SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 244, 245. 1909. 687 and the word “eight," and after the word " the," in the twenty-third line of the section, the word "approved," so that the section as amended shall read as follows: - Sec. 4434. No externally fired boiler havin its shell constructed of p,§`Q‘§§k§,°jf;§§,§°‘}§§ iron or steel plates, exceedin an average tliickness of thirty-eight vermin rivers one-hundredths of an inch, siiall be employed on any steam vessel i¤iégdZ§l°`MM’p‘85°’ naigmating the Red River of the North or rivers ilowing into the Gulf ’ of exico or their tributaries; and no externally fired boiler employed SP¤·¤€b€*W6€¤U¤€S· on any such steam vessel shall have less than three inches space be- · tween its shell and any of its internal iiues, and not less than three inches space between such flues when any such flues are more than five inches in diameter, the measurements to be taken from the center of _ the length of the tapered section of said ilues; and every such exter— M¤¤¤¤¤¤· nally iired boiler employed on any such steam vessel shall be provided with a manhole in the lower rt of the front head thereof, of such dimensions as may be prescribdd by the Board of Supervising Inspectp ors, in all cases where the distance between its internal iiues is less than three inches. Externally fired boilers having shells constructed 1,§§’§c;§flQ$c°$s,@lj _ of iron or steel plates not exceeding an average thickness of fifty one- Mig- . . l ' hundredths of an inch may, in the discretion of the Supervising e°m°°' Inspector—General, be authorized and employed on steam vessels navigating the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or salt-water bays, or sounds, or the Great Lakes, or any of them, and waters flowing to _ and from the same, or any of them: Provided, That on inspection, no mmm_ late that is by this Act limited to a thickness of thirtv·eight onehundredths of an inch and no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch shall be rejected for use if found to exceed those dimensions, respectively, if the approved ave e thickness thereof does not exceed the limits therein specified, andrtlge amount of steam pressure that will be permitted to be carried in boilers constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Act shall be determined from measurements showing the least thickness of the plates. Sec. 2. That all externally tired boilers, constructed of iron or steel, “°“°¤ *¤ wwprior to the passage of this Act, and now in use on any such vessels, wherein the space between the shell and any of its internal ilues or between such ilues is less than three inches, they shall be deemed lawfully constructed. Sec. 3. That all laws or parts of laws conilicting with this Act are Repeal. hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1909. CHAP. 245.-An Act To attach Dawson County, in the State of Texas, to the March 2.1909. Abiisiis division di the iidmiem judicial district di said sim and w detach it mm no _£*‘;.?·"*‘i"?i_.. the Fort Worth division of said Court. [Public, No. em.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States ofAme1"ica in Congress assembled, That Dawson Count , in the d,;,*`{f,{'},‘§SQQ‘g§P€'" J"' State of Texas, be, and the same is hereby, attached to andy made a mggwgdtvegapry art of the Abilene division of the northern 'udicial district of the divisigiii °" Nm State of Texas and detached from the Fort llVorth division of said ,_,;,'f,f,ed’}2· *’· ‘"· judicial district. _ Sec. 2. That all process against persons resident m said county! of €,§°‘“’“ "‘ P'°°*’”· Dawson and co izable before the court in said judicial district s all be issued out oinand made returnable to said court at Abilene, and that all prosecutions against persons for offenses committed in said county s all be tried in said court at Abilene: Provided, That no civil mmmor criminal cause begun and pending prior to the passage of this Act shall be in any way affected y it. Approved, March 2, 1909.
