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reason of this clause to operate continuously any steam engine 

 or boiler to which this ordinance applies. Applications for 

 license must be made in writing to the board of public works. 

 Nothing in this ordinance shall apply to locomotive engines 

 or boilers. 



Tacoma, Wash. In the city ot Tacoma a board of examiners 

 consisting of the city boiler inspector and two other persons 

 all of whom are appointed by the mayor, administers and 

 enforces the engineers' license laws. 



Any person desiring to procure a license as a stationary 

 engineer may apply for it to the boiler inspector upon an appli- 

 tion blank furnished by the inspector. He shall then be exam- 

 ined as to his qualifications as a stationary engineer by the 

 examiners. At the conclusion of the examination, the board 

 of examiners shall transmit to the city council all papers used 

 in the examination, including all questions and answers given, 

 together with the recommendation of the board as to its find- 

 ings. The city council decides as to whether or not a license 

 shall be granted the applicant. 



Licenses are for a period of 1 yr. and the fee for a license 

 is $2, payable to the city treasurer. Upon the expiration of 

 a license and upon the payment of a fee of $1 to the city treas- 

 urer, the board of examiners may recommend a renewal of 

 the same, without further examination of the applicant, for a 

 period of 1 yr. 



The licenses granted are classified as follows: First-class 

 or chief engineer's license which entitles the holder to take 

 charge of and control the operation of any steam plant in the 

 city of Tacoma; second-class, or assistant engineer's license, 

 which entitles the holder to take charge of and control the 

 operation of any steam plant in the city not exceeding 150 boiler 

 H. P., or to act as assistant engineer to the chief engineer of 

 any steam plant in the city; third-class engineer's license, 

 which entitles the holder to take charge of and control the 

 operation of any steam plant in the city not exceeding 50 boiler 

 H. P., or to act as ar assistant engineer to an engineer of the 

 second class or as a second assistant engineer to an engineer of 

 the first class; fourth-class, or special-engineer's license, which 

 entitles the holder to take entire charge and control of a 



