TABLE No. 3.

INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS.

Number of Boilers Inspected and Reinspected.

A card index has been adopted and installed by which records of inspections of steam boilers within the jurisdiction of this Department throughout the State are systematically filed and affords a ready and reliable bureau containing data and reports pertaining to the enforcement of section 357 of the State Fire Marshal Law.

Plant numbers are assigned to each location where steam boilers are operated. The name of the owner or operator and the number of boilers operated are carefully recorded. For the purpose of identification each boiler must have conspicuously affixed thereon a metal plate on which is plainly displayed both the plant and serial number under which such boiler is entered in the records of the Department. Reports are received and filed quarterly showing the condition of boilers where inspected by an authorized insurance company and semi-annually where subject to Departmental inspection.

Where defective conditions are disclosed such as render the continuance of boilers in service hazardous, persons responsible for their condition are notified from the Department that they are obliged to make such repairs as are essential to the safety of life and property, and until such requirements are complied with the operation of such boilers is in violation of law and subject to the penalty provided by statute.