taking the
competitive examination for Chief Boiler Inspector not less than ten
years practical experience in the design, construction or operation of
high pressure boilers as a mechanical engineer, steam engineer, boilermaker
or boiler inspector.

The examination to be the same or equivalent to the examination given
by the Board of Boiler Rules for special inspectors in Section 158.

The Commissioner of Labor with the approval of the Governor shall ap-
point from the successful candidates a Chief Boiler Inspector.

1939, ch. 718, sec. 135.

155. This sub-title shall not apply to boilers under Federal Control,
or to boilers of steam fire engines brought into the State for temporary use
in times of emergency, or to portable boilers used for agricultural purposes
only, or to steam heating boilers carrying not more than fifteen pounds
pressure, and hot water boilers carrying a pressure not exceeding 160
pounds or a temperature not exceeding 250 degrees Fahrenheit.