Year: 1877

u
yations all loose coal, slate and rock
overhead are carefully secured against
falling m or upon the travelling ways,
md that sufficient timber is furnished,
of suitable lengths and sizes Tor the
plnces where they are to be used and
placed into the working places of the
miners the said mining boss or an as.
sistont shall also po through the mines
every evening before leaving work.
and SEQ that all ventilation apparatus
is in proper condition. and that every.
thing Is saie; and il shall also be the
duty of the mining boss 20 measure the
air current Mt least once week Mt the
inlct and outlet, and at or near the face
of the headings, and keep record OF
such measurements, and report the
same to the inspector of his district
once in every month the safety lamps
used for examining mines, or which
may be used in working therein, shall
be furnished by and be the property OF
the owner of said mines and shall be
in the charge OF the agent OF such
mine and in all mines generating ex-
ploslve gases, the doors used IN assist
ing or directing ventilation OF the mines
shall be so hung and adjusted that they
will close themselves, or be supplied
with springs or pullcys so they cannot
be left standing open, and bored holes
shall be kept not less than twelve feet
in advance of the face of every work
ing place, and when necessary on the
sides OF the same Is driven towards an
abandoned mine, or part Of mine
suspected of containing inhammable
gases, or which is inundated with wa
ter.


SEC. G. Any miners, workmen or
other person who shall intentionally
lniure any shaft, lamp, instrument, air
course or brattise, or obstruct or throw
open air ways or carry lighted pipes
or matches into places that are worked
by safety lamps, or handle or disturb
any part OF the machinery, or open a
door and not close il again, or enter
any place Of the mine against custom,
or disobey any order given in carrying
out the provisions Of this act, or do
any ether act whereby the lives or the
health of persons or the security of
the'minerort the machinery isendanger.
ed. shall be deemed guilty of a misde.
meanor, and may be punished in the
manner provided by the sixteenth sec.
tion of this act. All machinery about
mines shall be properly fenced of. and
the TOD of each shaft and the entrance
of every abandoned slope and air or
other shaft shall be securely fenced of.
and there shall be cut in the side Of
every hosting shaft at the bottom
thereof travelling way sufficiently
high and wide TO enable persons to
pass the shaft in going from one side of
the mine TO the other without passing
over or under the cage or other hoist
ing apparatus.


SEC. 7. If any person. firm or corpo.


ration ia or shall hereafter be seized in
his or their rights OF coal lands. and
shall not be able to comply with the
requirements of this act In regard TO
drainage and ventilation. by means of
openings. on his or their land. and the
same can be done by means of open
ings on adjacent lands, he or they may
apply by petition 10 the court OF
quarter sessions of the proper county,
setting forth the fact under oath or
affirmation, particularly describing the
place or places where such opening or
openings can be made, and that he or
they cannot agree with the owner OF
owners of the land as the amount to
be paid for the privilege OF making
such opening or openings, thereupon
the said court shall appoint three DIS
interested and competent citizens OF
the county to view the grounds, des
Iignatc and lay out from the point OF


points mentioned in such petition, O


passage or passages for air and water


not more than sixteen feet in diameter


by the shortest and most convenient


route to the coal of such person, firm


or corporation, preierring in all cases


an opening through the coal strata


where tho same Is practicable tn,
said viewers shall at the same tim,


assess the damages to be paid by tn,


petitioner or petitioners 10 the owner
or owners of such land, for the privil
eye of making said openings, which
damages shall be fully paid beior,
such opening is made; il shall be tn,
duty of said viewers TO give five day
personal notice, where il can be done
, to the parties of the time when they
will attend to the duties of their ap
: pointment, and shall, within thirt,
days after their appointment, make re
port of their proceedings TO said court
stating the amount OF damages award
cd, accompanied by a map orplan o
said openings, and If no appeal b.
taken to said court within ten day
after the filing thereof, il shall b
marked confirmed by the clerk and tn
petitioner or petitioners may procecl
5 to make said openings; the pay of tn
+ viewers and other costs shall be tn
) same as in road cases, and shall b
. paid by the petitioner or petitioners
: SIC. s. As soon as practicable afte
Q the passage OF this act, the persons cS
: ercsing the Office of President Judg
0 of each OF the several courts of con
r mon pleas in the fifth, tenth and thirty
Q fifth judicial districts shall appoint ON
! reputable miner OF known experienc
!. and in practice at the time. In th


fifth district, The President Judge {
5 the court of common pleas numbe
I one shall make said appointment, an
the Governor shall appoint two mlnin
}. engineers OF like reputc and eSpercnc