The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-17

ports herein required of the Mine Inspectors
the said Mine Inspectors shall furnish to the
Chief of the Bureau Of Mines monthly, and
also such special reports or information on
any subject regarding mine accidents or
other matters pertaining TO mining interests
or the safety of persons employed in mines
as he at any time may require or may deem
necessary in the proper and lawful discharge
Of his oflicial duties. The Chief of the
Bureau of Mines shall also establish as far as
may be practicable uniform style and size
of blanks for the annual monthly and
special reports Of the Mine Inspectors and
prescribe the form and character Of subject
matter to be embraced in the text and the
tabulated statements of their reports The
Chief of the Bureau Of Mines is hereby au-
thorized to make such examinations and IN
vestigations as may enable him to report
upon the various systems of coal mining
practiced in the state, method of mining
ventilation, machinery employed, structure
and character of the several coal seams
operated and of the associated strata, the
circumstances and responsibility Of mine
accidents, economy of coal production, coal
waste, area and exhaustion Of coal territory
and such other matters as may pertain to the
general welfare of coal miners and others
connected with coal mining and the interests
of coal mine owners and operators in this
Commonwealth
Section g. The Chief of the Bureau of
Mines shall keep in his office a journal or
record of all examinations made and work
done under his administration and copies of
all official communications, and is hereby
authorized to procure such books, instru-
ments and chemical or other tests as may be
found necessary to the proper discharge Of
his duties under this act at the expense of
the state. All instruments, plans, books and
records pertaining to the Office shall be the
property of the state and shall be delivered
to his successor in Office.
Section Z. The Chief of the Bureau of
Mines shall at all times be accountable to the
Secretary of International Affairs for the
faithful discharge of the duties imposed
upon him by law and the administration of
his Office and the rules and regulations per-
tanning to said Bureau shall be subject to the
approval of the Secretary of Internal Affairs,
who is hereby empowered to appoint an
| assistant to the Chief of the Bureau at
salary of Sl,400 per annum, and a messenger
at n salary of $500 per annum And pro
vided further that the salaries of the Chief
of the Bureau of Mines, his assistant and the
messenger shall be paid out of the State
! Treasury in the manner as other emplovps of
the Department Of Internal Affairs ate now
paid. Provided, that the Chief of said
/ Bureau of Mines may be removed or sus.
pended at any time by the Secretary of
Internal Affairs when, IN the opinion of said
Secretary, there has been a neglect of duty
or failure to comply with the law or the in
U
Affairs.
Section s. No person who is acting as
land agent, or as manager, viewer or agent
of any mine or cOlliery, or who is interested
IN operating any mine or colliery, shall at
the same time serve as Chief of the Bureau
Of Mines under the provisions of this act.
Section 8. That the Mine Inspector of each
district of the state shall, within six months
after the final passage and approval of this
act, deposit in the Bureau of Mines an
acc2cate map or plan of such coal mine which
may be on ttffS2ScSng muslin or sun print drawn
to prescribed sca1e,-%hich map or plan shall
show the actual location oS all openings, ex-
cavations, shafts, tunnels, sIoprSN planes
main headings, cross headings and roOf9fnS or
working places IN each strata operated
pumps, fans or other ventilatipg apparatus
the entire course and direction of air cur
rents, the relation and proximity of the
workings of such coal mines to all other
adjoining mines or coal lands aud the relative
elevation of all tunnels and headings, and of
the face of working places near TO or ap-
preaching boundary lines of adjacent mines,
and on or before the close of each calendar
year transmit to the Chief of the Bureau of
Mines supplemental map or plan showing
all excavations, changes and additions made
in such mine during the year, drawn to the
scale as the first mentioned map or plan. All
such maps or plans to be and remain in the
Bureau of Mines as part Of the records of
that office
Section TO- All acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.