LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, entitled
"Allegany County," sub-title "Mine Inspector," and sections
150 to 164 inclusive, of Article twelve of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "Garrett County," sub-title
"Manufactures and Mines," be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and that certain new
sections be and the same are hereby added to the said respec-
tive articles, to follow in the first mentioned article, section
209, and to be designated as "Sections 209 A, 209 B, 209 C and
209 D," and in the second herein mentioned article, to follow
section 164, and to be designated as "Sections 164 A, 164s and
164 C," and to read as to the sections hereby repealed and re-
enacted, and also as to the said new sections as follows :

Repeal.

"196 of Article 1 and 150 of Article 12." That the Governor
shall, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, appoint
one Mine Inspector for the counties of Allegany and Garrett,
who shall hold his office for two years from the date of his
appointment.
"197 of Article 1 and 151 of Article 12." No person shall

Appointment
ot mine
Inspector.

be eligible to the office of Mine Inspector until he shall have
attained the age of thirty years and shall possess a competent
and practical knowledge of the different systems of mining
and working and properly ventilating coal mines in said coun-
ties, and the nature and constituent parts of various gases of
mines, and of the various ways of expelling the same from
said mines, and it shall be required that he has had five years
practical experience as a working miner in one or both coun-
ties combined next immediately preceding his appointment.
"198 of Article 1 and 152 of Article 12." That before

Eligibility of
of mine in-
spector.

entering upon and discharging any of the duties of Iris office,
the Mine Inspector shall take an oath to faithfully discharge
the duties hereinafter set forth, in an impartial manner, unin-
fluence by the fear, favor, or influence of any person or cor-
poration whatever.
"199 of Article 1, and 153 of Article 12." That it shall be
the duty of said Mine Inspector to carefully and personally

Oath taken.

examine each mine that may be in operation in Allegany and
Garrett counties at least once in every month, and oftener, if
necessary, to see that every precaution is taken to insure safety
to all workmen that may be engaged in said mines, and to see
that the provisions of this Act are strictly observed, and it shall
further be the duty of said inspector, after being notified by
the coroner or magistrate of either Allegany or Garrett coun-
ties, to attend at every inquest that may be held on the bodies

Carefully
examine
each mine.