The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-05-25
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
CHAPTER NO. 40

and 209 @ of Article Number One of
the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland. title ''Allegany County, F"
subtitle mining and Nine In
spector," as the same were enact
ed by Chapter 124 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland,
passed in the year 1902, and TO re-
enact said sections with amend
ments, so as to place the inspection
of mines in Allegany County under
the State Board of Labor and Sta
tistics; and to repeal sections $50,
Isl, 1873, and l64 ? of Article Num-
Der Twelve of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title Gar
rett County" subtitle Manu-
features and Mines" as the same
were enacted by Chapter 124 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
MARYLAND passed in the year 1902,
and to re-enact said sections with
amendments, so as to place the in
spection of mines in Garrett Coun-
ty under the State Board of Labor
and Statistics.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
section 1856, 1877, 1893 and 209 Q of Ar
ticle Number One of the Code of Public
Laws of Maryland, title "Allegany
County, subtitle Mining and Mine
Inspector, as the same were enacted
by Chapter l24 of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland passed in
the year 1902, be and the same hereby
are repealed and re- enacted with
amendments; and sections $50, Isl, 1873
and l64P of Article Number Twelve of
the Code of Public Laws of Maryland,
title Garrett County," subtitle
Manufactures and Mines" be and the
same hereby are repealed and re-enact-
ed to read as follows:
Section 1876 of Article l and Section
$50 of Article r. That the State Board
of Labor and Statistics. with the ap-
proval of the Governor shall appoint
one Mine Inspector for the counties of
Allegany and Garrett, who shall hold
his office for two years from the date of
his appointment. No person shall be
eligible to the office of Mine Inspector
until ne shall have attained the age of
thirty years. He shall possess a COM
petent and a practical knowledge of the
different systems OF mining and prop
erly ventllatlng coal mines in said coun-
ties, and the nature and constituent
parts Of the various gases found IN coal
mines, and Of the various ways of eX-
pelling the same from said mines and
shall have had five years practical eX-
perlence as a miner in one or both coun-
ties combined next Immediately pre-
cedlng his appointment. and shall re-
ceive such annual salary as the Board,
with the approval of the Governor, may
deem proper. Before entering upon
the discharge of the duties of his office
the said Mine Inspector shall take the
oath provided in the Constitution of the
State and shall give bond in the sum of
two thousand dollars with sureties to be
approved by the Chief Judge of the
Fourth Judicial Circuit of Maryland.
Said Mine Inspector while in office shall
not be interested IN the operation of any
mine or act as land agent, superintend-
ent or manager Of any mine; and it shall
be ms duty to make a report to the
State Board of Labor and Statistics of
his proceedings in Office and to set forth
IN such reports all such information that
may be proper or beneficial, and also to
make such recommendations and sug-
gestions as he may consider important
as to legislation on the subject of min
ing.
Section 1877 of Article l and Section
l5l of Article II. Said Mine Inspector
shall devote the whole of his time to the
duties Of hrs office 1t shall be his duty
to examine each mine in said counties
as often as possible, but a longer period
Of time than TWO months shall not elapse
between said examination, to see that
all the provisions of this Act are OBJ
served and strictly carried out, and he
shall make a record of all examinations
of mines, showing the condition in which
he finds them, especially with reference
to ventilation and drainage, the number
Of persons employed in each mine, the
extent to which the law IS obeyed and
progress made in the improvements of
mines, the number of serious accidents
and the nature thereof, the number of
deaths resulting from injuries received
n or about the mines, with the cause of
such accident or death; which record
completed to the first day of May of
each and every year shall be filed with
the State Board of Labor and Statistics.
and one thousand copies of said report
shall be printed for distribution at once
by the said Board, and the cost thereof
shall be paid by the Treasurer upon the
warrant of the Comptroller.
Section 1879 of Article l, and Section
1913 of Article II. In case the Inspector
becomes incapacitated to perform the
duties of his Office or receives a leave
of absence from the said Board, it shall
be the duty of the said Board to appoint,
upon said Mine Inspectors application,
or that of FIVE miners or FIVE operators,
some competent person to fill the office
of Inspector until the said Inspector
shall be able to resume the duties of
his Office, and the person so appointed
shall be paid in the same manner as
hereinafter provided for the Inspector
of Mines.
Section 2O9Q of Article /, and Section
164P of Article II. In this Act the
term coal mine" includes the shafts,
slopes, adits, drifts, or incline planes
connected with excavations penetrat-
ing coal stratum or strata, which ex-
cavations are ventilated by one general
air current or DIVISIONS thereof, and
connected by one general system of
mine railroads over which coal may be
delivered to one or more common points
outside the mine when such is operated
by one operator.
Subsection A. The term "excava-
tons and workings" includes all the ex-
cavated parts of mine, those abandon
e / as well as the places actually being
worked also all underground WORKINGS