1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

cxxxiv MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.
under the law creating the same and not by any consideration of
personal favor; that we will certify all
and none others."
whom we may find qualified
Section 2. The examining board shall examine any person applying
thereto as to his competency and qualifications to discharge the
duties of mine foreman or fire boss.
Applicants for mine foreman or fire boss certificates shall be at
least twenty-three years of age, and shall have had at least five years'
practical experience, after fifteen years of age, as miners, superintendent
at or inside of the bituminous mines of Pennsylvania and shall
be citizens of this Commonwealth and men of good moral character
and of known temperate habits.
The said board shall be empowered to grant certificates of competency
of two grades, namely: certificates of first grade, to persons
who have had experience in mines generating explosive gases and
who shall have the necessary qualifications to fulfil the duties of
mine foreman in such mines; and certificates of second grade, to persons
who give satisfactory evidence of their ability to act as mine
foreman in mines not generating explosive gases.
Section 3. The said board of examiners shall meet at the call of
the mine inspector and shall grant certificates to all persons whose
examination shall disclose their fitness for the duties of mine foreman
as above classified, or fire boss, and such certificates shall be
sufficient evidence of the holder's competency for the duties of said
position so far as relates to the purposes of this act: Provided, That
all persons holding certificates of competency granted under the
provisions of the act to which this is a supplement shall continue to
act under this act: And provided further, That any person acting as
mine foreman upon a certificate of service under the act to which
this is a supplement may continue to act in the same capacity at any
mine where the general conditions affecting the health and safety
of the persons employed do not differ materially froin those at the
mine in which he was acting when said certificate was granted:
Provided, however, That if such a mine foreman leaves his present
employer and secures employment elsewhere at any mine where in
the judgment of the mine inspector of the district the conditions affecting
the health and safety of the persons employed do differ materially
from those at the mine at which he was employed when his
certificate was granted, it shall then be the duty of the mine inspector
of the district in which he has secured employment to serve
written protest against such mine foreman's employment to the
operator of said mine.
Section 4. The examining board shall hold their office for a period
of four years from the date from their appointment and shall receive
five dollars per day for each day necessarily employed and mileage