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otherwise provided in this sub-title, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall, upon conviction thereof in the circuit court of the county within
which the misdemeanor was committed, be punished by fine not exceeding
two hundred dollars. Any violation of this sub-title especially declared to
be a misdemeanor by any provision thereof shall be punished by a fine not
less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding one year, unless otherwise specially provided
herein.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 176. 1922, ch. 307, sec. 175.

176. Wherever because of any provision of this sub-title it becomes
necessary for any operator or other person to construct, reconstruct, change,
alter, commence or abandon any thing, matter or practice in, about, or
relating to any mine or mining operation, such operator or other person
may have three months time after October 1, 1922, for compliance there-
with; and if after diligent effort such time prove insufficient, then such
operator or other person may, upon proper showing of diligence and
inability to comply, be granted by the Bureau a farther extension of time
for such compliance, not exceeding six months additional time.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 177. 1922, ch. 307, sec. 176.

177. If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
sub-title is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this sub-title, it being
the intention of the General Assembly to pass this sub-title, and each section,
sub-section, sentence and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more other sections, sub-sections," sentences or phrases be declared
unconstitutional.