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cxlviii MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.
of June second, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, as authorizes
the boards of examiners of candidates for inspectors of
anthracite coal mines to engage the services of a clerk is hereby repealed,
and all clerks hereafter appointed by the several boards hereinbefore
mentioned shall be appointed under the provisions of this
act.
Section 3. The members of the said boards shall, on the final adjournment
of each session of their respective boards, submit to the
Auditor General sworn statements approved by the president or
chairman of their respective boards, setting forth the number of
days during which each member shall have been actually in attendance
on the sessions of the board of which he is a member during
said session, as well as the distance from the home of the member
to the place of meeting of his board as aforesaid, by the nearest
practicable railway route, and the number of miles actually traveled
by him; and the clerks of said boards shall submit like statements,
and the Auditor General shall, upon the receipt of such sworn statements
draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of each
of such members and clerks for such sums as shall appear to be
properly due each.
Section 4. All acts and parts of acts or supplements thereto in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved—The 26th day of June, A. D. 1895.
DANIEL H. HASTINGS.
AN ACT
For the better protection of employes in and about the coal mines by preventing
mine superintendent, mine foremen and assistants from receiving or soliciting
any sums of money or other valuable consideration from men while in their
employ, and providing a penalty for violation of the same.
Section 1. Be it enacted, &c, That on and after the passage of this
act any mine superintendent, mine foreman or assistant foreman,
or any other person or persons who shall receive or solicit any sum of
money or other valuable consideration, from any of his or their employes
for the purpose of continuing in his or their employ, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine
not less than fifty dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars, and
undergo an imprisonment of not less than six months, or both, at the
discretion of the court.