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ART. 4.] INSPECTIONS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 445
bear the same, the limit desired by the owner shall be the one
certified; and such certificate of inspection shall be framed under
glass, and kept in some conspicuous place on the premises where
said boiler referred to is used; and if the inspector shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to the owner or renter of any boiler a
certificate of inspection without having first subjected the said
boiler to the tests as herein provided, he shall forfeit his bond,
and upon conviction shall be removed from office by the governor.
1872, ch. 153.
515. In addition to the annual inspection, it shall be the duty
of the inspector to examine all boilers within the limits of their
respective districts once at least in every three months, and if
deemed necessary, apply the hydrostatic test; and if on such ex-
amination the inspector shall find evidence of deterioration in
strength, he shall revoke the certificate and issue another, assign-
ing a lower rate of pressure ; and if the defect be of such char-
acter as to make the boiler dangerous, the inspector shall notify
the owner or renter in writing, stating in the notice what is re-
quired, and order the use of the boiler, discontinued until the
necessary repairs are made; and if he considers it beyond repair,
he shall condemn it; and if the owner or renter shall refuse or
neglect to comply with the requirements of the inspector, and
shall, contrary thereto, and while the same remains unreversed,
use the boiler, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than on&
hundred dollars for each day such boiler is used, and in addition
thereto shall be liable for any damage to persons or property
which shall occur from any defects, as stated in the notice of the
inspector.
Ibid.
516. Any owner or renter of a boiler, who shall consider him-
self aggrieved by the action of the inspector, under the provisions
of the preceding section, may, within ten days after such inspec-
tion, notify the inspector, of the fact, and demand a re-examina-
tion of the said boiler; the owner or renter shall select a practical
engineer, who, with the inspector, shall select a third person,
skilled in the manufacture and use of steam boilers, which said
two persons, after taking an oath as reviewers, shall, together with,
the inspector, carefully examine the said boiler, and the decision
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