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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall be suspended in such a manner that they will

close of their own accord.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the owner, les-

see or agent of every mine in operation in the said

Shall furnish.

counties of Alleghany and Garrett shall furnish at

their own expense all props and all the requisite

timber that may be used in the working of said

mines, and as the miners employed at "work therein

proceed with the working of their excavations, it

Duty of

shall be the duty of the owner, lessee or agent of

owner.

said mines to furnish a sufficient quantity of tim-

ber at the place where the miner is at work, and

whenever the said workmen engaged in the said

Deem it safe.

excavation shall deem it safe and proper to have any

of the props or timbers removed from said excava-

tions, it shall be the duty of the person or persons so

employed by the owner, lessee or agent to remove

the said props or timbers to whatever point or place

No props or
timber.

the workmen engaged therein may require, but no
props or timber whatever shall be removed that

might endanger the lives of any of the workmen

engaged therein by such removal.

Whenever

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That whenever any

any impure
air.

gases or impure air is known to exist in any of the
mines in the said counties of Alleghany and Garrett,

and which is likely to endanger the lives" of the

miners employed therein, it shall be the duty of the

mine inspector, upon the same being made known

Careful ex-

to him, to proceed at once to make a careful exam-

amination.

ination of the ventilating apparatus of the said mine,

and if he shall find that the gases and impure air

existing in said mine was the cause of the bad

condition of the ventilating apparatus connected

Notify owner

therewith, he shall immediately notify the owner,

lessee or agent to expel from the said mine all nox-

ious gases and impure air existing therein, and to

properly ventilate the same.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the mine inspec-

Inspector of

tor shall also be an inspector of weights, at all the

weights.

mines, now or hereafter operated in said Alleghany

and Garrett counties, and shall have power to weigh

the coal mined therein, from time to time, on the

scales at the different mines in said counties, and to

test the accuracy of said scales, and to do any other