Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
IF THEY PASS ALL MINES WILL BE GIVEN OFFICIAL
 INSPECTION
EIGHT HOURS LEGAL WORK DAY
FOR UNDERGROUND WORKERS, HOIST ENGINEERS AND MEN
 EMPLOYED AT SHELTERS
Special to Silver Belt.

PHOENIX, January 22.--The follow ing is the full text of MT. Weedin s bill providing for the appointment or an inspector of mines for the terri tory of Arizona and defining the duties of such inspector:
 Be 1t Enacted By the Legislative As
 sembly of the Territory of Arizona;
 Section l. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, of the territory of Arizona, shall appoint an inspector of mines, who shall be at least thirty years of age, citizen of the United States and of the territory of Arizona, of good moral character and known integrity and who shall possess both theoretical and prae- tical knowledge of mines and mining in all branches thereof. Section ?. Such inspector shall, while holding said position of Inspector of Mines, shall not, either directly or re- motely. be connected with or interested in, in any capacity, any mining com pany or corporation doing business in
 this territory, and any violation of
 this provision by such inspector of mines shall be deemed sufficient cause for his removal from office by the gov ernor.
 Section 3. Such inspector of mines
 shall be appointed to hold the office
 for a period of two years, but may
 be removed at any time during said
 two years by the governor for cause.
 The salary of said inspector of mines
 shall be twenty five hundred dollars per
 annum, to be paid quarterly out of the
 general fund of the territory on a
 warrant issued by the territorial audi
 tor in conformanee with the rules and
 regulations governing the payment of other official territorial salaries. Said
 inspector of mines shall also be allowed
 mileage at the rate of six cents per
 mile for each mile necessarily travelled by him in the performance of his official duties, such mileage to be approved and , ordered paid, by the auditor of the ter
 ritory, on presentation to him by said I, inspector of mines vouchers from trans , portation companies showing the num Der of miles actually travelled during e each quarter by such inspector in tho \ performance of his official duties. Sar ' inspector must also file with the terri . torial auditor at the end of each quar-
 ter sworn statement in which he mus
 state the actual number of miles tray
 eled by him during said quarter an'
 that said traveling was actually dom n in the performance of his official dutie as the same are hereinafter defined il n this Act
 Section 4. It is hereby made tn n duty of the said inspector of mines [ n visit every mine in the territory o d Arizona, one each year, and inspec 10 its workings, timb@ing, ventilation ,s means of ingress and egress, and tn P. means adopted and in use for the pres " ervation of the lives, and safety froI .. injury of the miners employed therein n. For this purpose the inspector shal In at all times have entrance to all mint n and each and every part thereof. A h. mine owners. lessees, operators or SUI ar erintendents must render such assis re ance as maye be necessary to enab ,v the inspector to make such examination ee When upon such inspection it is fouu IF. by the mine inspector that said mine, { ,n any portion thereof, is in dangeroI re or unsafe condition. such inspector sha no imediately serve a notice, in writin ill upon the owner, lessor. lessee, agen ,a. manager or superintendent thereof se eII ting forth the nature of the defec nd which render such mine unsafe and tl at point or place in such mine where su'
 defect exists, and directing that SUI
 repairs as may be necessary to reme'
 or cure such defects must be ma ,os within a specified time, and, if in ati judgment the circumstances so requii of he shall forbid the operation of su ,as mine or portion thereof as has be itv declared unsafe, save and except for t ur- purpose of making the repairs nec' cd sary to restore the mine to safe co re- ditior.
 ;s Section 5. Whenever the Inspect aid of Mines receives a written complai rqe signed by one or more parties, and s by tihs iorth .nat .he '"ine ih "' ast they are working is, in any respe ids dangerous, he must imediately, or md soon as practical, visit said mine in P in son and make an examination there ids Any such complaint, made under
 provisions of this section, must
 forth the nature of the danger co do plained of, the cause thereof and ,rk. time when said cause was first observ
 If, upon such examination the inspec
 of mines shall find that said mine les. any part thereof is in dangerous
 unsafe condition, he shall proceed