Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of ...

No. 10. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. lix
or afflrmation, before a properly qualified officer of the county in
which they reside, that they will faithfully and impartially discharge
the duties of their office.
Any vacancies occurring in said board shall be filled in the manner
hereinbefore provided, from among such only as are eligible for original
appointment.
Section 3. Each of said examining boards shall designate some convenient
place within their districts for the meetings of the several
committees thereof, of which due notice shall be given, by advertisement
in two or more newspapers of the proper county, and so divided
as to reach, as nearly as practicable, all the mining districts
therein. Each of said committees shall open, at the designated place
of meeting a book of registration, in which shall be registered the
name and address of each and every person duly qualified under
And
this act to be employed as a miner in an anthracite coal mine.
it shall be the duty of all persons now employed as miners, or who
shall hereafter desire to be so employed, to apply to said board and
be registered as such within ninety days thereafter; application for
registration only may be sent by mail to
the board after being properly
attested before any person authorized to administer an oath or
affirmation in the county in which the applicant resides. The form
of application shall be subject to such regulation as may be prescribed
by the boards, but in no case shall any applicant be put to
any unnecessary expense in order to secure registration.
Section 4. That said board shall be entitled to demand and receive
from each applicant for examination and registration and for the
certificate herein and after provided, a fee not exceeding fifty cents,
and for registration only, a fee not to exceed twenty-five cents, and a
like fee of twenty-five cents for registering any person who shall have
been examined and registered by any other said board, and the
amount derived from this source shall be held by said boards and be
applied to the expenses and salaries herein provided, and such as
may arise under the provisions of this act; and the said boards shall
report annually to the court of common pleas of their respective
counties and the Bureau of Statistics, all moneys received and disbursed
under the provisions of this act, together with the number of
miners examined and registered under this act and the number who
failed to pass the required examination.
Section 5. That it shall be the duty of each of said boards to meet
at least once every month, at such places as they may deem expedient,
and examine all persons who shall desire to be employed
as miners in their respective districts, and the said boards shall grant
to such persons as may be qualified, certificates of competency or
qualification, which shall entitle the holder thereof to be employed
as, and do the work of, minors as may be expressed in said certificate,
and such certificate shall be good and sufficient evidence of registra-