Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-20
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Published by Authority

Published by AutnOrlty.
AN ACT entitled 'tAn act to provide for the
ventilation of coal mines, and colleries,
and the protection of human life therein,
of the State of Tennessee"
Section l. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the State of Tennessee, That
the owners, agent or agents of every coal
mine or cOlhery, shall make, or cause to be
made, an accurate map or plan of the work
ings of such coal mine or colliery, on scale
of not more than one hundred feet to the
inch, which map or plan shall exhibit the
workings in each seam of coal, and shall
state the general inclination of the strata
with any material reflections therein, in said
workings, and shall truthfully and accurately
show the boundary lines of the lands of the
said coal mines or colGery, and the prox-
unity of the workings to the lines of aG-
jacent owners, a true copy of which map or
plan the said owners, agent or agents, shall
deposit with the inspectors of coal mines Or
collieries for the district in which the coal
mine or colliery is situated, within four
months from the passage of this act, and
one copy shall be kept at the office of each
colliery, and the said owners, agent or
agents, shall furnish to the inspector afore-
said, on the first day of January and July
in every year hereafter, statement or map
or plan Of the progress of the workings Of
such coal mine or coliery during the six
months past, up to date to enable the in
spector to mark the same upon the map (or
plan of the map) or plan of the coal mine
or coIliery furnished and deposited with
said inspector, as hereinbefore provided for;
and when any coal mine or colliery is work
ed out preparatory to being abandoned, or
when any local lift thereof Is being finished,
with a view and for the purpose of being
abandoned, the owners, agent or agents, Of
such coal mine or colGery shall have the
map or plan thereof furnished as hereinbe-
fore provided, or such portions thereof as
the case may require, carefully verified; and
notice shall be given to the inspector of coal
mines or collieries for the district, in writ
ing of the purpose to abandon; and III case
the said owners, agent or agents, shall neg
lect or refuse to furnish the maps or plans
by this section required, or any of them, or
shall knowingly and desgnedly cause such
maps or plans when furnished. to be incor-
rect or false, such owners, agent or agents
thus offending, shall be guilty of misde-
meanOr, and, upon conviction, shall be pun
ished by fine not less than fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not
exceeding three months, at the discretion of
the court.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That
whenever the owners agent or agents of
any coal mine or colliery shall neglect or re-
fuse or from any cause fail, for the period
of two months to furnish to the inspectors
the map or plan of the addition thereto,
provided in the first section of this act, or,
if the inspector finds, or has reason to be-
lieve that any plan or map of any coal mine
or COlliery, furnished him under the provis-
ions of this act, is materially inaccurate OF
imperfect, he is hereby authorized to cause
an accurate map or plan of the actual work
ings of such coal mine or oolliery to
be made at the expense of the owner
or owners thereof, the cost o. which
shall be recoverable by law, q:
other debts are from said owner OF
owners.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That -four
months from and after the passage of this
act it shall not be lawful for the owners,
agent or agents of any coal mine or colliery,
worked by or through q shaft or slope, to
employ any person or persons in working
within such coal mine or colliery, or to per-
NIT any person to be in such coal mine or
coliery for the purpose of working therein,
unless they are in communication with
I every seam or stratum or coal worked in
| such coal mine or colliery, for the time be-
J ing at work, at least two shafts or slopes OF
| outlets, separated by natural strata of not
! less than one hundred and fifty feet il
bredth, by which shafts, slopes or outlets
distinct means of ingress and egress
are always available for The per
son or persons so employed in the
coal mine or colliery; but it shall not be
necessary for the two shafts, slopes or out
| lotS 10 halCnI +n bo aDI
| hery if the person or persons therein EN-
| ployed have ready and available means o.
ingress and egress, by not less than two
shafts, slopes or outlets, one or more OF
which may belong to another coal mine OF
colliery Provided, that a second opening
can be had through coal, but that if any tun
| mel or shaft will be required for the additional
opening, work upon the same to commence
| Immediately after the passage of this act
| and continue until its final completion, with
not less than three shifts in each tWenty-fOu
| hours, and as many hands to be employed
| as can be put to work to advantage, the in.
spector to be the judge as to the least num-
Der of hands engaged per shift This sec
ton shall not apply to opening new Goa
mine or colliery, nor to any working for the
purpose of making communication be
| tween twoor more shafts, slopes or outlets
SO long as not more than twenty persons arr
employed at any one time in said new mine
or workings. And the term owner,
used in this act shall mean the immediate
proprietor, lessee or occupier of a coal mine
or colliery, or Of any part thereof, and thC
term 'agent shall mean any person having
on behalf of the owner, the care or direc
ton of a coal mine or colliery, or any
part thereof.
Sec 5. Be it further enacted That an,
of the courts of law or equity of this Stat
having jurisdiction where the coal mine o.
colliery proceeded against is situated, upol
application of the inspector of coal mine
and colIeries, of the proper district, actinG
IN behalf of the State of Tennessee, shall
prohibit, by injunction or otherwise, tn
working OF any mine in which any person
or persons are employed in working, or ar
permitted to be for the purpose of working
IN sOntraventlon of the provisions of tbi
act, and may award such costs in the matte
of the injunction or other proceedings a
the court may think just; but this sectioI
shall be without prejudice to any othe
remedy permitted by law for enforcing til
provision of this act.
Sec. T. Be it further enacted, That tn
owners or agents of every coal mine or CO
liery shall provide and establish for ever
such coal mine or colliery an adequat
amount of ventilation, and not less tina
q q oo% o,,I %,