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ting apparatus and air courses connected therewith, he shall
immediately notify the owner, lessee or agent, to expel from
the said mine all noxious gases and impure air existing,
therein, and to properly ventilate the same.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the Mine Inspector shall
also be an Inspector of Weights at all the mines now or here-
after operated in said Allegany 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
act that he may deem necessary to ascertain whether or not
the miners are allowed full weight or quantity of coal in the
mining cars when placed upon the scales of the different
mines. And it shall be the duty of every person acting as
Weighmaster for the owner, lessee 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 be-
fore some Justice of the Peace of the county in which such
mine or the opening thereof is situated that he will perform
or has performed the duties of Weighmaster, 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 direc-
tion, and will credit and allow, or has credited and allowed,
the full weight or quantity of coal on each mining car to the
party 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 owner, lessee or agent of any
of said mines to keep a list of the number of cars and the
weight or quantity of coal in each car, and place said list in
some place where the miners interested may inspect it daily,
and he shall deliver a copy of the affidavit required by this
Act to the Mine Inspector, under the hand and seal of saidi
Justice of the Peace. And it shall be the duty of said Weigh-
master to perform the several acts and matters specified in
said affidavit.

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 owner, lessee or agent, to provide correct
and accurate scales for weighing the coal mined therein be-
fore the same shall be taken from the mine cars used by the
miners therein.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That any owner, lessee, agent
or operator of any coal mine in said Counties of Allegany or
Garrett, or any other person therein neglecting or refusing
to comply with the provisions of this Act, or violating in any
manner any of its provisions, may be held and deemed guilty.