THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   1045

of any such deposit of cash or securities, immediately place the same
with the State Treasurer, whose duty it shall be to receive and hold the
same in the name of the State, in trust, for the purposes for which
such deposit is made. The State Treasurer shall at all times be respon-
sible for the custody and safekeeping of such deposits. The operator
making the deposit shall be entitled from time to time to demand and
receive from the State Treasurer, on the written order of the secre-
tary, the whole or any portion of any securities so deposited upon de-
positing with him, in lieu thereof, other United States Government
securities of a par value at least equal to the sum required for a bond
as aforesaid, and also to demand, receive and recover the interest and
income from said securities as the same becomes due and payable;
Provided, however, that where securities, deposited as aforesaid,
mature or are called, the State Treasurer, at the request of the opera-
tor, shall convert such securities into other acceptable securities
designated by the operator. Contemporaneous with, and as a condi-
tion precedent to, the filing of said certificate and any renewal thereof,
the operator shall pay to the department a filing fee of Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).

648D. Within thirty (30) days after starting the removal of over-
burden at an operation for the removal of coal by open pit mining,
the operator shall file an operation report with the Bureau of Mines
on a form to be prescribed and furnished by the Director, giving
the following information: (a) Name or number of the operation;
(b) Location of the operation as to county with reference to the
nearest public road; (c) A description of the tract or tracts by metes
and bounds; and (d) The name and address of the landowner or the
name and address of the landowner's duly authorized representative.

648E. Within six (6) months after the operation is finished or
abandoned, the operator shall file with Bureau of Mines, a completion
report, on a form to be prescribed and furnished by the Director,
identifying the operation, stating the area of land affected by open
pit mining, stating whether the operator intends to carry on drift
mining upon the premises and what provision has been made there-
for. The operator shall attach to the completion report a map of the
operation certified by a registered profession engine or COMPE-
TENT LAND SURVEYOR, showing the boundary lines of the tract
or tracts, the access to the operation from the nearest public highway,
the area of land affected by open pit mining, the locations preserved
from drift mining, and the proposed plans in connection therewith.

648F. If the operation is not completed or abandoned within one
year following the date of filing the certificate, the operator shall,
within sixty (60) days after the end of said year, file with the Bureau
of Mines an annual report, on a form to be prescribed and furnished
by the secretary DIRECTOR, identifying the operation and stating
the area of land affected by open pit mining during the year.

648G. Upon receipt of said completion report or annual report, the
Director shall charge the area affected by open pit mining against
the bond or deposit filed by the operator at the time of registration
at the rate of Three Sundrod Dollars -($300.00) TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00) per acre. Should the area actually
affected by open pit mining within the year exceed the estimate
made at the time of registration, the operator shall, within thirty (30)