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(3) Every steam engine and furnace used in the working
of any steam vessel on the River Thames, either above
London Bridge or plying to and fro between London
Bridge and any place on the River Thames westward of
the Nore Light, shall be constructed so as to consume or
burn the smoke arising from such engine and furnace;
and if any such steam engine or furnace is not so constructed
or being so constructed is wilfully or negligently
used so that the smoke arising therefrom is not effectually
consumed or burnt, the owner or master of such vessel
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and on
a second conviction to a fine of ten pounds, and on every
subsequent conviction to a fine of double the amount of
the fine imposed on the last preceding conviction.
(4) Provided that in this section the words" consume
or burn the smoke" shall not be held in all cases to
mean "consume or burn all the smoke," and the court
hearing an information against a person may Temit the
fine if of opinion that such person has so constructed his
furnace as to consume or burn as far as possible aH the
smoke arising from such furnace, and has carefully
attended to the same, and consumed or burned as far as
possible the smoke arising from such furnace.
(5) It shall be the duty of every sanitary authority to
enforce the provisions of this section, and an information
shall not be laid for the recovery of any fine under this
section except under the direction of a sanitary authority.
(6) The provisions of this Act with respect to the
admission of the sanitary authority into any premises for
any purposes in relation to nuisances, and with respect
to the giving of information of a nuisance, shall apply in
like manner as if they were herein re-enacted, and in terms
made applicable to this section.
Section 24.—(a) Any fireplace or furnace which does not, as far as
practicable, consume the smoke arising from the