Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the anthracite coal regions of ...

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into piacos that arc worked by safety-lamps, or handle or disturb any part
of the machinery of the hoisting engine, or open a door and not have tlie
same closed, whereby danger is caused in the mine, or enter any place of
the mine against caution, or disobey any order given in carrying out the
provisions of this act, or shall ride upon a loaded car or carriage in any
shaft or slope, or on any plane in or around any of said mines, or do any
other act whereby the lives or the health of persons, or the security of the
mines or the machinery is endangered, or any miner having charge of a
working place in any coal mine or colliery vvho shall neglect or refuse to
keep the roof thereof properly propped and timbered, to prevent the falling
of coal, slate or rock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by imprisonment and fine at the discretion of
the court.
Live Stock Amendment.
That any engineer who leaves his work without giving due notice of the
same, thereby endangering the lives of the live stock in the mines, shall
be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and
six mouths imprisonment.
Section 20. It shall be lawful for any inspector to enter, inspect and examine
any coal mine or colliery of his district, and the works and machinery
belonging thereto, at a'U reasonable times, by night or by day, but so as not
to impede or obstruct the working of the coal mine or colliery, and to make
inquiry into and touching the state and condition of such coal mine or col-
liery, works and machinery, and the ventilation of such coal mine or col-
lieiy, and the mode of lighting and using lights in the same, and into all
matters and things connected with or relating to the safety of the persons
employed in or about the same, and especially to make inquiry whether the
provisions of this act are complied with in relation to such coal mine or
colliery ; and the owner or agent of such coal mine or colliery is hereby
required to furnish the means necessary for such entry, inspection, examination
and inquiry, of which the said inspector shall make entry in the
record of his office, noting the time and material circumstances of the iuspectioa.
Section 21. No person who shall act or practice as a land agent, or as a
manager, viewer or agent of any coal mine or colliery, or as a mining engineer,
or be interested in operating any coal mine or colliery, shall act as
inspector of coal mines or collieries under this act.
Section 22. It shall be the duty of each inspector to make an annual report
of his proceedings to the Governor of the Commonwealth at the close
of every year, in which he shall fully enumerate all the accidents in and,
about the coal mines and collieries of his district, marking, in tabular form,
those accidents producing death or serious injury to persons, and the state
of the vcorkings of said mines with regard to the safety of the workmen
tlierein and to the ventilation thereof, and the result of his labors gerierally
shall be fully set forth.
Section 28. The salaries of the inspectors of coal mines and collieries,
and the expenses of carrying into execution the provisions of this act, shall
be paid by the State Treasurer, out of the treasury of the Commonwealth,^
upon the warrant of the president judge of the court of common pleas of
Luzerne county for the salaries of the inspectors for Luzerne and Carbon
counties, and upon the warrant of the president judge of the court of common
pleas of Schuylkill county for the inspectors for the counties of Schuyl-