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Belmont ...
Geo. K. Nash, R ......
June 1, 1900
1,
1903
April 30, 1906
Thos. McGough ..
Belmont ·
Columbiana .
Geo. K. Nash, R ...... | May Wm. Mckinley, R ..... May Asa S. Bushnell, R ... May
1. 1894
1, 1897|
April 30, 1897 May 31, 1900|
3 years .... 3 mars 3 ;. 8. 1 mo.
..
Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed.
The Inspector of Mines.
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To take effect July 15, before entering on his duties.
Reappointed.
Reappointed.
Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed.
Reappointed. Reappointed. Reappointed. Incumbent. Reappointed.
Rees T. Davis. .. Rees T. Davis.
Columbiana .
May
1, 1887|
July 15. 1892
April 30, 1894| 1 y. 9 m. 15 d
Carroll ...
Wm. Mckinley, Jr., R. Wm. Mckinley, Jr,, R. May
1, 1894
Feb. 15, 1898| 3 yrs. 916 m ..
Tuscarawas
Jas. E. Campbell, D ... Aug. 1,
1891
July 15. 1892
May
1. 1891
July 15, 1892
11 mo., 15. d. 3 yrs., 7 dys. 1 yr., 21/2 mo 3 years
Resigned.
Wm. H. Turner, D ... Jas. W. Haughee, R.
Thos. H. Love, R .... Thos. H. Love, R .... Thos. H. Love, R .... Wm. B. Rennie, D ... Jno. E. Short, D ... . Adam P.McDonald, D.
Carroll
Carroll
. .
June 1,
1889
April 30, 1888| 1 year
Stark ...
Robert Bell, R .. . Ebenezer Lewis, D ..
Saml. Llewellyn, R .. Saml. Llewellyn, R .. Thos. McGough ... . Thos. McGough .
Dec. 31, 1897| 2 yrs. 512 mo
Jackson
Wm. Mckinley, R ..... Asa S. Bushnell, R. Wm. Mckinley, R ... Asa S. Bushnell, R ...
May 1,
April 30, 1903
April 30, 1897| 3 years ... 3 : : s. 1 mo ... 2 yrs. 11 mo.
Belmont ..
Belmont .. ·
...
Stark
Wm. Mckinley, R ..... July 15, 1892
May 19, 1900| 2 y. 11 m. 28 d
3 years . ·
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3 years ...
JC.
APPOINTMENTS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT .- Concluded.
Name of Inspector.
County.
Governor by whom appointed.
Term began.
Term expired Time served.
Remarks.
District Inspectors- Concluded.
Wm. K. Moore ..
Stark
Asa S. Bushnell, R ... |
Jan. 17.
1898| July 15, 1898| 6 months
Reappointed.
Wm. K. Moore .......
Stark
Asa S. Bushnell, R ...
July 15,
1898| July
1, 1900 1 y. 10 m. 15d| Resigned.
Jas. P. Davis.
Carroll
Asa S. Bushnell, R ...
Feb. 15,
1898| April 30, 1900
2 y. 2 m. 15 d
Lucius W. Hull .....
Athens
Asa S. Bushnell, R ...
July 15,
1898|July
15, 1899
Perry
. Asa S. Bushnell, R .. July 15,
1898
May
30, 1900
1 year ..... 1 y. 10 m. 15d| 2 years
David B. Wilson. ... David H. Williams .. R. M. Mason ... ·
Athens - . Hocking
Geo. K. Nash, R .... ·
May 19, 1900| April
30, 1903
| Belmont ..
Geo. K. Nash, R ... · June 1,
1900
April 30, 1903
2 y. 11 m. 11d| 2 y. 10 m. 29d 3 years, 9 da
Thos. McGough. . David B. Wilson. .. . W. H. Turner. ·
Perry . ·
Geo. K. Nash, R .. ....
June 1, 1900
June
9, 1903
Guernsey ·
Geo. K. Nash, R ...
June 1, 1900| April 30, 1903 2 y. 10 m. 29d
Wm. D. Miller. ..
Stark
Geo. K. Nash, R ....
July
1, 1900 July
1, 1901 April 30, 1903|2 y. 3 m. 29d 1901| July
15, 1904
Reappointed.
Stark .
Geo. K. Nach, R. ... ·
July 15,
1901|July
15, 1904
W. H. Turner. .
Belmont ..
·
Geo. K. Nash, R .... May 1, 1903| Aug.
15, 1903
3 m., 15 da.
R. M. Mason ... .
W. H. Turner ...
Guernsey ....
Geo. K. Nash, R. ..
May 1, 1903 |April 30, 1906
Carroll ·
Geo. K. Nash, R.
June 9,
1903| May
30, 1904
11 m., 21da. 9 m., 15da ..
Hocking ..
·
Myron T. Herrick. . ... June 1,
1903 April 30, 1906
L. W. Hull
Hocking . .
Myron T. Herrick. ·
June 1, 1903 April 30, 1906
D. H. Williams.
Athens
Myron T. Herrick. ...
July 15, 1904 |July
15, 1907
W. H. Miller.
Stark
Myron T. Herrick. ..
July 15,
1904|July
15, 1907
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The Inspector of Mines.
Reappointed. Incumbent. Resigned. Incumbent.
Jas. P. Davis ... John Winefordner ... Ed S. Smith ..
Muskingum ...
Geo. K. Nash, R ..
Geo. K. Nash, R. . Aug. 15,
1903| May
30, 1904
3 years
Thos. McGough ..
Geo. K. Nash, R ... May 1,
1903| April 30, 1906
Jas. P. Davis. . David H. Williams ..
Carroll
Geo. K. Nash, R .. ..
Jan.
1899
July 15, 1901
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Reappointed. Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed.
Reappointed.
Reappointed.
Athens
Geo. K. Nash, R ...
July 15,
May 1, 1903 April 30, 1906
·
Incumbent. Resigned. Resigned. Incumbent.
Thos. Waters . Jackson .
Incumbent.
·
Reappointed. Reappointed.
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Reappointed. Resigned. Reappointed. Reappointed.
Asa S. Bushnell, R ... July 15,
15, 1901 1 yr. 14 days
Hocking .. ...
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STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
SAM HUSTON.
Sam Huston, the present State Highway Commissioner, was born in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 28th, 1850, and spent his early years upon a farm. He was educated n common schools, academy and college, graduating and receiving his diploma in the Scientific and Engineering Course. Served as a member of Board of Education and as Township Clerk. Was elected County Surveyor of Jefferson County in 1885, and re-elected in 1888, 1891, 1894 and 1897, serving from January, 1886, to September, 1901, a period of fifteen years and eight months. The Legislature, during his incum- bency, changed the beginning of the official year of the office of County Sur- veyor from January to September, causing an interim of eight months to which he was appointed by the County Commissioners.
During his service as County Surveyor and Engineer he had charge of the construction of a large number of miles of improved roads in Jefferson County, costing in the aggregate upward of $800,000. One system included 78 miles. In- cluded in the work under his charge was about 120 miles of stone and brick surfaced roads, together with about 30 miles which were graded without surfac- ing. Mr. Huston has studied, investigated and promoted good roads for thirty years, beginning his work of promotion of good roads in 1874, and in doing so has visited thirty-five states and territories, traveling from Maine to California.
Mr. Huston was appointed State Highway Commissioner June 30th, 1904, by Governor Herrick, for the term ending June 30th, 1908.
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State Highway Commissioner.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
The Highway Department was created by the 76th General As- sembly of the State of Ohio, at its regular session, the act being entitled "An act to establish a state highway department by the appointment of a state highway commissioner and assistants, and defining the duties of the office, and to provide for a system of state, county and township co-operation in the permanent improvement of public highways." The act was passed April 18, 1904. On the same day another act was passed "Providing for the operations of the State Highway Department and pro- viding for investigating the chemical and physical character of road making material, etc." The intention of the department is indicated in Bulletin No. I, issued March 14, 1905.
Section 2 of the bill "To establish a state highway department" pro- vides, that the Highway Commissioner may make inquiries in regard to the best methods of road making throughout the United States. This recognizes that the science of road building is one of advancement, and that the Department of Highways is to be a progressive one, and that it shall keep in touch with whatever is new in road building, and make it available for the benefit of the state. Along the same line is the provision that the Commissioner may "make investigations and experiments in re- gard to the best methods of road making and the best kinds of road material and investigate the chemical and physical character of road materials."
The Department is to be a school for the dissemination of informa- tion to the people of the state as to the needs and developments in the science and practice of road building, and in carrying out the evident intent of the Legislature, the Commissioner of Highways expects to take part in meetings and conventions in the interest of good roads through- out the state, and aid local authorities to the economical and effective expenditure of the funds at their command for road construction and maintenance.
The work of the Department will not in any manner interfere with, nor supersede the local authorities in their work of road construction and maintenance under former laws, but hopes to co-operate in a friendly way and to mutual benefit.
The second purpose of the acts of the Seventy-sixth General As- sembly is to provide that the State Highway Department should have the direction of the construction and future maintenance of such roads as might be built under any state appropriation for aid, or from any appro- priation from the federal government.
The Department is organized as follows:
Commissioner. .Sam Huston. . Steubenville.
Chief Clerk ..
F. W. Burdell .. .Columbus.
Stenographer
Miss Hannah Jones Columbus.
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THE INSPECTOR OF WORKSHOPS AND FACTORIES.
J. H. Morgan, present Chief Inspector of the Department of Workshops and Factories, was born in Wales, February 14, 1862. With his parents he came to this country in 1869, locating at Newark, Ohio. Attended the public schools until fourteen years of age, when he went to work in the glass factory. Two years later removed to Cleveland, where he worked in the sheet rolling depart- ment of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co .; removed to Bridgeport in the autumn of 1885, and in 1890 removed to Cambridge, where he still resides.
A sheet and tin roller by occupation, he always took an active interest in labor organizations; has been national vice-president and national trustes of the A. A. of S. I. and T. W. In 1895 he was elected Stae Senator to represent the 19th District in the Seventy-second General Assembly. On December 1, 1901, was appointed Chief Inspector of Workshops and Factories.
The department originated from the urgent appeals of organized labor throughout the state to the General Assembly, and its purpose is to save life and limb by ordering safeguards to be thrown around all danger- ous machinery and looking after sanitary conditions in workshops and factories and ordering fire escapes on such shops where necessary, and causing all owners of buildings used for the assemblage of people to sup- ply them with proper means of egress and fire protection.
The act of 1884 creating the Department of Workshops and Fac- tories, provided for the appointment of one inspector by the governor, but did not specify the term of office or make any provisions for office room. Henry Dorn, of Cleveland, was appointed Inspector, and entered on the duties of his office April 14, 1884, establishing headquarters at Cleve- land. April 29, 1885, the act was amended creating the office of Chief Inspector, and providing for the appointment of three District Inspectors, and locating the department in the State Capitol .. Henry Dorn was ap- pointed Chief Inspector, serving from April 29, 1885, to April 29, 1889.
W. Z. McDonald, of Akron, was appointed Chief Inspector April 29, 1889, and served one full term to April 29, 1893. March 23, 1892, the law was amended empowering the chief inspector to appoint eight addi- tional District Inspectors. Mr. McDonald was reappointed for a second term and served until June 12, 1893, when removed.
E. M. Slack, of Columbus, the chief clerk, was placed in charge of the department, as acting Chief Inspector, June 12, 1893, and served until December 7, 1893, in that capacity.
J. W. Knaub, of Dayton, was appointed Chief Inspector to fill the
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vacancy occasioned by removal of W. Z. McDonald, December 7, 1893, and served until April 29, 1897; reappointed for a term of four years, term ending April 29, 1901, and served until December 1, 1901, when the present incumbent was appointed.
April 27, 1896, a law was enacted providing for the inspection of bakeshops and empowering the Chief Inspector to appoint two Bakeshop Inspectors, making total number of District Inspectors thirteen.
The act creating and governing the department makes it the duty of the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap- point the Chief Inspector, whose term is four years.
The act also empowers the Chief Inspector, with the approval of the Governor, to appoint all District Inspectors, whose term of office is three years.
It is the duty of the Chief Inspector to give his entire time and at- tention to the duties of his office, to direct and supervise the work of his District Inspectors and to make such rules and regulations, not incon- sistent with the law, as will be for the best interest of the service.
It is the duty of the District Inspectors to give their entire time and attention to the duties of their office; to visit all shops and factories in their respective districts; to inspect all manufacturing, mechanical, elec- trical, mercantile art and laundering establishments, printing, telegraph and telephone offices, railroad depots, hotels, memorial buildings, tenement and apartment houses, halls, school houses, colleges, academies, seminar- ies, churches, theatres, opera houses, hospitals, medical institutes, asy- lums, infirmaries, sanitariums and children's homes, for which purpose the State is divided into thirteen inspection districts, equalized as nearly as possible.
It is the duty of the two Bakeshop Inspectors to inspect all bakeshops in the state as to their sanitary condition, etc., the state being divided into two districts for that purpose, known as the Northern and Southern.
The present working force now consists of one chief inspector, thir- teen district inspectors, two bakeshop inspectors and four clerks, as follows :
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PRESENT WORKING FORCE.
Name.
Office.
From What City or Town Appointed.
J. H. Morgan.
Frank C. Base
First District Inspector.
John F. Ward.
Second District Inspector.
John W. Bath.
Third District and High Explosive Inspector.
E. S. Bryant
Fourth District Inspector.
John W. Bly.
Fifth District Inspector
Findlay.
L. W. Ralston.
Sixth District Inspector
Mechanicstown.
L. E. Linton.
Seventh District Inspector
Zanesville.
Richard Lloyd.
Eighth District Inspector
Columbus.
C. B. Baker.
Ninth District Inspector.
Piqua.
David Fisher
Tenth District Inspector
Cincinnati.
John H. Gillen
Eleventh District Inspector
O. D. Bell.
Twelfth District Inspector
Thirteenth District Inspector
Bakeshop Inspector, Northern Dist. Bakeshop Inspector, Southern Dist. Chief Clerk.
Cincinnati.
Warren. Niles.
Recording Clerk.
Order Clerk.
Columbus.
Mae Gracey.
Corresponding Clerk.
Cincinnati.
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Portsmouth. Cambridge. Cleveland. Cleveland.
Edward Griffin Theodore Wagner .. William Woehrlin. H. G. Helsley. H. G. Morgan. Bertha Young
Chief Inspector
Cambridge. Cleveland. Youngstown.
Elyria. Bloomdale.
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NAMES OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS FROM THE TIME THE ACT WAS AMENDED CREATING SUCH OFFICE UP TO THE PRESENT TIME AND GIVING TERM OF SERVICE OF EACH.
Name.
Residence.
Term of Office.
*John Lyons.
Cleveland.
May 13, 1885, to Sept. 15, 1886.
Wm. Z. McDonald.
Akron
Sept. 15, 1886, to April 29, 1889.
*+George Lutz
Lancaster.
May 13, 1885, to Feb. 15, 1887.
John H. Ellis
Columbus
Feb. 15, 1887, to May 31, 1896.
H. C. Traphagen . .. tJames A. Armstrong David Fisher
Cincinnati.
May 1. 1891, to June 26, 1999.
Evan H. Davis
Cleveland.
May 1, 1889, to May 1, 1896.
Charles Burns.
Warren
June 1, 1892, to May 1, 1896.
John W. Bath.
Elyria
June 1, 1892; term ends May 1, 1905.
.A. M. True.
Canton
June 1, 1892, to Dec. 1, 1895.
Calvin C. Banks.
Canton
Dec. 1, 1895, to May 1, 1896.
rW. R. Matthews
Zanesville.
June 1, 1892, to Jan. 27, 1896.
E. T. Ridenour
Springfield. June 1, 1892, to May 1, 1896.
Thos. T. Yeager.
F. M. Campfield.
Toledo.
Willard Ducomb
Findlay
Jan. 15, 1892, to June 15, 1899.
Columbus.
May 7, 1896, to Nov. 20, 1900.
R. M. Hull.
Salineville
May 1, 1896, to June 15, 1902. May 1, 1896, to July 1, 1899.
W. D. Hall.
Warren.
May 1, 1896, to June 15, 1902.
John Tysinger.
Zanesville. May 7, 1896, to June 15, 1899.
Jas. H. Arbogast ..
Springfield. May 1, 1896, to June 15, 1902.
John M. Williams.
Portsmouth May 7, 1896, to June 15, 1902.
Frank C. Base
Cleveland. July 1, 1899; term ends May 1, 1905.
D. T. Davis.
Findlay
June 15, 1899, to June 15, 1902.
Jacob Metzger
Zanesville.
June 15, 1899, to June 15, 1902.
Richard Lloyd.
Columbus
Nov. 24, 1900; term ends May 1, 1905.
John F. Ward.
Youngstown.
June 15, 1902; term ends May 1, 1905.
E. S. Bryant.
Bloomdale
June 15, 1902; term ends May 1, 1905. June 15, 1902; term ends May 1, 1905.
John W. Bly
Findlay.
Mechanicstown. .. June 15, 1902; term ends May 1, 1905.
E. W. Bagley
C. B. Baker.
Piqua
June 15, 1902; term ends May 1, 1905.
John H. Gillen
Portsmouth
June 15, 1902; term ends May 1, 1905.
*Deceased.
*Resigned.
BAKESHOP INSPECTORS.
Name
Residence.
Term of Office.
Theodore Wagner .. William Woehrlin ..
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Oct. 1, 1896; term ends May 1, 1905. Oct. 1, 1896; term ends May 1, 1905.
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W. A. Stoller
Cleveland
Portsmouth June 1, 1892, to May 1, 1896. Nov. 23, 1892, to June 15, 1902.
*James H. Lloyd.
Cincinnati.
May 13, 1885, to May 31, 1888.
Cincinnati.
Aug. 1, 1899; term ends May 1, 1905.
L. W. Ralston.
Zanesville. June 15, 1902; term ends May 1, 1905.
THE INSPECTOR OF OILS.
INSPECTORS OF OILS, 1900-6.
JOHN R. MALLOY. . Inspector of Southern District. FRANK L. BAIRD . Inspector of Northern District.
John R. Malloy, Inspector of Oils for the Second District, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, July 16, 1856. When five years of age his mother died, after which his father enlisted in the army, serving until the close of the re- bellion. Attended the public schools of New Haven unui 1807, when he moved to Ohio with his father, and the following year took up his residence at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers near Dayton, of which his father was an inmate. Young Malloy remained at the Soldiers' Home attending school until the summer of 1869, when he was obliged to leave, the law establishing the Home not permitting children of soldiers to become inmates. He returned to Connecticut and was apprenticed to the printer's trade in the office of the Meriden Daily Republican. Upon the establishment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Xenia, in 1870, he returned to Ohio and attended the Home school until the summer of 1872, when, having arrived at the age of sixteen years, he was discharged from the Home. Was appointed a page in the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1873-74 by President (afterward Chief Justice) Morrison R. Waite. Was recording clerk of the House of Representatives of the 62d General Assembly and assistant clerk during the 67th and 68th General Assemblies. Was a member and president of the Ohio State Board of Pardons in 1890-91, which position he resigned on being elected clerk of the House of Representatives at the organization of the 70th General Assembly, which he held through the 71st and 72d General Assemblies. Was appointed Inspector of Oils for the Second District of Ohio, by Governor Nash, May 15, 1900, reap- pointed May 15, 1902, and again appointed by Governor Herrick, May 15, 1904.
Frank L. Baird, Inspector of Oils for the First District of Ohio, was born in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, December 5, 1861. His father, Edward L. Baird was First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and three months, dying shortly after he came out of the service. His family removed to Toledo in 1867 where he has lived a greater portion of the time, acquiring a common school education. Mr. Baird entered the Railroad service, May 1, 1877, being employed by the L. S. & M. S., L. E. & W. and D. & R. G. Railroads. In 1889 he was appointed a Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue by Collector Geo. P. Waldorf; was Deputy County Clerk 1893-4-5-6. Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue 1897-8-9. Appointed Oil Inspector by Governor Geo. K. Nash, May 15, 1900; re-appointed May 15, 1902 and appointed by Governor Myron T. Herrick, May 15, 1904.
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INSPECTORS OF OIL.
Appointive by the Governor. Term, two years. Under the act of 1892 the State was divided into two districts, and a Chief Inspector ap- pointed from each district.
Name of Inspectors.
Years of Service.
Fred W. Green
1878-1879
Wm. B. Williams
1879-1880
Louis Smithnight
1880-1884
D. C. Ballentine
1884-1886
Louis Smithnight
1886
George B. Cox
1886-1890
Joseph H. Dowling
1890-1892
George Caufield, Northern District
1892-1896
B. L. McElroy, Southern District
1892-1896
J. B. Luckey, Northern District
1896-1900
Chas. L. Kurtz, Southern District
1896-1900
John R. Malloy, Southern District
1900-
F. L. Baird, Northern District.
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THE CHIEF EXAMINER OF STEAM ENGINEERS.
· WM. E. KENNEDY.
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William E. Kennedy, Chief Examiner of Steam Engineers, is an Ohio boy, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton County, in 1862, and has always been a resi- dent of that city. He attended the public schools of Cincinnati. At a very early age, he left school, and found employment in one of the largest machine shops in Cincinnati, where he worked for years. He has held some very important positions in one of the largest ice manufacturing concerns in the country, and for ten years was Chief Engineer at the Hunt Street Pumping Station, Cincin- nati Water Works, which very responsible and lucrative position he resigned September 26, 1903, to accept the position of Chief Examiner of Steam Engineers for the State of Ohio, tendered him by Governor Nash.
Mr. Kennedy has a large circle of friends throughout the state, and is a member of several engineering organizations, and as such had much to do with the securing of necessary legislation for the amending of the Engineers' License Law, during the last session of the General Assembly. He is one of the Di- rectors of the Young Men's Blaine Club, of Cincinnati, and takes an active Interest in the affairs of his home city.
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The State Examiner of Steam Engineers.
The law creating this department- was passed March 1, 1900, and amended March 13 and April 30, 1902, and March 3, 1904, and provides for better protection of life and property against injury or damage result- ing from the operation of steam boilers and engines by incompetent engineers and others; and provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate, or cause to be operated, a stationary steam boiler or engine, in the State of Ohio, of more than thirty horsepower, without a duly licensed engineer in charge. Any person who desires to act as a stationary engineer is required to make application to the district exam- iner for a license so to act, upon a blank furnished by the examiner, pro- viding he has had not less than one year's experience as a fireman or oiler, and if he passes the required examination upon the construction and operation of steam engines, boilers, pumps and hydraulics, a license is granted him to have charge of, or operate, any steam plant. The fee for license is $2.00, and licenses are renewed yearly at a cost of $2.00, pro- viding they are not sooner revoked for intoxication or other sufficient cause. Any person dissatisfied with the action of any district examiner in refusing or revoking a license, may appeal to the chief examiner, who immediately investigates.
The Governor, with and by the advice and consent of the Senate, ap- points a Chief Examiner ; and the Chief Examiner, with the approval of the Governor, appoints one clerk and eight district examiners, not more than four of whom shall belong to any one of the political parties. All the examiners are required to be competent and practical steam engineers, and hold their offices for a term of three years from the date of their ap- pointments, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Chief Examiner has his office in the State House, where all the records are kept, and he issues such instructions, and makes such rules and regu- lations as will secure a uniformity of action throughout the different districts. In order to facilitate a thorough and efficient examination of the engineers, the State is divided into eight districts by the Chief Ex- aminer.
It is the duty of the district examiners to notify every person oper- ating a steam boiler or engine, to apply for a license, and to give such person a reasonable opportunity to take the required examination; and any owner, steam user, or engineer, who, after being duly notified, vio- lates any of the provisions of this law, is liable to a fine of not more than $100 nor less than $10. And any engineer who fails to exhibit his license under glass in a conspicuous place in his engine-room is liable to a fine of $5.00. The examiners have authority to visit any and all engine or boiler-rooms of the State, at all reasonable hours.
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DEPARTMENT ROSTER-1900-1901.
Name.
Office.
Headquarters.
George M. Collier
Chief Examiner
Charles J. Manney
Clerk. .
George G. Bennett
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