§ 365. Committee to purchase necessary mine-rescue and first-aid equipment and appliances. Said committee shall purchase all necessary mine-rescue and first-aid equipment and appliances and install the same in said central station and substations. [Laws 1917, ch. 239, § 4; April 5.] § 366. Assistant commissioner of labor and industry ex officio superintendent of mine-rescue station; commissioner of labor and industry to appoint assistant superintendents; charge of station and substations; examination of such assistants before appointment; examining committee. The assistant commissioner of labor and industry in charge of mine inspection shall be ex officio superintendent of said mine-rescue station and the commissioner of labor and industry shall appoint one assistant superintendent, who shall be at said central station, in said Crawford county, Kansas, and one assistant superintendent at each of said substations, which assistant superintendents shall be appointed for a term of two years, and thereafter such assistants as shall be appointed every two years by said commissioner of labor and industry. Only such persons shall be appointed such assistants as shall have been examined for that place and granted certificates by the government examining board; in such case such a board shall be created; otherwise no person shall be appointed to the office of such assistant unless he shall be examined in the duties of his office, including mine-rescue and first-aid work, by a committee of three examiners qualified in such work, who shall be appointed from time to time, when necessary, by the governor. [Laws 1917, ch. 239, § 5; April 5.] § 367. Duty of superintendent of stations to supervise work of stations; duty of assistants; rescue of men from mines when notified of explosion or accident; assistants to report weekly to superintendent. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of stations to oversee and supervise the work of said stations, and it shall be the duty of said assistants to see that all equipment in their charge shall be kept in first-class working condition, ready for emergency and training work. Such assistants and said superintendent, when possible, shall rescue men, with all necessary appliances when notified of any explosion or accident of any kind in any mine within possible reach of the station; and such assistants shall report weekly to the superintendent of stations all such details regarding the work of the stations as shall be required by such superintendent. [Laws 1917, ch. 239, § 6; April 5.] § 368. Assistant superintendent to train miners in mine-rescue and first-aid work; training of children in public and high schools. Said assistant superintendent under the direction of said superintendent, shall, whenever not engaged in mine-rescue and first-aid work, devote their time to training miners in such work, and when possible to train such children in public and high schools, as may desire, in such work. [Laws 1917, ch. 239, § 7; April 5.] § 369. Purpose of mine-rescue station and duties of superintendent and assistant superintendent. The purpose of such mine-rescue stations and the duties of such superintendent and assistant superintendent, shall be: First, to aid in all cases of accident in mines within their reach, and second, furnish instruction and training of those engaged in mines in such work, including training of first-aid and mine-rescue crews of mines. [Laws 1917, ch. 239, § 8; April 5.] Laws 1917, ch. 239, § 9, provides an appropriation of $17,500 for purchasing sites, construction and remodeling of buildings, equipment, salaries, etc. Laws 1917, ch. 239, § 10, provides that the auditor shall draw warrants for the sums and purposes specified. LAWS OF 1913, CH. 47. AN ACT making an appropriation for a building to be used for the housing of mine-rescue car No. 4, and for the purchase of mine-rescue apparatus. WHEREAS, The government of the United States has made appropriations for the construction of mine-rescue cars, to be used for the purpose of saving life in case of mine disaster; and, WHEREAS, The state of Kansas can secure the permanent location of mine-rescue car No. 4 in the mining district of the state, by providing a building for the housing of said car; and, WHEREAS, The state of Kansas has never made provision for assisting in mine-rescue work or the saving of life in case of mine disaster; and, WHEREAS, The efficiency of the rescue work in case of mine disaster would be in creased by the procuring and purchasing of additional rescue equipment and apparatus: now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: § 370. Building for housing mine-rescue car; purchase of additional apparatus and equipment for mine-rescue work. That the mine inspection department of the state of Kansas is hereby authorized to contract for the erection of a suitable building in or near the city of Pittsburg, Kansas, for the purpose of housing mine-rescue car No. 4. They are further authorized to purchase such additional apparatus and equipment for mine-rescue work as may be deemed necessary. [G. S. 1915, § 6287.] Laws 1913, ch. 47, §§ 2-3, provide an appropriation of $3,500 for paying for the building and the apparatus and equipment mentioned. ARTICLE 12.-Room-and-pillar Plan, Entries, Etc. §371. Manner of prosecuting work in mine worked on room-and-pillar plan; double entries; two entries driven parallel; cross-cuts; requirements; mines already in operation under single-entry plan. 372. Inspector to give notice to owner; etc., of coal mine to conform work ings of mine to requirements of act; owner, etc., given thirty days to comply. §373. Penalty for failure of owner, agent or operator to comply with provisions of § 371, ante; every day mine so operated after first conviction deemed separate offense. LAWS OF 1905, CH. 305. AN ACT to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about coal mines. § 371. Manner of prosecuting work in mine worked on room-and-pillar plan; double entries; two entries driven parallel; cross-cuts; requirements; mines already in operation under single-entry plan. The owner, agent or operator of any coal mine in this state, if said mine is worked on the room-and-pillar plan, shall cause the work in such mine to be prosecuted in the following manner, and none other, to wit: Two entries must be driven parallel for the ingress and egress of the air, and crosscuts must be made at intervals not to exceed forty feet apart, and no rooms, entries or other openings shall be allowed to start inside of the last cross-cut until the next one is made: Provided, That in the case of mines already opened and in operation under the single-entry plan, the provisions of this act shall not apply to such parts thereof as have been worked out when this act takes effect. [G. S. 1915, § 6317.] § 372. Inspector to give notice to owner, etc., of coal mine to conform workings of mine to requirements of act; owner, etc., given thirty days to comply. The state coal-mine inspector shall, after the taking effect of this law, give notice in writing to the owner, agent or operator in charge of each coal mine in this state now being worked on the room-andpillar plan to conform the working of such mine to the requirements hereinbefore set out and prescribed; and such owner, agent or operator shall have thirty days in which to comply before being liable to the penalty provided herein. [G. S. 1915, § 6318.] § 373. Penalty for failure of owner, agent or operator to comply with provisions of § 371, ante; every day mine so operated after first conviction deemed separate offense. Any owner, agent or operator in charge of any coal mine worked on the room-and-pillar plan failing to comply with the provisions of section 1 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than six months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and every day that the mine is operated contrary to the provisions of section 1 after the owner, agent or operator in charge thereof shall have been convicted for a first offense under section 1 shall be and constitute a separate and distinct subsequent offense, and shall be punished as such. [G. S. 1915, § 6319.] ARTICLE 13.--Shot-firers, Firing of Shots, Etc. $374. Shot-firers to be employed to fire all $378. Regulations concerning preparing shots; unlawful to permit shots to be fired oftener than once each day or shift or until all persons hoisted out or mine vacated; mines where mechanical shot-firing devices used, all persons to be out of mine; shots in sinking and developing mine; shots in strip mines. 375. Unlawful to permit shot in strip mine when any person close enough to be injured. 376. Two shot-firers to be employed in all mines except strip mines, etc.; unlawful to permit shot to be fired except when two shot-firers in mine. 377. Unlawful to permit shot to be fired when dust accumulated so as to make it dangerous. and firing of shots; hole penetrating solid face; unlawful to use mixed powder; shot in body of coal, etc., already loosened; following or dependent shots; tamping or stemming of shot-hole; limit of amount of powder; section not applicable to strip mines. 379. Act not to apply to mines operated on long-wall system; shot not to be fired in such mine until all persons have vacated the mine. 380. Penalty for failure to comply with or for violation of provisions of act; each day's violation or failure to comply to constitute a separate offense. 381. Sections of former act repealed by this act. LAWS OF 1917, CH. 240. AN ACT to provide for the protection of life and property in and about coal mines, repealing sections 6288, 6289, 6290, and 6291, General Statutes of 1915. § 374. Shot-firers to be employed to fire all shots; unlawful to permit shots to be fired oftener than once each day or shift or until all persons hoisted out or mine vacated; mines where mechanical shot-firing devices used, all persons to be out of mine; shots in sinking and developing mine; shots in strip mines. That all owners, lessees, operators, and other persons having the control or management of any coal mine within this state shall, while such mine is in operation, employ shot-firers, whose duty it shall be to fire all shots in said mine. And it shall be unlawful for any such owner, lessee, operator or other person to permit shots to be fired in such mine oftener than once each day or shift, or to permit any such shot to be fired until all persons shall have been hoisted out of or shall have vacated such mine, except the persons employed to fire such shot. And in mines where mechanical shot-firing devices are used it shall be unlawful to fire shots until all persons are out of such mine: Provided, That while sinking and developing coal mines such shots may be fired at any time during the day, but no person shall be permitted to enter such mine after a shot shall have been fired until all smoke from the shot has been expelled from the mine: And provided further, That in all strip mines such shots may be fired at any time during the day. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 1; May 26.] Shot prepared by inexperienced shot-firer, under direction of foreman; employer held liable for injuries to shot-firer. Marshall v. Anderson, 98 K. 573. § 375. Unlawful to permit shot in strip mine when any person close enough to be injured. That it shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, operator or other person in control or management of any strip mine to permit any shot to be fired while any person is near enough thereto to be injured from such shot. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 2; May 26.] § 376. Two shot-firers to be employed in all mines except strip mines, etc.; unlawful to permit shot to be fired except when two shot-firers in mine. That in all mines except strip mines and mines equipped with mechanical firing devices, it shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, operator, or person in charge thereof to employ at least two shot-firers, and it shall be unlawful to permit any shot to be fired except when at least two shot-firers are in the mine. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 3; May 26.] § 377. Unlawful to permit shot to be fired when coal dust accumulated so as to make it dangerous. That it shall be unlawful for any owner, operator, lessee or other person in charge of any mine to permit any shot to be fired in any coal mine where there is such an accumulation of coal dust as will make it dangerous to fire such shot. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 4; May 26.] § 378. Regulations concerning preparing and firing of shots; hole penetrating solid face; unlawful to use mixed powder; shot in body of coal, etc., already loosened; following or dependent shots; tamping or stemming of shot-hole; limit of amount of powder; section not applicable to strip mines. That it shall be unlawful for any person to prepare a shot in a hole which has been drilled so as to penetrate the solid face beyond the point which has been prepared for the shot; or, to load any shot with mixed powder; or to prepare or fire any shot with black powder in any body of coal or other material which has already been loosened by a previous shot; or to prepare or fire any following or dependent shots; or to prepare any shots without tamping or stemming the shot-hole with incombustible material, and without using any coal drillings, such tamping to be done with a bar composed of or tipped with some material which will not produce sparks; or to load any shot in any case with more than five pounds of black powder: Provided, That this section shall not apply to strip mines. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 5; May 26.] § 379. Act not to apply to mines operated on long-wall system; shot not to be fired in such mine until all persons have vacated the mine. That the preceding sections of this act shall not apply to mines operated on the long-wall system of mining: Provided, That it shall be unlawful for any operator, owner, lessee, or agent, operating any mine on the long-wall system of mining, to permit any shot to be fired in such mine, until all persons have vacated such mine, except the person or persons firing such shots. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 6; May 26.] § 380. Penalty for failure to comply with or for violation of provisions of act; each day's violation or failure to comply to constitute a separate offense. That any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply with or shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in a sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment and each day's violation or failure to comply with the provisions of this act shall constitute a separate offense. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 7; May 26.] § 381. Sections of former act repealed by this act. That original sections 6288, 6289, 6290, and 6291 of the General Statutes of 1915 be and the same are hereby repealed. [Laws 1917, ch. 240, § 8; May 26.] ARTICLE 14.-Sprinkling and Removal of Dust, Etc. §382. Duty of mine boss, etc., in charge of mine where coal-dust, etc., accumulate; sprinkling; removal of such coal-dust, etc., where impracticable to overcome by sprinkling; mine inspector and deputy inspectors to enforce preventive measures against gathering or accumulation of combustible matter that is explosive. §383. Penalty for neglect or refusal to 384. Drillings to be removed by miner 386. Repeal of acts in conflict herewith. LAWS OF 1909, CH. 174. AN ACT providing for the sprinkling and removal of dust and other inflammable ingredients from roadways, air-ways, rooms, cross-cuts or other openings in mines, for the protection of health, life and safety of employees, and providing penalties for the violation thereof. § 382. Duty of mine boss, etc., in charge of mine where coal-dust, etc., accumulate; sprinkling; removal of such coal-dust, etc., where impracticable to overcome by sprinkling; mine inspector and deputy inspectors to enforce preventive measures against gathering or accumulation of combustible matter that is explosive. It shall be the duty of the mine boss or agent in charge of any mine where coal-dust or any other inflammable ingredients accumulate to cause the same to be properly sprinkled or saturated in either air-courses, entries, rooms or cross-cuts, or if impracticable to overcome such coal-dust or other inflammable ingredients by sprinkling, then the same shall be removed and shall not be deposited where it will again be distributed in the atmosphere by the ventilating currents, or removed from the mine, when in the judgment of the mine inspector it becomes necessary to do so. It shall be the duty of the mine inspector or deputy inspectors to enforce all possible preventive measures necessary to maintain the safety of all persons employed in any mine against the gathering or accumulation of any combustible matter that is explosive in its nature, and shall cause the operator, or whosoever is operating such mine as owner, lessee, agent, or in any capacity, to immediately remove any such accumulated matter. [G. S. 1915, § 6331.] § 883. Penalty for neglect or refusal to comply with preceding section by owner or lessee. Any owner or lessee who shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each violation of the provisions of said section 1 of this act. [G. S. 1915, § 6332.] "Section 1 of this act," mentioned herein, is § 382, supra. § 384. Drillings to be removed by miner from mouth of drill-hole before shot fired; miners not to use coal-drillings for tamping shots. It shall be the duty of the miner to remove the drillings from the mouth of the drill-hole to a distance of not less than fifteen feet before the shots are fired, and no miner shall use coal-drillings for tamping shots. [G. S. 1915, § 6333.] § 385. Penalty for neglect or refusal to comply with provisions of preceding section. Any miner who shall neglect or refuse to comply with |