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and if any steam boiler is so worked, the occupier of the
factory or place in which the boiler is situate or the owncr
or hirer of the boiler, as the case may be, shall be guilty
of an offence and shall be liable for a first offence to a fine
of two hundred and fifty dollars, and for a second offence
to a fine of five hundred dollars, and for a third or sub-
sequent offence to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(16) The competent person referred to in subsections
(7) and (9) of this section shall not be in the employ of
the occupier of the premises in which the steam boiler
which the competent person examines is situate, and shall
not be in the employ of the owner or hirer of the said boiler.

24. (1) Every air pressure container shall—

(a) have marked upon it so as to be plainly visible
the safe working pressure; and

(v) in the case of a container connected with an
air compressing plant cither be so constructed as to
withstand with safety the maximum pressure which
can be obtained in the compressor, or be fitted with a
suitable reducing valve or other suitable appliance to
prevent the safe working pressure of the container
being exceeded; and

(c) be fitted with a suitable safety valve so adjusted
as to permit the air to escape as soon as the safe working
pressure is exceeded; and

(@) be fitted with a correct pressure gauge indicating
the pressure in the container in pounds per square
inch; and

(e) be so fitted with a suitable appliance for draining
the container as to enable all liquid to be drained
from the lowest point in the container; and

(f) be provided with a suitable manhole, hand-
hole, or other means which will allow the interior to be
thoroughly cleaned; and

(g) in a case where more than one container is in
use in the factory or other place, bear a distinguishing
mark which shall be easily visible.

_ (2) For the purpose of the provisions uf the fore-
going subsection relating to safety valves and pressure

Air pressure
containers.