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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 418

Each applicant shall pay an examination fee of $3 to the
State.

7-304.

The Bureau may establish a place within the mining area
of the State to give instruction to an applicant for
"first-class mine foreman's certificate," "fire-boss
certificate," "permit of competence," and other instruction
required under this subtitle, or any rule and regulation
made under it. The Bureau [shall] MAY conduct courses [as
often as feasible] in order to qualify properly any person
who makes application for the various type of certificates.
[The Bureau may cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Mines
to obtain necessary equipment in order to conduct the
prescribed courses of instruction. It shall make possible
necessary instruction relating to gassy mines in order that
applicants seeking to qualify for various types of
certificates may receive training within the State and not
be required to go outside the State to receive the training.
The program of instruction may be made in cooperation with
the federal Bureau of Mines.]

7-311.

[(a) Every district mine inspector at least once every
two months each year shall enter and thoroughly inspect
every working place and other excavation, machine, facility,
process and the outside works, ways, and plants of every
coal mine in his inspection district or to which he may be
assigned. He shall see that the mine laws and rules and
regulations are strictly observed and carried out. He shall
make additional visits to the mines to investigate any
accident. The inspection or investigation may be made at any
hour, however, it may not impede unnecessarily the proper
working of the mine.

(b) The inspector shall prepare a report in triplicate
immediately after each mine visit. The operator shall post
the first copy of the report under glass for 30 days at or
near the principal mouth of the mine, convenient for
observation by any employee, and then preserve it for one
year. The second copy shall be furnished to the Director of
the Bureau. The inspector shall retain the third copy. The
report shall state in detail the conditions found in every
part of the mine and may include suggestions and
recommendations for the improvement of conditions and better
law observance. In particular, it shall bring to the
attention of the operator or any other person concerned, and
is notice to him of any violation of law or rule or
regulation observed, at, in, or about the mine. The report
shall state the number of persons employed in or about the
mine and whether or not the operator has complied with the
law providing workmen's compensation insurance for his
employees. If the operator is self-insured, the report shall
contain the number of his certificate, and if he is insured
by an insurance company, the name of the insurance company.