I certify the foregoing to be true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Given under my hand at.....this. .day of.....19..

Informant.

I hereby certify that the above return was made to me

.day of...

.19..

Registrar.

CERTIFICATE OF CAUSE OF DEATH.

Registration Division of..

I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the cause of death above stated is the true cause of death of the person herein named.

Place...

Date..

19...

Attending Physician.

N.B.-Physicians furnishing certificates of cause of death will adhere as closely as possible to the schedule of causes of deaths furnished them by the Department of Agriculture and are requested to avoid giving as causes of deaths conditions. which are purely symptomatic.

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Short title

Interpreta tion

"Boiler"

"Owner"

CHAPTER 22

An Act respecting Steam Boilers.

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Act may be cited as "The Steam Boilers Act." 1906, c. 15, s. 1.

INTERPRETATION.

2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires the expression:

1. "Boiler" does not include boilers used for heating water for domestic purposes or generating steam solely for heating buildings which carry less than fifteen pounds steam pressure or railway locomotive or steamboat boilers but means and includes all other steam boilers or battery of boilers and every part thereof or thing connected therewith and all apparatus and things attached to or used in connection with any such boiler;

2. "Owner" means and includes any person, firm or corporation the owner or lessee of a boiler and the manager or other head officer in charge of the business of any such firm or corporation;

"Engineer" 3. "Engineer" means any person having charge of or operating a steam boiler and the steam engine connected therewith under the provisions of this Act;

"Person" 4. "Person" means any male over eighteen years of age; "Minister" 5. "Minister" means the minister of public works for Saskatchewan;

"Inspector"

"Inspection certificate"

"Certificate"

"Department"

6. "Inspector" means an inspector of steam boilers appointed under the provisions of this Act;

7. "Inspection certificate" means the annual certificate of the inspection of any boiler issued by an inspector;

8. "Certificate" means the interim provisional or final certificate of qualification issued to any engineer under the provisions of this Act;

9. "Department" means the department of public works for Saskatchewan. 1906, c. 15, s. 2; 1908, c. 11, s. 1.

INSPECTIONS.

Appointment 3. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint an inspector or inspectors of steam boilers for Saskatchewan for

of inspectors

the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and may fix the remuneration to be paid such inspector or inspectors. 1906, c. 15, s. 3.

cannot be

4. No person holding the office of inspector under the Inspectors provisions of this Act shall be either directly or indirectly agents for interested in the sale of boilers or steam machinery. 1906, c. 15, s. 4.

machinery

to be taken

5. Every inspector appointed under the provisions of this Oath of office Act shall before entering upon the performance of his duties take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office. 1906, c. 15, s. 5.

may enter

6. For the purpose of seeing that the provisions of this Inspectors Act are complied with any of the inspectors appointed under premises this Act may at any reasonable hour enter upon any lands or into any building where any steam boiler is operated. 1906, c. 15, s. 6.

inspector

7. Any person interfering with or obstructing any inspector Obstructing in the performance of his duties under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $50. 1906, c. 15, s. 7.

inspections

8. Every inspector shall keep a true record of all boilers Record of inspected and all repairs ordered by him, of all condemned by to be kept him as unsafe, of all accidents to boilers in his district whether by explosion or otherwise and of all casualties in connection with the operation of boilers in his district. 1906, c. 15, s. 8.

report

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9. Every inspector shall render annually on or before the Annual last day of February in each year a concise report to the minister of all inspections made by him during the preceding year and of all accidents and casualties that may have happened connected with the operation of steam boilers within his district. 1906, c. 15, s. 9; 1908, c. 11, s. 2.

may examine on oath

10. Any inspector may by notice in writing signed by him Inspector require the attendance before him at a time and place to be named in such notice of any person; and may examine such person on oath regarding any matter connected with the inspection or operation of any boiler or any accident thereto.

(2) Any person wilfully neglecting or refusing in any way to comply with the notice of the inspector or to be examined as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine of $25 and on nonpayment of such fine forthwith after conviction to imprisonment for one month. 1906, c. 15, s. 10.

Boilers to

be inspected annually

Boilers not

operated since

previous inspection

Boilers used for heating purposes

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Inspection certificate to issue

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Validity of inspection certificate

Certificate to be posted

up or

produced

INSPECTION OF BOILERS.

11. Every boiler in the province shall be inspected at least once in each calendar year by an inspector at such time as the inspector may see fit.

(2) If the owner of any boiler proves to the satisfaction of the inspector that his boiler has not been operated since the date of the previous inspection and is in as good conditon as when inspected the inspector may issue a new inspection certificate without inspecting the boiler and may remit the fee for inspection hereinafter provided for.

(3) In the case of boilers used for heating purposes in hotels, stores, office buildings, theatres, churches, apartment buildings or other buildings used for public purposes or in which the public from time to time congregate the inspector shall without fee lock and seal the pop safety valve on the boiler so as to permit of no greater steam pressure in the boiler than fifteen pounds to the square inch unless the owner desires to use a greater pressure in which case all the provisions of this Act in respect to the operation of steam boilers shall apply.

(4) The inspector shall upon the completion of his inspection stamp upon every boiler a number; and the owner of every portable boiler shall at all times expose and keep exposed such number in figures not less than five inches in height on each side of such boiler. 1906, c. 15, s. 11; 1908, c. 11, s. 3.

12. Upon completion of his inspection the inspector shall issue to the owner of the boiler an inspection certificate; and the owner shall pay the inspector a fee of $5 for such inspection and the issue of such certificate.

(2) Any owner neglecting or refusing to pay the inspector such fee shall be guilty of a breach of this Act.

(3) Such inspection certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the due inspection of the boiler and of its fitness to be operated and the possession of such certificate shall authorise the operation of such boiler from the date of such certificate until its inspection in the next following year. 1906, c. 15, s. 12; 1909, c. 14, s. 1.

13. The inspection certificate shall be exposed in a conspicuous place in the boiler or engine room of every upon demand stationary boiler and shall be produced at any time by the owner or operator of any portable boiler upon demand of the inspector.

(2) Any owner refusing or neglecting to post up or produce the inspection certificate shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding $25. 1906, c. 15, s. 13.