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enforced, prosecuted or inflicted as fully and to the same extent as if such law had not been repealed. All actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, commenced under or by virtue of a law so repealed and pending immediately prior to the taking effect of this act, may be prosecuted and defended to final effect in the same manner as they might have been under the laws then existing, subject to the provisions of this act authorizing special deputy commissioners or special agents designated by the state commissioner of excise to perform the duties of boards of excise.

§ 45. When to take effect.—This act shall take effect immediately.

SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED.

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CHAPTER XXX

OF THE GENERAL LAWS

[CHAP. 592 OF 1897.]

THE NAVIGATION LAW.

ARTICLE I. General provisions (§§ 1–29).
II. Hudson river navigation (§§ 35-40).
III. Other waters of the state (§§ 50-55).
IV. Port of Albany (§§ 60-65).

V. Rivers and streams as public highways (S$ 70-76).
VI. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 80–81).

ARTICLE I.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SECTION 1. Short title; extent of application.

2. Definitions.

3. Duty of superintendent of public works.

4. Inspectors, appointment, qualifications, terms of office and compensation.

5. Duties of inspectors.

6. Inspection and test of boilers.

7. Certificate of inspection, etc.

8. Number of passengers carried.

9. Construction of steamboats. 10. Stairways and gangways. 11. Sailing rules.

12. Lights on vessels.

13. Steam fire pump.

14. Life boats.

15. Life preservers, etc.

16. Interference with safety valve.

17. Licenses.

18. Lamps.

19. Names of vessels to be painted on stern.

20. Method of landing passengers.

21. Engine stopped.

22. Loose hay, etc., not to be carried.

23. Racing.

24. Penaities.

25. Liability of owners.

26. Copy posted.

27. Annual report.

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SECTION 28. Persons employing steamboats, to receive no compensation. 29. What vessels must comply with this article.

SECTION 1. Short title; extent of application. This chapter shall be known as the navigation law, and shall be applicable to all steam vessels navigating the waters within the jurisdiction of this state, excepting vessels which are subject to inspection under the laws of the United States.

§ 2. Definitions.-As used in this chapter, the term master includes every person having for the time, the charge, control or direction of a steamboat or vessels; and the term steamboat or steam vessel, includes every vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam.

3. Duty of superintendent of public works.-The superintendent of public works shall superintend the administration of the provisions of this article, appoint the inspectors provided for in this act and exercise supervision over them in the performance of their duties.

§ 4. Inspectors; appointment; qualifications; terms of office and compensation. Within thirty days after the passage of this chapter, and thereafter, from time to time, the superintendent of public works shall appoint two inspectors of steam vessels, one of whom shall have a practical knowledge of the management of steam vessels by an experience of at least five years as a licensed master and pilot of steam vessels, and the other of the construction and use of boilers, engines and their appurtenances, and who shall be otherwise properly qualified to perform the duties prescribed by this article, each of whom shall hold office during the term of office of the superintendent appointing them. Each inspector shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, to be paid monthly by the state treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller. Each inspector shall receive his actual and necessary traveling expenses upon a verified statement of such expenses duly audited by the superintendent of public works. If the office of inspector becomes vacant, the superintendent shall fill such vacancy by the appointment of a person to serve for the remainder of such unexpired term. The superintendent of public works may remove such inspectors at any time.

§ 5. Duties of inspectors.-The inspectors shall annually or oftener, if they have good cause to believe it reasonable, inspect

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every steam vessel engaged in carrying passengers for hire or towing for hire, examine carefully her hull, boats and other equipments, examine her engine and boiler, ascertain how long it will be safe to use the same, determine the pressure of steam to be allowed and so regulate the fusible plugs, safety valves and steam cocks as to insure safety, and they may require such changes, repairs and improvements to be adopted and used as they may deem expedient for the contemplated route. They shall also fix the number of passengers that may be transported. The inspectors shall also, whenever they or either of them deem it expedient, visit any vessel licensed under this article, and examine into her condition for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any party thereon, having a certificate from said inspectors, has conformed to and obeyed the conditions of such certificates, and the provisions of this act; and the owner, master, pilot, captain or engineer of such vessel shall answer all reasonable questions, and give all the information in his or their power in regard to said vessel, her machinery and the manner of managing the same. In case of damage by fire or by explosion, or by means of an electrical apparatus, the inspectors may investigate the cause thereof, and if found by them to have been occasioned by a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the orders, regulations and requirements of said inspectors, they shall so certify to the district attorney of the county where such violation occurred, together with the names of the persons guilty thereof and of the witnesses.

6. Inspection and test of boilers.-The inspectors shall also test the boilers of all steam vessels before the same shall be used, and at least once in every year thereafter. In subjecting to the hydrostatic test, boilers called and usually known under the designation of high pressure boilers, the hydrostatic pressure applied must be in proportion of one hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch to one hundred pounds to the square inch of the steam pressure allowed. And in subjecting to the hydrostatic test, that class of boilers usually designated and known as low pressure boilers, the inspectors shall allow as the working power of each new boiler, a pressure of only three-fourths the number of pounds to the square inch, to which it shall have been subjected by the hydrostatic test, and found to be sufficient therefor; but should said inspectors be of the opinion that such boiler, by reason of its construction or material will not safely

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