ENGINEERS' LICENSE LAWS 297 



"23. Whenever a steamer meets with an accident involving 

 loss of life or damage to property it shall be the duty of the 

 licensed officers of any such steamer to report the same in 

 writing and in person without delay to the nearest board. 

 Provided, That when from distance it may be inconvenient 

 to report in person it may be done in writing only and the report 

 sworn to before any person authorized to administer oaths. 



"24. No person shall receive an original license as engineer 

 or assistant engineer (except for special license on small pleasure 

 steamers and ferryboats of 10 T. and under, sawmill boats, 

 pile drivers, boats exclusively engaged as fishing boats, and 

 other similar small vessels), who has not served at least 3 yr. 

 in the engineer's department of a steam vessel, a portion of 

 which experience must have been obtained within the 3 yr. 

 next preceding the application. 



"Provided, That any person who has served 3 yr. as appren- 

 tice to the machinist trade in a marine, stationary, or locomotive 

 engine works, and any person who has served for a period of not 

 less than 3 yr. as a locomotive or stationary engineer, and any 

 person graduated as a mechanical engineer from a duly recog- 

 nized school of technology, may be licensed to serve as an 

 engineer of steam vessels after having had not less than 1 yr. 

 experience in the engine department of steam vessels, a portion 

 of which experience must have been obtained within the 3 yr. 

 preceding his application; which fact must be verified by the 

 certificate in writing, of the licensed engineer or master under 

 whom the applicant has served, said certificate to be filed with 

 the application of the candidate; and no person shall receive 

 license as above, except for special license, who is not able to 

 determine the weight necessary to be placed' on the lever of a 

 safety valve (the diameter of valve, length of lever, distance 

 from center of valve to fulcrum, weight of lever, and weight of 

 valve and stem being known) , to withstand any given pressure 

 of steam in a boiler, or who is not able to figure and determine 

 the strain brought on the braces of a boiler with a given pressure 

 of steam, the position and distance apart of braces being known, 

 such knowledge to be determined by an examination in writing, 

 and the report of examination filed with the application in 

 the office of the local inspectors, and no engineer or assistant 



