BOARD OF BOILER RULES.

This Board for 1924-27 consists of:
Chairman:

Dr. J. Knox Insley, Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, St. Paul

and Saratoga .Streets, Baltimore.

Robert H. Carr, Chairman of the State Industrial Accident Corn-
Thomas H. Robinson, Attorney-General, Title Building, Baltimore.
By the Act of 1920, Chapter 676, a Board of Boiler Rules was
created consisting of the Chairman of the State Bureau of Labor and.
Statistics, who shall be Chairman; the Attorney-General and the Chair-
man of the State Industrial Accident Commission.

This Board is created for and charged with the duty of formulating
rules and regulations governing the proper construction and installa-
tion of boilers of over fifteen pounds to the square inch, for sale or
use in this State and to enforce such rules and regulations and the con-
tinued maintenance of them on a basis of proper safety.

BUREAU OF MINES.

Chief Mine Engineer:
John J. Rutledge...................................................22 Light Street, Baltimore

District Mine Inspectors:

Frank T. Powers................Allegany County..............................Frostburg
John B. Watkins.................Garrett County............................Westernport

Stenographer and Clerk:
Miss Julia E. Jefferson.................................22 Light Street, Baltimore

The Bureau of Mines was created in the State Board of Labor and
Statistics by the General Assembly of 1922. The Chief Mine Engineer
was appointed by the Governor from a list of eligibles prepared by
the State Employment Commissioner. The Act became effective October
1, 1922.

The Act was prepared by a special commission appointed by the Gov-
ernor and supersedes the several local laws which governed mining
operations in this State prior to the enactment of this law.

The Act makes provision' for the .inspection, sanitation, ventilation
and safeguarding of all the operations connected with mining. Pro-
vision is also made for the weighing of all coal mined in the State.

It is the duty of the Chief Mine Engineer to enforce all provisions
of the Act. He is given the authority to make and enforce necessary
rules and regulations in connection with the enforcement of the Act
and the operation of the mines. (Ch. 307, 1922.)

There was created in this Act in the Bureau of Mines a State Mine
Examining Board with powers to examine and pass upon the qualifica-
tions of applicants for certificates of competency as mine foremen,
assistant mine foremen, and fire bosses. The first examination under
this Act was held by the Board at Frostburg, Maryland, January 23rd
to 27th, 1923. The personnel of the Mine Examining Board is as fol-
lows :

G. M. Gillette Frostburg, Md.; representing Maryland Coal Operators.
Lawrence Dunn, Midland, Md.; representing Maryland Coal Miners.
John J. Rutledge, Chairman Ex-officio; representing State of Mary-
land.