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No. 11. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. xcv
vided, It shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that
the loss has actually occurred.
Section 8. If any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit a certificate
or knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement
in any certificate under this act, or in any official copy of the same, or
shall urge others to do so, or shall utter or use any such forged or
false certificate, or unofficial copy thereof, or shall make, give, utter,
produce or make use of any false declaration, representation or statement
in any such certificate or copy thereof, or any document containing
the same, he or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined two hundred dollars, or imprisoned
for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or both, at the discretion
of the court trying the case.
Section 9. And no person shall be permitted to act as fire boss in
any coal mine or colliery, except he has had five (5) years' practical
experience in mines as a miner, three (3) of which he shall have as a
miner wherein noxious and explosive gases are evolved, and the said
fire boss shall certify to the same before entering upon his duties,
before an alderman, justice of the peace or other person authorized
to administer oaths, and a copy of said deposition shall be filed with
the district inspector of mines w r herein said person is
ARTICLE IX.
Employment of Boys and Females.
employed.
Section 1. No boy under the age of fourteen (14) years, and no woman
or girl of any age, shall be employed or permitted to be in any
mine for the purpose of employment therein. Nor shall a boy under
the age of twelve years or a woman or girl of any age, be employed
or permitted to be in or about the outside structures or workings of
a colliery for 1he purpose of employment, but it is provided, however,
that this prohibition shall not affect the employment of a boy
or female of suitable age in an office or in the performance of clerical
work at a colliery.
Section 2. When an employer is in doubt as to the age of any boy
or youth applying for employment in or about a mine or colliery, he
snail demand and receive proof of the said lawful employment age of
such boy or youth, by certificate from the parent or guardian, before
said boy or youth shall be employed.
Section 3. If any person or persons contravene or fail to comply
with the provisions of this aci in respect to the employment of boys,
young male persons or females, or if he or they shall connive with or
permit others to contravene or fail to comply with said provisions,
or if a parent or guardian of a boy or young male person make or
give a false certificate of the age of such boy or young male person,
or knowingly do or perform any other act for the purpose of secur-