1893 - State Library Information Center

476 STATISTICS*OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.with such recommendations as said " factory and workshop inspector" shall deem proper and necessary.2. That the said " factory and workshop inspector " shall, bypersonal examination or otherwise, ascertain if proper and necessarysafeguards are erected and maintained Dy the owner or owners,lessee or lessees of each and every mine, for the protection of thelives of the men employed therein; in case it shall appear to thesaid " factory and workshop inspector " that any Buch owner orlessee has neglected to make proper provision for the safety ofthe employes working in any such mine, he shall serve or causeto be served upon any such owner or lessee, a notice in writing,stating briefly such neglect, and such owner or lessee shall immediatelyremedy the same, or in case of death or accident fromsuch neglect, be criminally liable therefor.3. That it shall be the duty of said " factory and workshop inspector,"to whom a complaint iu writing shall be made by anyemploye in any mine in this state, that any such mine is dangerousto the lives of those employed therein, without delay to viewand examine the mine complained of ; and if he shall find suchcomplaint to be just, he shall give notice in writing of the danger tothe owner or lessee thereof, and in such notice may, in his discretionforder such mine closed until he shall issue MB order thatsuch danger has been removed.4. That any owner or lessee receiving such notice as is mentionedin the last preceding section, and refusing to comply therewith,Bhall forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars, to be recoveredin an action upon contract by the said " factory and workshopinspector," in his individual name, in any court of competentjurisdiction ; the said penalty when recovered, less the costsand expenses thereof, to be paid to the overseer of the poor ofthe township in which such mine is located, for the use of thepoor of said township,5. That this act shall take effect immediately.Passed April 18, 1894. Chap, 51An Act in relation to the employment of labor by corporations*1. That no corporation or employers of labor doing business inthis state shall, directly or indirectly, or through any manager.