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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and oftener if necessary to see that every precaution
is taken to insure safety to all workmen that may be
engaged in said mines, and to see that the provisions
of this act are strictly observed, and it shall further
be the duty of the said Inspector, after being notified
by the Coroner of either of said Counties of Allegany
or Garrett to attend at every inquest that may be
held on the bodies of any person, or persons that
may lose their lives while engaged at work in or
about any of the coal mines of said counties, and he
shall examine closely into the cause by which said
persons lost their lives, and if it shall be fully proven
that the said person or persons lost their lives by any
violation of this act, or any wilful failure to comply
with its provisions, the widow or lineal heirs of the
person or persons whose life shall be so lost may in-
stitute a suit against the owner, lessee or operator of
the said, mine wherein the accident took place, and

Recover dam-
ages.

may recover such damages as the courts may deter-
mine for the loss they have sustained by the death
of the person or persons whose life or lives have
been lost while engaged at work in said mines.

Shall not act.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said mine in-
spector, while in office, shall not act as land agent
or as agent, or superintendent and manager of any
mine, and shall in no manner whatever be under the
employ of any of the mining companies operating
mines in said counties, and it shall be the duty of
said mine inspector on or before the first day of Jan-

Make report.

uary in every year to make a report to the Governor
of his proceedings as such mine inspector and the
condition of all the mines in said counties, stating
therein all accidents that may have happened in or
about the said mines, and to set forth in said reports
all such information that may be proper and benefi-
cial, and also to make such suggestions that he may
deem important as to any further legislation on the
subject of mining.

Make map.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the owner or
owners, or lessees of every coal mine that may be in
operation in the said Counties of Allegany and Gar-
rett shall make or cause to be made an accurate map
or plan of the workings of such mine, which shall