Year: 1878

Entitled an Act to repeal Sections taOo,


three, seuen and taOelue of the Act Of


the General Assembly, passed IN its


Session of eighteen hundred and


seuemty-sir. Chapter one hundred and


sevemty-three, entitled AN Actregu-


latiag the a0orking and proper vemtsl-


alton of CoaI Mines IN Allegamy
and Garrett counties, and providing


for the appointment of an Inspector


for said Mines" and to re-e,aact the


same qUtth amendments.


SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by tile
General assembly Of Maayland, That
sections two, three, seven and twelve
of the Act of the General Assembly
passed at its session of eighteen hum
dred and seventy-six, chapter one
hundred and three, entitled
IAN Act regulating the working and
proper ventilation of coal mines in
Allegany and Garrett counties, and
providing for the appointment OF an
Inspector for said mines," be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-en-
acted so as to read as follows:


Sec. 2. And be 1t enacted, That no
person shall be eligible to the office
of Mine Inspector until he shall have
attained the age of thirty-tive years,
and who shall have worked as prac-
tlcal miner for at least ten years,
and shall possess a competent knowl
edge of all the different systems
Of mining and working proper ven
tllation Of coal mines, and the nature
and constituent parts of noxious gasses
of mines and of the various ways OF
expelling the same from said mines,
and who shall also have been resi-
dent of one of said counties for at
least five years next preceding his
appointment.


SEC. 8. Andbe at enacted, That be-
fore entering upon and discharging
the duties of his Office, said Inspector
Of Mines shall take an oath to faith
fully discharge the duties hereinafter
set forth, in an impartial manner,
and for the faithful performance of
his duties; and the said Mine Inspec-
tor shall receive salary Of fifteen
hundred dollars per annum, payable
quarterly in quarterly instaiments,
which said salary shall be paid out OF
the States money by a warrant of the
Comptroller upon the State Treasurer
for the same.


Sec. 7. And be 1t enacted, That the
owner, lessee or agent of every coal
mine that may now Or hereafter be in
operation in said counties OF Allegany
and Garrett, whether worked by
slope, shaft or draft, or in any other
manner, shall, within three months
after the passage Of this Act, provide
and thereafter maintain in such mine
a proper system of pure air ventila-
ton, which shall furnish for each per-
son and animal working therein
circulation of one hundred cubic feet
per minute of wholesome air, at the
places where the employees in said
mine are at work, and keep pure air
we'll circulated throughout the entire
mine and expel from said mine the
noxious gases or impure air, so that
the said mine shall be in a healthful
condition for the employees working
therein; and if any owner, lessee or
agent shall fail to comply with the
provisions of this section, then and
in every such case it shall be the
duty of said Mine Inspector to give
such owner, lessee or agent notice Of
such failure, and ifsuch owner, lessee
or agent shall for ten days after such
notice, fail to establish a pure and
adequate system of ventilation, as
provided for by this Act, then said
failure to comply with SAID require
ments shall be deemed as misdemean-
or in said owner, Jesse or agent, and
shall be punisha BILE, upon conviction
thereof in any Court OF Law, by a
fine of not less than fifty, nor more
than one hundred dollars, for each
and every day said duties shall be
neglected.


SEC. Il And be 1t enacted, That
the Mine Inspector shall also be an
Inspector Of Weights at all the mines
now operating. or hereafter to be op-
Grated in said Allegany and Garrett
counties, and shall have powers
to weigh the coal mined therein, from
time to time, on the scales at the diff
ferent mines in said counties and
to test the accuracy Of said scales,
and to do any other act that he may
deem necessary to ascertain whether
or not the miners are allowed the
full weight of coal in the mining cars
when placed upon the scales OF the
different mines. And it shall be the
duty of ever person acting Of weigh
master for the owner, lessee or agent
of any of said mines, before
entering upon the performance of his
duties as sand weighmaster, to make
oath before some Justice of the Peace
of the county in which such mine or
the opening thereof is situated, that
he will perform the duties of weigh
master at such mine with honesty and
fidelity, and to keep true account
of all the coal weighed by him, or
nndar his diraction apd orod;t l