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14. He shall give special attention to and instructions concerning the proper storage and handling of explosives in the mines.

15. He shall see that all dusty haulage roads are regularly and thoroughly sprayed, sprinkled or cleaned at regular intervals when the health and safety of the men in the mines demand.

(b) The mine manager shall have power:

1. To instruct employees as to their respective duties and to require of all employees obedience to the provisions of the mining law.

2. To prescribe special rules concerning the proper storage and handling of explosives in the mine and concerning the time and manner of placing and discharging the blasting shots, and it shall be unlawful for any miner to fire shots except according to such rules.

3. In mines in which the works are so extensive that all the duties devolving upon the mine manager cannot be discharged by one man, competent persons may be designated and appointed as assistants to the mine manager, who shall exercise his functions under the mine managers' instructions.

§ 21. (a) A certificated mine examiner shall be required at all coal mines. There shall be one or more additional certificated mine examiners whenever required in writing by State mine inspectors when the conditions are such as to make the employment of such additional mine examiners necessary.

(b) It shall be the duty of the mine examiner:

1. To examine the underground workings of the mine within eight hours preceding the time the day shift goes on duty, every day upon which the mine is to be operated, excepting that when in the judgment of the State Mine Inspector expressed in writing to the coal operator, a mine generates explosive gas in dangerous quantities, a State mine inspector shall require the mine to be examined for gas in such manner and at such shorter intervals than eight hours before the time the day shift goes on duty every day upon which the mine is to be operated, as may be necessary to insure the safety of the men working in such mine. In all mines where closed electric lamps are used exclusively, said mines shall be examined within four hours preceding the time the day shift goes on duty.

2. When in the performance of his duties, to carry with him a safety lamp in proper order and condition and a rod or bar for sounding the roof.

3. To see that the air current is traveling in its proper course and in proper quantity; and to measure with an enemometer the amount of air passing in the last cross-cut or break-through of each pair of entries, or in the last room of each division in long-wall mines, and at all other points where he may deem it necessary; and to note the result of such measurements in the mine examiner's books kept for that purpose.

4. To inspect all places where men are required in the performance of their duties to pass or to work, and to observe whether there are any recent falls or dangerous roof or accumulations of gas or dangerous conditions in rooms or roadways; and to examine especially all roadways leading to escapement shafts or other openings for the

safe exit of men to the surface, the edges and accessible parts of recent falls and old gobs and air-courses.

5. As evidence of his examination of said rooms and roadways, to inscribe in some suitable place on the walls of each, not on the face of the coal, with chalk, the month and the day of the month of his

visit.

6. When working places are discovered in which there are recent falls or dangerous rook [roof] or dangerous conditions, to place a conspicuous mark or sign thereat as notice to all men to keep out; and in case of accumulation of gas, to place at least two conspicuous obstructions across the roadway not less than twenty feet apart, one of which shall be outside the last open cross-cut.

7. Upon completing his examination, to make a daily record of the same in a book kept for that purpose, for the information of the company, the inspector and all other persons interested; and this record shall be made each morning before the miners are permitted to enter the mine.

8. To take into his possession the entrance checks of all men whose working places have been shown by his examination and record. to be dangerous, and to give such entrance checks to the mine manager before the men are permitted to enter the mine in the morning.

$27. (a) The operator of every coal mine where miners are paid by the weight of their output, shall provide at such mine suitable and accurate scales for the weighing of such coal, and a correct record shall be kept of all coal so weighed and said record shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of miners and others interested in the product of said mine. The operator shall provide at such mine not less than one thousand (1,000) pounds of Uniter United] States standard weights.

(b) The person authorized to weigh the coal and keep the record as aforesaid shall be a citizen of the United States, and shall, before entering upon his duties, make and subscribe to an oath before some person duly authorized to administer oaths, that he will accurately. weigh and carefully keep a true record of all coal weighed, and such affidavit shall be kept conspicuously posted at the place of weighing.

(c) The miners at work in any coal mine may employ a check weighman at their option and at their own expense, whose duty it shall be to balance the scales and see that the coal is properly weighed, and that a correct account of the same is kept, and for this purpose he shall have access at all times to the beam box of said scales, and be afforded every facility for verifying the weights while the weighing is being done. The check weighman so employed by the miners shall be a citizen of the United States, and, before entering upon his duties, shall make and subscribe to an oath before some person duly authorized to administer oaths, that he will faithfully discharge his duties as check weighman, and such oath shall be kept conspicuously posted at the place of weighing.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

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AN ACT to authorize counties to erect or assist in the erection of monuments or memorial buildings in honor of their soldiers and sailors.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That upon the petition of two hundred, or more, legal voters of a county being filed with the county clerk thirty days prior to any county election, praying that the proposition of erecting or completing a monument or memorial building in honor of its soldiers and sailors at the county seat be submitted to a vote of the people of such county, such proposition shall be submitted to a vote of the people at the next ensuing county election. Such propo sition shall be clearly indicated upon the ballot, and two spaces left upon the margin, one for votes favoring the proposition, to be indicated by the word "Yes," and one for votes opposing the proposition. to be indicated by the word "No," as in the form herein given.

Proposition for the erection of a monument or memorial building in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the county.

Yes

X

No

The elector shall designate his vote by a cross mark thus, (X), and no ballot which has not a cross opposite the word "yes" or "no" shall be counted either for or against the proposition.

If a majority of all the votes cast at such election are in favor thereof, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, of such county, within one year after such election, to appropriate sufficient funds to erect a suitable monument or a suitable memorial building, and purchase a site therefor, if necessary, at the county seat, in honor of its soldiers and sailors. If the revenues of the county under the general tax levy shall be insufficient to provide for the erection of such building and the purchase of a site therefor, if necessary, the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, may also at the same election submit to the voters the proposition of levying an additional tax and issuing bonds therefor in the manner provided by sections 27 and 28 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to counties," approved and in force March 31, 1874, as amended.

If a memorial building shall be erected the same shall be under he supervision and control of such county board, and it shall be lawul for such county board to permit such use of the building as it leems advisable.

§ 2. Whenever the people of any county shall desire to erect, or contribute to the erection of a memorial building in honor of their solliers and sailors and shall procure bona fide subscription to the extent of two-thirds of the estimated cost thereof, it shall be lawful for any county by a two-thirds vote of the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, to contribute such sum or sums of money toward the cost of erecting such a memorial building not exceeding one-third of the cost thereof, as shall be deemed discreet and proper: Provided, that such contribution shall be made subject to the following conditions: (1) said building shall be constructed in accordance with plans, approved by such county board; (2) when erected, shall be forever used exclusively for public or civic purposes; and (3) if, at any time after the construction thereof, it shall cease to be used for such purposes, it and the property upon which it is situate, shall revert to and become the property of said county.

3. If any county shall own and possess any real estate suitable for a site for a memorial building, it shall be lawful for the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, by two-thirds vote, to enter into a lease for a period not exceeding ninetynine years, by which said real estate may be leased to the organization or individuals contemplating the erection of a memorial building through private donations or contributions: Provided, the amount contributed or donated by public subscriptions for such purpose shall be equal to at least double the value of such real estate: Provided, further, that said lease shall provide that said building shall, when erected, be used exclusively for public or civic purposes, and that upon the expiration of said lease, or the violation of any of its terms or conditions, the improvements thereon shall revert to and become the property of said county.

§ 4. Available space in memorial buildings constructed under the provisions of this Act, .mav be set aside for the use of organizations of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the United States without charge.

Boys' clubs, associations of commerce, civic improvement and health bodies, farm bureaus and other similar non-partisan and nonsectarian organizations, not organized for profit, shall be deemed within the meaning of the words "public or civic purposes," and available space. in such memorial buildings may be rented or leased at a reasonable rental to any such organization.

5. Whenever any memorial building is erected through private subscriptions, as herein provided. it shall be lawful for the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, to appropriate such sums of money from year to year as it may deem reasonable and proper to cover any deficiency in the cost of the maintenance thereof.

§ 6. Memorial buildings erected in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed county property and shall be exempt from taxation.

§ 7. An Act entitled, "An Act to authorize counties to erect monuments or memorial buildings in honor of its soldiers. and sailors," approved April 22, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, is repealed.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

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