1900 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

elviii MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Off. Doc.
Section 10.
For the purposes of this act the members of the said
"Miners' Board" shall have power to administer oaths.
Section 11. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Approved—The 15th day of July, A. D. 1897.
DANIEL H. HASTINGS.
AN ACT
To amend the tenth section of article ten of an act, entitled "An act to provide
for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite
coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property
connected therewith," approved the second day of June, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, providing that self-acting doors
are used.
Section 1. Be it enacted, &c, That the tenth section of article ten
of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the health and safety of
persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania,
and for the protection and preservation of property connected
therewith," approved the second day of June, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, which reads as follows:
"All main doors shall have an attendant whose constant duty it
shall be to open them for transportation and travel and prevent them
from standing open longer than is necessary for persons or cars to
pass through," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
All main doors shall have an attendant, whose constant duty it
shall be to open them for transportation and travel and prevent them
from standing open longer than is necessary for persons or cars to
pass through, unless a self-acting door is used which is approved by
the inspector of the district.
Approved—The 20th day of April, A. D. 1S99.
WILLIAM A. STONE.
AN ACT
To amend section four of article eight of an act, entitled "An act relating to
bituminous coal mines and providing for the lives, health, safety and welfare
of persons employed therein," approved the fifteenth day of May, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three permitting the use of
mineral oils in bituminous mines when used in approved safety lamps.
Section 1. Be it enacted, &c, That section four of article eight of
an act, entitled "An act relating to bituminous coal mines and providing
for the lives, health, safety and welfare of persons employed