Examinations.

Inspection.

barbers.

July, a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements of the board during the preceding year.

SEC. 5. Said examining board shall hold practical examinations at least four times each year, said examinations to be held in cities in different parts of the State, distributed as evenly as possible, for the convenience of applicants, and such other examinations at such times and places as the examining board may from time to time determine. Whenever complaint is made to the board of examiners or to the State health officer that any barber shop within this State is kept in an unsanitary condition, er that a contagious disease has been imparted to any customer of such shop, a member of the board of examiners shall visit and inspect such shop, and if he finds such shop to be in an unsanitary condition, or finds that a contagious disease has been imparted to a customer of such shop, he shall proceed as provided in section 12 of this act.

Practicing SEC. 6. Every person now engaged as a barber in this State, shall within ninety (90) days after the approval of this act. file with the secretary of the board of examiners an affidavit setting forth his name, residence and length of time during which, and the place in which he has practiced such occupation, and shall pay to the treasurer of said board two ($2) dollars, and a certificate of registration entitling him to practice said occupation in this State shall be issued to him subject to the provisions of this act.

Applications.

Apprentices.

Card.

SEC. 7. Any person not engaged as barber at the time of the passage of this act desiring to obtain a certificate of registration under this act shall make application to the board of examiners, therefor, pay to the treasurer of said board an examination fee of two ($2) dollars, presenting himself at the next regular meeting of the board for the examination of applicants, and if he shows that he has studied the trade for two years as an apprentice under one or more practicing barbers, or practiced the trade for at least two years in this State or some other State in the United States, and he is possessed of the requisite skill in such trade to properly perform all the duties thereof, including his ability in preparation of the tools, shaving, hair cutting and all the duties and services incident thereto, and of sufficient knowledge concerning the common diseases of the face and skin to avoid the aggravation and spreading thereof in the practice of said trade, his name shall be entered by the board on the register hereafter provided for and a certificate of registration shall be issued to him authorizing him to practice said trade in this State subject to the provisions of this act.

SEC. 8. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person from serving as a barber apprentice under a barber authorized to prac tice his trade under this act: Provided, That any person desiring to so work as an apprentice, must apply to said board to have his name entered in a register kept by the board for such purpose, giving the date of his apprenticeship, and after serving two (2) years in the trade, he will then be eligible to become a registered barber, by complying with the provisions of section 7 of this act: Provided, That nothing in this act shall apply to the students of the State university or other schools of the State who are or may be making their way through school by serving as barber, or those serving as barber in any of the eleemosynary institutions of the State; nor shall the provisions of this section apply to per sons serving as barber in towns of 1000 inhabitants or less.

SEC. 9. Said examining board shall furnish to each person to whom a certificate of registration is issued, a card or insignia bearing the seal of the board and the signature of its president and secretary, certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to practice the occupation of barber in this State, and it shall be the duty of the holder of such card or insignia to post the same in a conspicuous place in front of his working chair where it may readily be seen by all persons whom he may serve.

SEC. 10. The examining board shall keep a record of all its pro- Records. ceedings; shall also show what action was had on all applications, whether the applicant was registered or rejected by examination or otherwise, and such books shall be prima facie evidence of all matters required to be kept therein. The examining board shall Rules, etc. have power to adopt rules and regulations prescribing the sanitary requirements of barber shops; subject to the approval of the State health officer, and shall have said rules and regulations printed and transmit a copy to each proprietor of a barber shop in the State. The failure of the proprietor of any barber shop in the State to comply with said sanitary rules and regulations shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of his certificate of registration; subject to the provisions of section 12 of this act.

SEC. 11. Said board shall keep a register in which shall be en- Register. tered the names of all persons to whom certificates are issued under this act, and said register shall at all times be open to public inspection.

Unsanitary

SEC. 12. If any shop be found in an unsanitary condition, or if the holder of any certificate be charged with imparting any in- shops. fectious disease, the board of examiners shall immediately notify the local health officer thereof, and such shop may be quarantined and the barber so charged shall not practice his occupation until such quarantine shall be removed by the health officer.

SEC. 13. To shave or trim the beard or cut the hair of any person for hire or pay to the person performing such service or any other person, shall be construed as practicing the occupation of barber within the meaning of this act.

Definition.

SEC. 14. Any person practicing the occupation of barber In this Violations. State, without having obtained a certificate of registration, as provided for in this act, or employing a barber who has not such a certificate, or falsely pretending to be qualified to practice such occupation under this act, or violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars.

CHAPTER 178.-Mine regulations.

SECTION 1. (a) Any shaft in process of sinking and any open- Application of ing projected for the purpose of mining coal of all kinds shall be law. subjected to the provisions of this act.

(b) At the bottom of every shaft and every caging place therein Traveling a safe commodious passageway must be cut around said landing way. place, to serve as a traveling way by which employees shall pass from one side of the shaft to the other without passing under or on the cage.

(c) The upper and lower landings at the top of each shaft, and the openings of each intermediate seam from or to the shaft shall be clear and free from loose materials and shall be securely fenced with automatic or other gates or bars so as to prevent either men or materials from falling into the shaft.

Gates.

(d) Every hoisting shaft must be equipped with substantial Cages. cages fitted to guide rails running from the top to the bottom. Said cages must be safely constructed, they must be furnished with suitable boiler iron covers to protect persons riding thereon from falling objects, and they must be equipped with safety catches. Every cage on which people are carried must be fitted with iron bars, rings, or chains in proper place and in sufficient number to furnish a secure hand hold for every person permitted to ride thereon. At the top landing, cage supports, where necessary, must be carefully set and adjusted so as to work properly and securely hold the cages when at rest.

Speaking

In all cases where the human voice can not be distinctly heard there shall be provided a metal tube or telephone from the top to tubes, etc. the bottom of the shaft or slope through which conversation may be held between persons at the bottom and top of such shaft or slope, and that there shall also be maintained an efficient system

Manholes.

Timbers.

Aband on ed workings.

Ventilation.

Notice of fire damp.

Use of cages.

of signaling to and from the top of the shaft or slope and each seam or opening.

Every underground place on which persons travel, worked by self-acting engines, windlasses or machinery of any description shall be provided with practical means of signaling between the stopping places and the ends of the plane, and shall further be provided, at intervals of not more than sixty feet, with sufficient manholes for places of refuge.

Every mine shall be supplied with props and timbers of suitable length and size, and if from any cause the timbers are not supplied when required, the miners shall vacate any and all such working places until supplied with timber needed.

All openings worked out or abandoned portions of every operated mine likely to accumulate explosive gases or dangerous conditions shall be securely gobbed and blocked off from the operated portions thereof so as to protect every person working in such mines from all danger that may be caused or produced by such worked out portions of such mines.

SEC. 2. (a) Throughout every mine there shall be maintained currents of fresh air sufficient for the health and safety of all men and animals employed therein, and such ventilation shall be produced by a fan or some other artificial means: Provided, A furnace shall not be used for ventilating any mine in which explosive gases are generated.

(b) The quantity of air required to be kept in circulation and passing a given point shall be not less than one hundred cubic feet per minute for each person and not less than three hundred cubic feet per minute for each animal in the mine, measured at the foot of the downcast, and this quantity may be increased at the discretion of the inspector whenever in his judgment unusual conditions make a stronger current necessary. Said current shall be forced into every working place throughout the mine so that all parts of the same shall be reasonably free from standing powder smoke and deleterious air of any kind.

(c) The measurement of the current of air shall be taken with an anemometer at the foot of the downcast, at the foot of the upcast and at the working face of each division or split of the air current.

(d) The main current of air shall be split or subdivided [so] as to provide a separate current of reasonably pure air to every one hundred men at work, and the inspector shall have authority to order separate currents for smaller groups of men if in his judgment special conditions make it necessary.

(e) The air current for ventilating the stable shall not pass into the intake air current for ventilating the working parts of the mine.

(f) Whenever the inspector shall find men working without sufficient air he shall at once give the mine manager or operator notice and a reasonable time in which to restore the current, and upon his or their refusal or neglect to act promptly the inspector may order the endangered men out of the mine.

SEC. 3. Immediate notice must be conveyed by the miner or mine owner to the inspector upon the appearance of any large body of fire damp in any mine, whether accompanied by any explosion or not, and upon the concurrence [occurrence] of any serious fire within the mine or on the surface.

SEC. 4. Cages on which men are riding shall not be lifted or lowered at a rate greater than six hundred feet per minute, except with the written consent of the inspector. No person shall carry any tools or material with him on a cage in motion, except for use in making repairs, and no one shall ride on a cage while the other cage contains a loaded car. No cage having an unstable or selfdumping platform shall be used for the carriage of men or materials unless the same is provided with some convenient device by which said platform can be securely locked, and unless it is so locked whenever men or material are being conveyed thereon.

SEC. 5. No miner or other person shall carry powder into the Powder. mine except in the original keg or in a regulation powder can securely fastened, and the can in otherwise air-tight condition.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the mine foreman to see that Cut throughs. proper cut throughs are made in all the pillars at such distances as in the judgment of the mine inspector may be deemed requisite, not more than twenty yards nor less than ten yards apart, for the purpose of ventilation and the ventilation shall be conducted through said cut throughs into the rooms and entries by means of check doors made of canvas or other material, placed on the entries or in other suitable places, and he shall not permit any room to be opened in advance of the ventilating current. Should the mine inspector discover any room, entry, air way or other working place being driven in advance of the air current contrary to the requirements of this section he shall order the workmen in such places to cease work at once until the law is complied with.

SEC. 7. At any mine where the inspector shall find fire damp is Safety lamps. being generated so as to require the use of a safety lamp in any part thereof, the operator of such mine upon receiving notice from the inspector that one or more such lamps are necessary for the safety of the men in the mines, shall at once procure and keep for use such number of safety lamps as may be necessary.

SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any miner, workman or other Injuring, etc., person knowingly or carelessly to injure any shaft, safety lamp, appliances. instrument, air course or brattice, or to obstruct or throw open an air way, or to carry any open lamp or lighted pipe or fire in any form into a place worked by the light of safety lamps or within three feet of any open powder, or to handle or disturb any part of the hoisting machinery, or to enter any part of the mine against caution, or to do any willful act whereby the lives or health of persons working in mines or the security of the mine machinery thereof is endangered.

SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of every operator to post on the Rules to be engine house and at the pit top of his mine, in such manner that posted. the employees of the mine can read them, rules not inconsistent with this act, plainly printed in the English language, which shall govern all persons working in the mine. And the posting of such notice, as provided, shall charge all employees of such mine with legal notice of the contents thereof.

SEC. 10. The owner or operator of every mine shall provide Scales. adequate and accurate scales for weighing coal, and it shall be the duty of the mine inspector to examine such scales and if same are not found to be accurate he shall notify the owner to repair same, and if such owner fails or refuses to repair same within a reasonable time said inspector shall institute proceedings under the law against the proper parties.

SEC. 11. The employees in any mine in this State shall have the right to employ a check weighman at their own option and their own expense.

SEC. 12. No miner or other person employed in a mine shall use any kind of oil other than a good quality of lard oil for lighting purposes, except when repairing downcast or upcast shafts.

Check weigh

man.

Oil.

SEC. 13. Any person who shall willfully violate any of the pro- Violations. visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months.

SEC. 14. For the purpose of securing efficiency in the mine in- Mining board. spection service a board of examiners to be known as the State mining board, whose duty it shall be to make formal inquiry into and pass upon the practical and technical qualifications and personal fitness of persons seeking appointments as State inspector of mines, shall be appointed by the governor.

SEC. 15. Said board shall be composed of seven members, three of whom shall be practical miners, three shall be mine operators, and it shall be the first duty of the six members thus appointed

How made up.

Duty.

Inspector.

Supervision by board.

Meetings.

Compensa

tion.

Duty of inspector.

Salary.

to nominate to the governor the seventh member of said board: Provided, That if the six members aforesaid shall fail for a period of ten days after their appointment to so nominate the seventh member, the same shall be appointed by the governor. Such board shall be appointed by the governor within ninety days after the passage of this act. Said board shall hold office for a period of two years and until their successors have been appointed and qualified.

SEC. 16. The board shall meet in the capitol building at Austin, within thirty days after its appointment and biennially there. after, for the purpose of hearing applications for the office of State mining inspector. It shall be the duty of the board to thoroughly examine all applicants who may come before it, and to select from among such applicants the person who in its opinion is best qualified to perform the duties of State mining inspector, and upon the nomination of said board the governor shall appoint the person so recommended.

SEC. 17. The State mine inspector shall be a citizen of the United States, and shall have resided in the State of Texas for one year, of temperate habits, of good repute, a man of personal integrity, shall have attained the age of thirty years, and shall have had at least five years experience working in and around coal mines, and shall not have any pecuniary interest whatever in any mine in this State. He shall hold office for a period of two years unless sooner removed as provided herein.

SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the State mining board to exercise supervision over the acts of the State mine inspector, and in the event of his incompetency or the neglect of his duty being proved to the board, said board shall recommend to the governor that he be removed from office and his successor shall be chosen as herein provided.

SEC. 19. The State mining board shall meet twice each year and at such time and place as the majority may select for the purpose of receiving reports from the inspector and instructing him in the performance of his duty.

SEC. 20. The members of the State mining board shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of five dollars per day for a period not exceeding thirty days in any one year and traveling expenses in going to and returning from board meetings.

SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the State mine inspector to enforce the provisions of this act under the instruction of the State mining board, and to make report to said board at its semiannual meetings and oftener if required. He shall receive for his services the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per year, and actual traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duty: Provided, That his traveling expenses shall not in any one year exceed the sum of $500.

UTAH.
CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE 12.-Interference with employment.

Hindering em- SECTION 19. Every person in this State shall be free to obtain ployment. employment wherever possible, and any person, corporation, or agent, servant or employee thereof, maliciously interfering or hindering in any way, any person from obtaining, or enjoying employ ment already obtained, from any other corporation or person, shall be deemed guilty of a crime. The legislature shall provide by law for the enforcement of this section.

Rights of la

ARTICLE 16.-Employment of labor.

SECTION 1. The rights of labor shall have just protection bor to be pro- through laws calculated to promote the industrial welfare of the

tected.

State.

Board of la- SEC. 2. The legislature shall provide by law, for a board of labor, conciliation and arbitration, which shall fairly represent

bor, etc.