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act that he may deem necessary to ascertain, wheth-	Necessary to
er or not the miners are allowed full weight of coal	ascertain.
in the mining cars, when placed upon the scales of
the different mines, and it shall be the duty of every	Duty of
person acting as weighmaster, for the owner, lessee,	weigh master.
or agent, of any of said mines before entering upon
the performance of his duties, as said weighmaster,
or before making any report as said weighmaster to
said owner, lessee, or agent, to make oath before some	Make oath.
justice of the peace of the said county in which such
mine, or the opening thereof is situated, that he will
perform, or has performed, the duties of weighmas-
ter, at such mine, with honesty and fidelity, and will
keep, or has kept, a true account of all the coal so
weighed by him, or under his direction, and will
credit and allow, or has credited, and allowed the
full weight of coal in each mining car, to the party	Full weight.
or parties who mined the same, at the rate of
2,240 pounds per ton, and it shall be the duty of
every person, acting as weighmaster for the owners,
lessee, or agent of any of said mines, to keep a list	Keep a list.
of the number of cars, and the weight of coal in
each car, and place said list in some place where the
miners interested may inspect it daily, and shall	May inspect.
make a daily report to the owner, lessee or agent of
said mines, and he shall deliver a copy of the affa-
davit required by this act, to the mine inspector un-
der the hand and seal of said justice of the peace,
and it shall be the duty of said weighmaster to per-	Perform sev-
form the several acts and matters specified in said	eral acts.
affadavit.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of every person or body corporate, operating a mine or mines in either of said counties, as owners,	Duty of e very person.
lessee or agent, to provide correct and accurate	Accurate
scales for weighing the coal mined therein, before	scales.
the same shall be taken from the mine cars, used by
the miners therein.
SEC. 14. Be it enacted, That any owner, lessee,
agent or operator of any coal mine in said counties
of Alleghany or Garrett, or any other person therein, neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions	Neglecting or refusing.
of this act, or violating in any manner any of its
provisions, may be held and deemed guilty of a mis-