Organization and law of the Department of commerce and laborPrepared under the direction of the secretary .. . ect the issue ofthe usual certificate of inspection, whether said boilers,steam pipes, and appurtenances are or are not constructedpursuant to the laws of the United States, or whetherthey are or are not constructed of iron stamped pursuantto said laws. The tests in the inspection of such boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine pur poses.
Organization and law of the Department of commerce and laborPrepared under the direction of the secretary .. . ect the issue ofthe usual certificate of inspection, whether said boilers,steam pipes, and appurtenances are or are not constructedpursuant to the laws of the United States, or whetherthey are or are not constructed of iron stamped pursuantto said laws. The tests in the inspection of such boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine pur poses. Inspection in xhe Constitution, and, except as herein otherwise pro- ™ so, 1900. vided, all the laws of the United States which are not gijtat.,iu.) locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory as elsewhere in the United States. bo^af^inipM^lm [Tiie Office of the Steamboat-Inspection Service is pro-service. vided with a chief clerk, at a salary of |2,000 per annum, andacfa?^ other employees. Authority for Supervising Inspector-General is given on page 117.] --^i;. CHAPTER XII BUREAU OF FISHERIES Prior to 1871 the fisheries of the United States and the artificialpropagation of fish were given considerable attention by certain of theStates and by various individuals, and inquiries along these lineswere also conducted by the Smithsonian Institution. Influenced bythe action of a meeting of the commissioners of fisheries of NewEngland, held in Boston in 1866, Congress passed a joint resolution,approved February 9, 1871, which provided for the appointmentof a United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, who was toconduct inquiries and investigations relating to the diminution of thefood-fish supply, and suggest remedial measures. From this beginninghas grown up the Bureau of Fisheries. The propagation of food fishes was taken up under authority of anact approved June 10, 1872, which was the result of action leading tothis end taken by t
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