MOTOR AMBULANCES AND STRETCHERS. LAWS 1917, P. 1124.

JULY 19, 1917.

AN ACT to amend sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Article VII of an act, approved June 2, 1891, entitled “An act, etc. (same as in sec. 1), by providing for motor ambulances, and requiring them to be furnished, free of charge, with registration certificates and number tags.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

That the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of Article VII of an act, approved June 2, 1891 (P. L. 176), entitled "An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith," which read as follows: (here follow secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the act of 1891, see p. 97), are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The owner, operator, or superintendent of every mine or colliery, except as hereinafter provided, shall provide and keep at such mine or colliery a motor ambulance and also at least two (2) stretchers for the purpose of conveying to their places of abode any person or persons who may be injured while in the discharge of his or their work at such mine or colliery.

SEC. 2. The said motor ambulance shall be constructed upon good, substantial, and easy springs. It shall be covered and closed and shall have windows on the sides or ends. It shall be of sufficient size to convey at least two (2) Injured persons, with two (2) attendants, at one time; and shall be provided with spring mattresses or other comfortable bedding, to be placed on roller frames, together with sufficient covering and protection for convenient movement of the injured. It shall also be provided with seats for the attendants. The stretchers shall be constructed of such material and in such manner as to afford the greatest ease and comfort in the carriage of the injured persons. The motor ambulance shall at all times be properly heated.

SEC. 3. Whenever any person or persons employed in or about a mine or colliery shall receive such injury, by accident or otherwise, while so employed as would render him or them unable to walk to his or their place of abode, the owner, operator, or superintendent of such mine or colliery shall immediately cause such person or persons to be removed in said motor ambulance to his or their place of abode or to an hospital, as the case may require.

SEC. 4. It is provided. however, that the owner, operator, or superintendent of any mine or colliery shall be excepted from the requirement of a motor ambulance, as aforesaid, if the places of abode of all the workmen at such mine or colliery be within a radius of half a mile from the principal entrance to such mine. SEC. 5. It is provided further that, where two or more mines or collieries are located within four miles of each other, or motor ambulance is located within four miles of each colliery, but one motor ambulance, as aforesaid, shall be required, if the said mines or collieries have ready and quick means of communication, one with the other, by telegraph or telephone.

SEC. 6. A motor ambulance, as aforesaid, shall not be required at any mine or colliery at which less than twenty (20) persons are employed.

SEC. 7. In case the distance from any mine or colliery to the place of abode of the person injured is such as to permit his conveyance to his home or to an hospital more quickly and conveniently by railway, such mode of conveyance shall be permitted, but in such case the conveyance must be under cover and the comfort of the injured person must be provided for.

There shall be furnished, free of charge, by the State highway department, a registration certificate and two number tags for every such motor ambulance. This act shall take effect ninety days after the approval of the same.

INSPECTION DISTRICTS.

INSPECTION DISTRICTS-COUNTIES.

See also Inspectors and Inspection, page 107. Mining operations, page 577.

LAWS 1885, P. 218.

JUNE 30, 1885. AN ACT to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith.

NOTE.-Section 1 of Article II of this act is inserted here. Secs. 2, 3, and part of sec. 4, of this article are under the title Miners' Examining Board. (See p. 252.) Part of sec. 4 and secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 are under the title Inspectors and Inspection. (See p. 107.) The body of the act is under the title Mining OperationsAnthracite Coal Mines. (See p. 599.)

ARTICLE II.

INSPECTION DISTRICTS.

SEC. 1. The counties of Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, Lebanon and Dauphin, or so much of them as may be included under the provisions of this act, shall be divided into seven inspection districts, as follows:

First. That portion of the Wyoming coal field included in the counties of Lackawanna, Wayne and Susquehanna.

Second. The county of Sullivan, and that portion of the Wyoming coal field situated in Luzerne county, east of and including Plains and Kingston townships.

Third. The remaining portion of the Wyoming coal field west of Plains and Kingston townships, including the city of Wilkes-Barre and the boroughs of Kingston and Edwardsville.

Fourth. That part of Luzerne county lying south of the Wyoming coal field, together with Carbon county.

Fifth. That part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill county, lying north of the Broad mountain and east of a meridian line through the center of the borough of Girardville.

Sixth. That part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill county, lying north of the Broad mountain and west of a meridian line through the center of the borough of Girardvile, together with Columbia, Northumberland and Dauphin counties.

Seventh. All that part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill county lying south of the Mahanoy valley, and the county of Lebanon,

INSPECTION DISTRICTS-COUNTIES.

LAWS 1891, P. 176.

JUNE 2, 1891.

AN ACT to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith.

NOTE.-Secs. 1 and 2, of Article II are inserted here. Secs. 3, 4, article are under the title Miners' Examining Boards. (See p. 252.) to XIX are under the title Mining Operations-Anthracite Coal Mines.

5, and 10, of this Articles I and III (See p. 599.)

ARTICLE II.

INSPECTION DISTRICTS.

SEC. 1. The counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, Lebanon and Dauphin, or so much of them as may be included under the provisions of this act, shall be divided into eight (8) inspection districts as follows:

SEC. 2. First. All that portion of the Lackawanna coal field lying northeast of East and West Market Streets in the city of Scranton, and of Slocum and Drinker Streets in the borough of Dunmore, including the coal fields of Susquehanna and Wayne counties.

Second. That portion of the Lackawanna coal fields in Lackawanna county lying southwest of East and West Market Streets in the city of Scranton, and west of Slocum and Drinker Streets in the borough of Dunmore.

Third. That portion of the Wyoming coal field situated in Luzerne county, east of and including Plains and Kingston townships.

Fourth. The remaining portion of the Wyoming coal field west of Plains and Kingston townships, including the city of Wilkes-Barre and the boroughs of Kingston and Edwardsville.

Fifth. That part of Luzerne County lying south of the Wyoming coal field together with Carbon County.

Sixth. That part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill County lying north of the Broad Mountain and east of a meridian line through the center of the borough of Girardville.

Seventh. That part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill County lying north of the Broad Mountain and west of a meridian line through the center of the borough of Girardville, together with Columbia, Northumberland and Dauphin Counties.

Eighth. All that part of the Schuylkill coal field in Schuylkill County lying south of the Mahanoy Valley, and the county of Lebanon.

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INSPECTION DISTRICTS-FIRST AMENDMENT.

LAWS 1901, P. 535.

JUNE 8, 1901.

AN ACT amending article two of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith," approved June 2, 1891.

NOTE. The amended secs. 1 and 2 of Article II are inserted here. inclusive, are under the title Miners' Examining Board. (See p. 264.) inclusive, are under the title Inspectors and Inspection. (See p. 121.)

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, &c.

Secs. 3 to 6, Secs. 7 to 21,

That article two of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith," approved June 2, 1891, and which reads as follows, to wit: (here follows the entire original article), be amended so as to read as follows:

ARTICLE II.

INSPECTION DISTRICTS.

SEC. 1. The counties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northumberland and Columbia, shall be divided into six inspection districts, as follows: SEC. 2. First district-The county of Luzerne.

Second district-The county of Lackawanna.

Third district-The county of Carbon.

Fourth district-The county of Schuylkill

Fifth district-The county of Northumberland.
Sixth district-The county of Columbia.

INSPECTION DISTRICTS INCREASED-SECOND AMENDMENT. LAWS 1905, P. 362.

MAY 3, 1905.

AN ACT amending sections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 15 of Article II, of an act entitled "An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith," approved June 8, 1901, so as to increase the districts, provide for the examination of candidates for Dauphin County, and to provide for certain redistricting of inspectors.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

inspection

That sections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 15, etc. (same as in title), and which read as follows: (here follows the original sections of the act of 1901, see p. 103), be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The counties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, and Dauphin shall be divided into seven inspection districts, as follows:

SEC. 2. First district-The county of Luzerne.

Second district-The county of Lackawanna.

Third district-The county of Carbon.

Fourth district-The county of Schuylkill.

Fifth district-The county of Northumberland.
Sixth district-The county of Columbia.
Seventh district-The county of Dauphin.

NOTE. Scc. 3 of this act is under the title Miners' Examining Board. (See p. 252.) Secs. 7 and 15 are under the title Inspectors and Inspection.

(See p. 107.)

NOTE.-Secs. 1 and 2 of this amendatory act are inserted here.

Sec. 8 is inserted under

the title Miners' Examining I oard. (See p. 252.) Sec. 7 is inserted under the title Inspectors and Inspection. (See p. 135.)

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

That sections 1, 2, 3, and 7 of an act approved May 3, 1905, entitled An act amending sections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 15 of Article II of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith,' approved June 8, 1901 (P. L. 1901, p. 535); so as to increase the number of * inspection districts," * * * which read

as follows: (here follow the original sections, see p. 103), be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The counties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, and Dauphin shall be divided into seven inspection districts, as follows:

SEC. 2. First district-The county of Luzerne.

Second district-The counties of Lackawanna, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Wayne.

of inspection districts by making counties of Susequehanna, Wayne, and Sullivan a separate district;

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That sections 1, 2, * * of an act, approved May 3, A. D. 1909, entitled "An act to amend sections 1, 2, 3, and 7 of an act approved May 3, 1905, entitled 'An act amending sections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 15, Article II, of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith,' approved June 8, A. D. 1901 (P. L. 1901, 535); so as to increase the number of * inspection districts,"

which read as follows: (here follow sections 1, 2, 3, and 7 of the act of 1909, see preceding act), be and the same is (are) hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The counties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, Carbon, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, and Dauphin shall be divided into eight inspection districts, as follows:

SEC. 2. First district-The county of Luzerne.
Second district-The county of Lackawanna.

Third district-The county of Carbon.

Fourth district-The county of Schuykill.

Fifth district-The county of Northumberland.
Sixth district-The county of Columbia.

Seventh district-The county of Dauphin.

Eighth district-The counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, and Sullivan.

BITUMINOUS COUNTIES-DIVISION INTO DISTRICTS. LAWS 1911, P. 756.

JUNE 9, 1911.

AN ACT to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the bituminous coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith.

NOTE-Article XXII of this act is inserted here. The body of the act is under the title Mining Operations-Bituminous Coal Mines. (See p. 686.)

ARTICLE XXII.

INSPECTION DISTRICTS.

SEC. 1. Under this act the bituminous counties of the Commonwealth shall be arranged by the Chlef of the Department of Mines into twenty-five inspection districts, and it shall be the duty of the Chief of the Department of Mines to assign the inspectors to their respective districts. He shall also designate their places of abode, at points as convenient as possible to the mines of their districts.