Rule 7a of section 46 of said chapter repealed, another substituted. Sub-section 75, rule 8 of sec and amendments thereto," is amended by inserting after section 28 the following sections: 28a. Every check weigher and every practical miner employed under the provisions of the next preceding section to check the measurements and quantities according to which the miners employed in the mine are paid, shall send to the Commissioner monthly returns of all coal weighed, measured, or checked by him. Such returns shall be made on forms supplied by the Commissioner, and shall be verified by affidavit of the person by whom they are made. 28b. All coal sold by retail by the owner of any mine shall be weighed at the mine, and every mine owner selling by retail shall furnish facilities for weighing the coal so sold. The mine owner shall cause to be included in the quarterly returns required under the provisions of "The Mines Act," the number of tons so sold, giving separately the number of tons supplied to workmen employed in and about the mine, or in mining operations in and about the mine, or on the coal wharves of the owner, and the number of tons supplied to persons other than such workmen. 28c. Every person failing to comply with any of the provisions of the next two preceding sections shall be guilty of an offence against this chapter. 2. Rule 7a of section 46 of said chapter is repealed, and the following substituted therefor: 7a. Every mine examiner shall, at all times, while in the discharge of his duties as mine examiner, use a locked safety lamp, and shall, unless the deputy inspector permits otherwise, be accompanied by an employee of the owner not less than eighteen years of age, who shall also use a locked safety lamp. 3. Sub-section (5) of rule 8 of section 46 of said tion 46, added chapter is amended by adding thereto the following words: "nor unless such person, immediately before firing a shot, has examined the place where .to the shot is to be fired, and the places contiguous thereto, with a locked safety lamp, and has found such places to be safe." amended. 4. Section 22 of said chapter is amended by strik- Section 22, ing out the figure (4) from the fifth line from the end thereof and substituting therefor the figure (5). 5. Section 1 of this act shall not go into effect Section 1, not until proclaimed by the Governor-in-Council. in force until proclaimed. CHAPTER 51. An Act to amend Chapter 8, Acts of 1908, "The SECTION. (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D. 1909.) 1. Sub-section (6), Rule 8 of SECTION. 2. Section 97 amended. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Rule 8 of Sub-section (6) of rule 8, section 46 of "The Sub section (6) Coal Mines Regulation Act" is repealed, and the section 46 of following substituted in lieu thereof: (6). The Commissioner, upon representation made to him in writing by the owner, agent or manager of any mine that the finding of inflammable gas in quantity sufficient to show in a safety lamp on three consecutive days was exceptional in the case of such mine, and that the mine is damp and not dry or dusty, may cause an examination of such mine to be made by the inspector, and if the inspector approves, may order that the provisions of clause (4) of this rule shall apply to such mine only if inflammable gas is found in quantity sufficient to show in a safety lamp on two consecutive days in each of two consecutive weeks. chapter 8, Acts 1908 repealed, another substituted. Section 97 amended. 2. Section 97 of said Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1908, "The Coal Mines Regulation Act," is amended by inserting "70 to 96" between the words "numbered" and "relating" in said section. Coal leases numbers 7, 31 and 32, Victoria county, confirmed. CHAPTER. 52. An Act to amend Chapter 11, Acts of 1908, entitled "An Act Relating to Submarine Coal Mining Areas in the County of Cape Breton.' (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D. 1909.) SECTION 1. Coal Leases numbers 7, 31 and 32, Victoria County, confirmed. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one of chapter 11 of the acts of 1908, entitled "An Act relating to Submarine Coal Mining Areas in the County of Cape Breton," it is declared that coal mining lease No. 7, dated May 26th, 1899, the coal mining lease number thirty-one (31) dated the second day of July, A. D. 1908, and coal mining leases numbers thirty-two (32) and thirty-three (33), dated the second day of July, A. D. 1909, respectively, covering areas situate at or near Cape Dauphin, in the county of Victoria, were and each of them was validly granted and issued by the Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, and said leases are and each of them is ratified and confirmed. CHAPTER 53. An Act to Amend Chapter 17, Acts of 1908, entitled, "An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts for Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:- section 3 of 1. Clause (a) of section 3 of Chapter 17 of the Clause (a). Acts of 1908, entitled "An Act to amend and con- Chapter 17, solidate the Acts for the Preservation of Game," repealed, and is repealed, and the following substituted therefor: (a) Any moose, except between the sixteenth 2. Clause (a) of section 8 of said chapter is repealed and the following substituted therefor: 3. (a) Any green moose skin or fresh moose meat, Acts 1908, another sub- · stituted Clause (a) section 8 repealed, another substituted said chapter Section three of said chapter is hereby amended Section by adding thereto the following sub-section---" (e) added to Any cow moose before the twentieth day of September, A. D. 1912. " "Otters" included in game. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Section 2 of chapter 17 of the acts of 1908, definition of entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the acts for the Preservation of Game," is amended by inserting the word "otters" between the word "minks" and the word "and" in the third line of clause (a) of said section, and by striking out the word "otters" from the fourth line of the said clause (a). Meat of Cow moose not to be had in possession. 2. Section 8 of the said act is amended by adding thereto the following clause: (d) The skin or meat, or any part of the carcass of a cow moose, before the twentieth day of September, A. D. 1912. Person who 3. Section 9 of the said act is repealed and the make affidavit. following substituted therefor: kills moose to 9. (1) Every person who kills a moose shall within eight days thereafter go before a justice or warden and make an affidavit stating the time, place and manner of the killing of such moose, and such other facts as will enable the justice or warden to determine whether or not the moose has been legally killed. (2) Such person shall exhibit to the justice or warden taking such affidavit, for examination by him, |