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28 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
copy to the person by whom the same was filed.
From and after the taking effect of this act no
owner, lessee or agent of any mine, shall cause
or permit any work to be done or excavations to
be made therein unless in carrying out the details
of and in strict accordance with the proposed
excavations or workings as shown on the
map above provided for and as approved by such
Industrial Commission.
936-3. Whoever as owner, lessee, or agent, desires
to open a new mine, shall, at least thirty
days before beginning operations thereon, file with
The Industrial Commission of Ohio, for its approval,
duplicate copies of an accurate map on
the scale provided for in the preceding section,
showing the location of such proposed mine and
also showing clearly delineated thereon all the
proposed excavations and workings which are
to be made therein during the six months immediately
succeeding the date of such filing. Such
map shall bear endorsed thereon a certificate made
by the same persons and of the
SAME GENERAL FORM
as that provided for on the map mentioned in
the preceding section. In the event that such
proposed location, excavations and workings receive
the approval of The Industrial Commission,
that Commission shall make and enter on its
records such order as is just, reasonable and
proper and shall cause such approval to be noted
in writing on one of such copies of maps and shall
forthwith return such copy to the persons by
whom the same was filed. From and after the
taking effect of this act no person shall cause or
permit any new mine to be opened or any work
to be done or excavation to be made therein unless
in carrying out the details of and in strict
accordance with the proposed opening, excavations
or workings, as shown on the map provided for
in this section ancl as approved by such Industrial
Commission.
Sec. 936-4. In the event that The Industrial
Commission finds that the proposed opening, excavations
or workings, as delineated on any such
map filed under the provisions of section 936-2
or 936-3 are not such as will accomplish the ends
prescribed in section 936-1, it shall make and
er. L _r on its records such an order of disapproval
in the premises as is just and reasonable. It
shall also forthwith return the duplicate copies
of maps provided for to the person by whom the
same were filed and along with them furnish to
such person a statement showing the changes
whch must be made in the plans for such proposed
locations, excavations or workings before
the same will receive the approval of the Commission
; or, for the better information and
guidance of the persons interested, the Commission
may furnish along with such statement such
a revised set of maps or plans to be
used in the operation of such as will in
the opinion of the Commission best accomplish
the purposes of this act. Llnitl such
changes have been made and maps showing
such amended locations, excavations or workings
filed and approved as provided in said sections,
no work shall be done or permitted to be
clone on any new location, excavation or working
which did not theretofore appear on some such
map of said mine filed with and approved by such
Commission.
Sec. 936-5. When any owner, lessee or agent
of a mine desires at any time to deviate from
any plan of working the same which has been
approved by the Industrial Commission as herein
provided he may file a written application therefor
with such Commission in which he shall
specify clearly the location,
NATURE AND EXTENT
of such proposed deviation and thereupon such
Commission, if it finds such deviation reasonable
or necessary for the proper and profitable operation
of such mine, shall make an order approving
the same, which order shall be made and entered
as other orders of such Commission and shall have
the same force and effect as the other orders pro
vided for in this act.
Sec. 936-6. Whoever shall fail to comply with
the provisions of the four preceding sections
herein or shall alter any of such maps after the
same have been approved by The Industrial Commission
or shall cause or permit any workings or
excavations to be made in any mine other than
as shown on such maps and as approved by such
Commission, unless such deviation from such approved
plans shall first have been approved in
the manner provided for in section 936-5, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, and each day a mine is operated
in violation of any of the provisions of the five
preceding sections shall be considered as constituting
a separate offense.
NUMBER TWO.
A BILL.
A bill to amend sections 954, 965, 974-3 ancl 976
of the General Code, defining the duties of
safety foremen of mines.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio:
Section 1. That sections 954, 965, 974-2 and 976
of the General Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 954. The owner, lessee or agent of a mine
employing more than ten men, whose duty is to
mine and load coal, shall provide a safety foreman,
and each owner, lessee or agent, employing
more than thirty-five such workmen, shall, for