Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23

this Act. shall be served in the same manner as provided by law for serving legal process, and said notice must state fully and in detail in what particular manner their mine is unsafe, dangerous and insecure and demand that all nee essary changes be made without delay for the purpose of making such mine safe for the labor employed therem and in case of any criminal or civii procedure at law, against the party or parties so notified, on account of loss of life or bodily injury sustained by an employe subsequent to such notice ana
 in consequence of neglect to obey the
 inspectors requirements, eertihed
 copy of the notice served is prima faeie
 eyidence of the gross negligence of the
 parties SO complained of. If the owner,
 lessee, lessor or agent of any such mine
 shall neglect or refuse to obey or com
 ply with the instructions of the in-
 spector. as contained in such notice, or
 shall neglect or refuse to cause the repairs necessary to remedy such defects to be made within a reasonable time, or shall refuse to cause all work to be stopped when so ordered, such person or persons so refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con viction thereof shall be punished as
 is provided for the punishment of ms lemeanors in the Revised Statutes of | | Arizona and it shall be the duty of the | | inspector of mines to initiate the prose cution of such offenders
 Section [. Whenever a serious or
 fatal accident occurs in any mine u is hereby made the duty of the person in charge thereof to immediately notify
 the inspector of mines. and upon re-
 ceipt of such notic the inspector must
 at once go to the place of accident and
 fully investigate the cause of such aeeI- dent and when possible to do so said inspector must be present at the eoro ners inquest held over the remains of
 any person or persons who may nave been killed by such accident, and tes-
 lt tify as to the cause thereof, and state whether or not, in his opinion, the acei- dent was due to negligence or misman- agement of the owner or owners of or person or persons in charge Of sad 7 mine. If the inspector of mines cannot 7 U be imediately present in case of fatal ! or serious accident occurring in mine, it is the duty of the owner or owners of or person or persons in charge of
 such mine. to have written statements
 made by those witnessing the accident s and such statements must be sworn to e by such witnesses. In case no person y was present at the time of the accident, q then the verified statement of those D. first present after the accident must be 's taken and given to the inspector oi 'r mines. If. after making the inspection ie provided for in this section, the inspee tor deems the facts warrant 1t, he may T. prosecute the person or persons re id sponsible for the accident under the pro Di visions of the Criminal Code of th' "a Revised Statutes of Arizona.
 'd Section s. The inspector of mine CT must make an annual report to tn 'd Governor of Arizona, on the first Mon al day in January of each year, and sai' ld report shall contain detailed aceoun IT. of all accidents that may have oceurre' ld in the mines of Arizona during the yea ls and resulted in fatal or serious lnJurle' m together with the nature and cause ng such accidents. Such report shall als he contain statistical and other informs in tion and such recommendations as ma IT. be of beneficial use to those engage ar- in the mining business and may al lst in improving the conditions of the mil " ing industry from the standpoint nd both the operatives and the operator me and mining methods and systems. Th les report must also contain detaile
 m statement of the results of the inspe tor's labors.
 Inc Section 9. The provisions of this a'
 to shall not apply to mines in which le
 or than five men are employed But a ect owners, lessors, lessees, agents or ma on, agers operating any mctalliferons mn the within the territory of Arizona es' which five or more men are employe om shall report the same to the inspect m. of mines, stating the name of the mn all, the location of the same, the name nes the company person or persons ownh
 or iut Shht'f HSS''"'NN N''NfN up and the number of men employed. Sa ist- reports shall be filed in the office of | ble inspector of mines and kept for ref' on. ence. Any failure to comply with t ind provisions of this section renders t or person or persons guilty thereof hat ous to fine of not less than one hundr hall dollars or more than three hundred d Ing, lars or to imprisonment in the coun ent, iai for not less than thirty days set more than sixty days.
 ects Section 10. All Acts and parts the Acts in conflict with the provisions neh this Act are hereby repealed
 uch
 edy THE EIGHT-HoUR BILL lade The eight-hour bill, which was int
 his duced on January l9 and referred ,t tra | .I and tnl