1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. MINIXt; LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. cxxxv
at the rate of three cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled,
and all other necessary expenses connected with the examination
shall be paid by the Commonwealth. Each applicant before being
examined shall pay the examining board the sum of one dollar, and
one dollar additional for each certificate granted, which shall be for
the use of the Commonwealth. The foregoing examination shall be
held annually in each inspection district.
ARTICLE XVI.
Suspension of Certificates of Mine Foreman and Fire Bosses.
Section 1. No person shall act as fire boss in any bituminous coal
mines, unless granted a certificate of competency by any one of the
several examining boards. All applicants applying to any of the examining
boards for fire boss certificates shall undergo an oral ex
animation in the presence of explosive gas, and such certificate shall
only be granted to men of good moral character and of known temperate
habits, and it
shall be unlawful for any operator or superintendent
to employ any person as fire boss who has not obtained such
certificate of competency as required by this act.
Section 2. if (he mine foreman or fire boss shall neglect his duties
or has incapacitated himself by drunkenness, or has been incapacitated
by any other cause for the proper performance of said duties,
and the same shall be brought to the knowledge of the operator or
superintendent it shall be the duty of such operator or superintendent
to discharge such delinquent at once and notify the inspector
of the district of such action, whereupon it
shall be the duty of
said inspector to inform the court of common pleas of the county
who shall issue a citation in the name of the Commonwealth to the
said operator, superintendent, mine foreman or fire boss to appear
at not less than fifteen days' notice upon a day fixed before said
court, at which time the court shall proceed to inquire into and investigate
the allegations.
true, it shall notify I
If the court finds that the allegations are
lie examining board of such finding and instruct
the said board to withdraw the certificate of such delinquent during
any period of time that said court may deem sufficient, and at the
expiral ion of such I
ime he shall be entitled to a re-examination.
ARTICLE XVII.
Employment of Boys and Females.
Section 1. No boy under (he age of twelve years, or any woman or
girl of any ;i»'c, shall be employed or permitted to be iu the workings
of any bituminous coal mine for (lie purpose of employment, or for
any other purpose; and no boy under the age of sixteen shall be
permitted to mine or load coal in any room, entry or other working
place, unless in company with a person over sixteen years of age.
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