JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOB. 251

	CHAPTER 157.
	AN ACT to repeal the act of January session,
	eighteen hundred and seventy-six, chapter one
	hundred and seventy-three, entitled " An act regu-
	lating the working and proper ventilation of coal
	mines in Alleghany and Garrett counties, and pro-
	viding for the appointment of an inspector for said
	mines, and to re-enact the same with amendments.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That the act of January session,
	eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled an act
	regulating the working and proper ventilation of coal mines in Alleghany and Garrett counties, and	Repealed and re-enacted.
	providing for the appointment of an inspector for
	said mines, be and the same is hereby repealed and
	re-enacted, so as to read as follows :
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Governor
	shall, by and with the advice and consent of the	Governor
	Senate, appoint one mine inspector for the counties of Alleghany and Garrett, who shall hold his office	shall appoint mine inspec- tor.
	for two years from the date of his appointment.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no person shall	Shall be
	be eligible to the office of mine inspector until he	eligible.
	shall have attained the age of thirty-five years, and
	shall possess a competent knowledge of all the differ- ent systems of mining and working and properly ventilating coal mines, and the nature and constituent	Competent knowledge.
	parts of noxious gases of mines, and of the various
	ways of expelling the same from said mines.
	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That before entering
	upon and discharging the duties of his office, said
	inspector of mines shall take an oath to faithfully	Take an oath.
	discharge the duties hereinafter set forth, in an im-
	partial manner ; and for the faithful performance of
	his duties the said mine inspector shall receive a	Receive a
	salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, which	salary.
	said salary shall be paid out of the State's money, by a warrant of the Comptroller upon the State Treas-
	urer for the same.