1898 - Coalmininghistorypa.org

No. 11. MINING LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA. IxxxixAN ACTTo provide payment to the miner for all clean coal mined by him.Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage ofthis act all individuals, firms and corporations engaged in miningcoal in this Commonwealth, who, instead of dumping all ihe carsthat come from the mine into a breaker or chutes, shall switch outone or more of the cars for the purpose of examining them, and determiningthe actual amount of slate or refuse, by removing saidslate or refuse from the car, and who shall, after so doing, willfullyneglect to allow the miner in full for all clean coal left after the refuse,dirt or slate is taken out, at the same rate paid at the mine forclean coal less the actual expense of removing said slate or refuse,he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.Section 2. That any individual, firm or corporation as aforesaid,violating the provisions of this act, upon suit being brought and convictionhad, shall be sentenced by the court to pay a fine of not morethan one hundred dollars, and to make restitution by paying to theminer the amount to which, under this act, he would be entitled forthe coal mined by him, and for which he was not paid.Approved—The 13th day of June, A. D. 1883.ROBT. E. PATTISONAN ACTTo provide for the recovery of the bodies of workmen enclosed, buried or entombedin coal mines.Be it enacted, &c.. That whenever any workman or work-Section 1.men shall heretofore have been, or shall hereafter be enclosed, entombedor buried in any coal mine in this Commonwealth, it shallbe the duty of Ihe court, sitting in equity, in the county whereinsuch workman or workmen are enclosed, entombed or buried, uponthe petition of any of the relatives of those enclosed, entombed orburied, to make an order of court for the petitioner to take testimonyin order that the court may ascertain whether such workman orworkmen, or the body or bodies of such workman or workmen, canbe recovered or taken out of said mine.If, after full hearing, it shall appear to the court that such undertakingis feasible or practicable, said court may forthwith issue aperemptory mandamus to the owner or owners, lessee or lessees,operator or operators of such coal company, to forthwith proceed towork for and recover and take out the body or bodies of such work-