1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 10. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. civil
under him, or in the mines under his charge and supervision
as a miner, who does not hold such certificates. Any person
or persons who shall violate or fail to comply witli
the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not less
than one hundred dollars and not to exceed five hundred dollars, or
shall undergo imprisonment for a term not less than thirty days and
not to exceed six months, or either, or both, at the discretion of
the court.
Section 7.
The persons who are now serving as members of the
Miners' Examining Board as created by the act approved the ninth
day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eightynine,
entitled "An act to provide for the examination of miners in
the anthracite region of this Commonwealth, and to prevent the
employment of incompetent persons as miners in anthracite coal
mines," shall continue under the provisions of this act to serve as
members of the "Miners' Examining Board" until the terms for
which they were appointed under the provisions of the said act approved
the ninth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine, shall have expired, and in the performance
of the duties of their office they shall be subject to the provisions and
requirements of this act.
Section 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to in any way,
excepting as herein provided, effect miners' certificates which have
been lawfully issued under the provisions of the herein mentioned
act, approved the ninth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine.
Section 9. It shall be the duty of the several Miners' Examining
Boards to investigate all complaints or charges of non compliance or
violation of the provisions of this act, and to prosecute all persons so
offending; and upon their failure so to do, then it
shall become the
duty of the district attorney of the county wherein the complaints
or charges are made to investigate the same and prosecute all
persons
so offending, and it shall at all
times be the duty of the district
attorney to prosecute such members of the Miners' Examining Board
as have failed to perform their duty under the provisions of this
act; but nothing herein contained shall prevent any citizen, a resident
of this Commonwealth, from prosecuting any person or persons violating
this act, with power to employ private counsel to assist in the
prosecution of the same; upon conviction of any member of the
Miners' Examining Board for any violation of this act, in addition
to the penalties herein provided, his office shall be declared vacant,
and he shall be deemed ineligible to act as a member of the said
board.