BOARD OF BOILER RULES

This Board for 1938-1939 consists of:
Chairman:
John M. Pohlhaus, Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, 330

North Charles Street, Baltimore.
Members:
A. L. Penniman, Chief Engineer of Power, Consolidated Gas

Electric Light & Power Company, Baltimore, (1941)
Firmadge King, 609 Edgewood Street, Baltimore, (1942)

By the Act of 1939, Chapter 718, a Board of Boiler Rules was
created consisting of the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, who
shall be the Chairman at his discretion and two members to be
appointed by the Governor.

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

BUREAU OF MINES
Chief Mine Engineer:

John J. Rutledge. ............... State Office Bldg., Annapolis
District Mine Inspectors:

Frank T. Powers.............................. Frostburg

Clyde J. Rowe. ................................ Westernport
Stenographer and Clerk:

Miss Julia E. Jefferson. ........ State Office Bldg., Annapolis
Junior Clerk:

M. Agnes Probst. .................. State Office Bldg., Annapolis

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 Octo-
ber 1,1922.

The Act was prepared by a special commission appointed by the
Governor and supersedes the several local laws which governed min-
ing operators 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. After hearings had been held in Frost-
burg and Westernport between the Chief Mine Engineer and opera-
tors and miners, such regulations were issued and became effective
March 13, 1929, and have been in force since that date. (Ch. 307, 1922.)

There Was created by this Act in the Bureau of Mines a State
Mine Examining Board with powers to examine and pass upon the
qualifications of applicants for certificates of competency as mine
foremen, assistant mine foremen, and fire bosses. Seventeen examin-