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of bad habits, or is addicted to the use of intoxicating beverages, 

 he shall not be entitled to receive such grades of license and shall 

 not be reexamined for the same until after the expiration of 1 yr. 



Every owner or lessee, or the agent of the owner or lessee, 

 of any steam boiler, steam generator, or steam engine afore- 

 said, and every person acting for such owner or agent is hereby 

 forbidden to delegate or transfer to any person or persons 

 other than the licensed engineer the responsibility and liabil- 

 ity of keeping and maintaining in good order and condition 

 any such steam boiler, steam generator, or steam engine, nor 

 shall any such owner, lessee, or agent enter into a contract for 

 the operation or management of a steam boiler, steam gen- 

 erator, or steam engine, whereby said owner, lessee, or agent 

 shall be relieved of the responsibility or liability for injury 

 tbat may be caused to person or property by such steam boiler, 

 steam generator, or steam engine. Every engineer holding a 

 certificate of qualification from said board of examiners shall 

 be responsible to the owner, lessee, or agent employing him 

 for the good care, repair, good order and management of the 

 steam boiler, steam generator, or steam engine in charge of, 

 or run, or operated by such engineer. 



Niagara Falls, N. Y. A board of examiners of stationary 

 engineers, consisting of three members, administers the license 

 laws in the city of Niagara Falls. Any person desiring a license 

 to act as a stationary engineer or fireman in this city, may file 

 with the city clerk an application, together with the required 

 fee for a license, provided one is granted, which fee is returned 

 to the applicant in case a license is not granted to him. The 

 application is to be submitted to the board of examiners by 

 the city clerk, when such board shall examine the applicant at 

 a time and place named by the board. 



It shall be unlawful for any person to have charge of or oper- 

 ate any steam plant, steam engine, or steam boiler within this 

 city, excepting locomotive steam engines, or marine engines, 

 or engines used by the fire department of the city of Niagara 

 Falls, without having procured a license from the board of 

 examiners. 



The board of examiners shall issue licenses of the following 

 classes : 



