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a sanitary washroom adequate for the needs of such signatory
employees; all washrooms to be heated, provided with hot and
cold water and suitable means for bathing, and with lockers
sufficient in number and adequate in size for the employees,
at their own risk, under locks provided by themselves to store
their personal clothing and belongings. The cost of opera-
tion of such washroom to be borne as may be agreed upon by
such operator and such employees.

SEC. 171. No stable shall be provided in any mine unless
the same is excavated in solid rock, or built, or thoroughly
lined with fireproof material; and all such stables shall be
subject to regulations by the Bureau, including regulations as
to use of hay or straw, ventilation, cleaning and sanitation,
lights and precautions against fire.

SEC. 172. No person shall go into or around a mine or the
buildings or machinery connected therewith, while under the
influence of intoxicants or deleterious drugs; nor shall any per-
son use, carry, or have in his possession at, in, or around any
such mine or the buildings or machinery connected therewith,
any intoxicants or deleterious drugs; and any violation of this
provision shall be a misdemeanor.

SEC. 173. No male child under the age of sixteen years, nor
female of any age, shall be employed, permitted or suffered to
work in any capacity in, about or in connection with any mine;
provided, that this section shall not apply to mine offices.

CHAPTER XXVI—General Provisions.

SEC. 174. Any person who neglects or refuses to perform
the duties required of him by this act, or by regulations duly
made thereunder, or who violates any of the provisions or re-
quirements thereof, shall, except as otherwise provided in this
act, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon con-
viction thereof in the circuit court of the county within which
the misdemeanor was committed, be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars. Any violation of this act spe-
cially declared to be a misdemeanor by any provision thereof
shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars,
nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not
exceeding one year, unless otherwise specially provided herein.

SEC. 175. Wherever because of any provision of this act
it becomes necessary for any operator or other person to con-