264 ENGINEERS' LICENSE LAWS 



Every person who shall satisfy said board of examiners that 

 he is a safe and competent person to operate and have charge 

 of the steam plant, boiler, or engine specified in his application, 

 shall, on payment of $1 to the city clerk, for the benefit of the 

 city, receive a license permitting him to operate the same for 

 1 yr., unless sooner revoked. Said license shall apply only to the 

 plant, boiler, or engine for which it is issued, and before taking 

 charge of another plant the licensee shall apply for another 

 license for such other plant, for which other license, if the 

 application be made within a year, no charge shall be made. 

 For annual renewals of such licenses a fee of $1 shall be 

 paid. For the renewals above mentioned, no additional hear- 

 ing shall be required, unless in the judgment of said board 

 it shall be necessary. Said licenses must be framed and 

 hung in a conspicuous place in the plant, or upon or near the 

 engine for which is is issued. 



If the board shall refuse to grant to any applicant a license, 

 oo license shall be issued to him for the next 6 mo. following 

 the refusal of his application, but after said period said appli- 

 cant may make another application, and if found qualified, 

 may be granted a license. 



Whenever said board shall refuse to grant any application, 

 or shall revoke any license, they shall give immediate notice 

 of such refusal or revocation to the applicant or licensee, and 

 such applicant or licensee may appeal from the decision of such 

 board to the board of aldermen, in which case said applicant 

 or licensee shall file his appeal with the board of aldermen 

 within 10 da. after receiving notice of the decision of said 

 board, and the board of aldermen may confirm or reverse the 

 decision of said board, and issue such license. 



The ordinance shall not apply to railway locomotives, nor 

 to engineers employed thereon, nor to steam vessels coming 

 under the jurisdiction of the United States Board of Super- 

 vising Inspectors, when employed upon the vessel to which 

 said license applies. Nor shall it apply to boilers in private 

 residences or buildings for heating purposes, unless, in the 

 opinion of said board, such boiler is so equipped and run 

 aj> to endanger public safety unless operated by a licensed 





