or after three months from such removal, the said package, with its contents, shall be sold at public sale after the expiration of ten days from notice of the time and place of such sale, published in one newspaper in the county where such seizure shall have been made; and the proceeds of such sale, after deducting therefrom the expenses of removal, storage, advertisement and sale, shall be paid into the treasury of the said county.

CARRYING ON PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.

LAWS 1878, P. 102.

MAY 23, 1878.

AN ACT to provide for the arrest and punishment of persons carrying dangerous substances upon public conveyances.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

That if any person shall enter into or upon any railroad train, locomotive, tender or car thereof, or into or upon any stage coach, or other conveyance used for the carrying of freight or passengers, having in his custody or about his person any nitroglycerine or torpedo, shall carry or cause to be carried other than as freight regularly shipped as such, such substance, material or device, upon such train, locomotive, tender, car, coach or other conveyance, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to undergo an imprisonment not exceeding three months, or either, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 2. That the conductor or persons having charge and control of any railroad train, coach, or other conveyance for the carriage of freight or passengers, shall have power to arrest any party or parties, or person or persons, found violating the provisions of the first section hereof, and to detain such party or person until reaching some place, where such person or persons may be delivered to a constable or other police authority, to be taken before any magistrate having jurisdiction of criminal matters, there to be proceeded against by information as in other criminal cases; and it shall be lawful to prosecute such offenders in any county through which said public conveyance passes, without reference to the place where such offenders were arrested.

SALE OF ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES PROHIBITED.

LAWS 1881, P. 111.

JUNE 10, 1881.

AN ACT to prohibit the sale to any person under sixteen years of age of deadly weapons, gunpowder, and explosive substances, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

That any person who shall knowingly and willfully sell or cause to be sold to any person under sixteen years of age any cannon, revolver, pistol, or other such deadly weapon, or who shall knowingly and willfully sell or cause to be sold to any such minor any imitation or toy cannon, revolver, or pistol so made, constructed, or arranged as to be capable of being loaded with gunpowder or other explosive substance, cartridges, shot, slugs, or balls, and being exploded, fired off, and discharged, and thereby become a dangerous or deadly weapon, or who shall knowingly and willfully sell or cause to be sold to any such minor any cartridge, gunpowder, or other dangerous and explosive substance, shall, in every such case, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.

RULES FOR STORING AND USE IN MINING OPERATIONS. 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. Copies of general rules 26 to 36 are inserted here. All the general rules are with the body of the act, under the title Mining Operations-Anthracite Coal Mines. p. 635.)

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ARTICLE XII.

GENERAL RULES.

The following general rules shall be observed in every mine to which this act applies;

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Rule 26. Gunpowder or any other explosive shall not be stored in a mine, and a workman shall not have at any one time in any one place, more than one keg or box containing twenty-five (25) pounds, unless more is necessary for a person to accomplish one day's work.

Rule 27. Every person who has gunpowder or other explosive in a mine shall keep it in a wooden or metallic box securely locked, and such box shall be kept at least ten (10) feet from the tracks in all cases where room at such a distance is available.

Rule 28. Whenever a workman shall open a box containing explosive or while in any manner handling the same, he shall first place his lamp not less than five (5) feet from such explosive and in such a position that the air current can not convey sparks to it, and a workman shall not approach nearer than five (5) feet to an open box containing powder, with a lamp, lighted pipe, or any other thing containing fire.

Rule 29. When high explosives other than gunpowder are used in any mine, the manner of storing, keeping, moving, charging, and firing or in any manner using such explosives shall be in accordance with special rules as furnished by the manufacturers of the same. The said rules shall be endorsed with his or their official signature and shall be approved by the owner, operator, or superintendent of the mine in which such explosives are used.

Rule 30. In charging holes for blasting in slate or rock in any mine, no iron or steel pointed needle shall be used, and a tight cartridge shall not be rammed into a hole in coal, slate, or rock with an iron or steel tamping bar unless the end of the tamping bar is tipped with at least six (6) inches of copper or other soft metal.

Rule 31. A charge of powder or any other explosive in slate or rock which has missed fire shall not be withdrawn or the hole reopened.

Rule 32. A miner or other person who is about to explode a blast by the use of patent or other squibs or matches shall not shorten the match, nor saturate it with mineral oil, nor turn it down when placed in the hole, nor ignite it except at its extreme end, nor do anything tending to shorten the time the match will burn.

Rule 33. When a workman is about to fire a blast he shall be careful to notify all persons who may be in danger therefrom, and shall give sufficient alarm before and after igniting the match so that any person or persons who may be approaching shall be warned of the danger.

Rule 34. Before commencing work and also after the firing of every blast, the miner working a breast or any other place in a mine shall enter such breast

or place to examine and ascertain its condition, and his laborer or assistant shall not go to the face of such breast or place until the miner has examined the same and found it to be safe.

Rule 35. No person shall be employed to blast coal or rock unless the mine foreman is satisfied that such person is qualified, by experience and judgment, to perform the work with ordinary safety.

Rule 36. A person who is not a practical miner shall not charge or fire a blast in the absence of an experienced miner, unless he has given satisfactory evidence of his ability to do so with safety, and has obtained permission from the mine foreman or person in charge.

LAWS 1893, P. 52.

STORING IN MINES AND TIPPLES.

MAY 15, 1893.

AN ACT relating to bituminous coal mines, and relating to the lives, health, safety and welfare of persons employed therein.

ARTICLE VIII.

NOTE. Sec. 5 only of Article VIII and Rule 50 of Article XX are inserted here. The body of the act is under the title Mining Operations-Bituminous Coal Mines. (See p. 697.) SEC. 5. No powder or high explosive shall be stored in any mine, and no more of either article shall be taken into the mine at any one time than is required in any one shift, unless the quantity be less than five pounds, and in all working places where locked safety lamps are used blasting shall only be done by the consent and in the presence of the mine foreman, his assistant or fire boss, or any competent party designated by the mine foreman for that purpose; whenever the mine inspector discovers that the air in any mine is becoming vitiated by the unnecessary blasting of the coal, he shall have the power to regulate the use of the same and to designate at what hour of the day blasting may be permitted.

ARTICLE XX.

STORING IN TIPPLES OR OFFICES.

Rule 50. Powder in quantities exceeding twenty-five pounds, or other explosives in quantities exceeding ten pounds, shall not be stored in any tipple or any weighing office, nor where workmen have business to visit, and no naked lights shall be used while weighing and giving out powder.

WEIGHT OF POWDER STAMPING KEGS.

LAWS 1901, P. 97. APRIL 24, 1901. AN ACT to regulate the weight of all black blasting powder used, made, or sold in kegs, for use in the coal mines within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and providing for the proper stamping of the kegs containing said powder, and making it unlawful for the use of any such kegs for containing said black blasting powder save only by the person, firm or corporation whose name is stamped on said kegs, and providing penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this act.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.:

That on and after August 1, 1901, each and every keg of black blasting powder used, manufactured, or sold in and around the coal mines of this Common

wealth, shall contain twenty-five pounds of said black blasting powder, standard weight; every one-half keg shall contain twelve and a half pounds of said black blasting powder, standard weight, and every quarter keg shall contain six and one-quarter pounds of said black blasting powder, standard weight; each of said kegs to be plainly stamped with the name of the person, firm or corporation manufacturing said powder, and also the number of pounds of powder contained in said keg.

SEC. 2. Any manufacturer or dealer in said black blasting powder, making or selling, or causing to be made or sold, any keg, half keg or quarter keg of said black blasting powder containing less weight of said powder than specified in this act, or which keg shall not be stamped as required in section 1 of this act, shall be subject to a penalty of five dollars for each and every keg, half keg, or quarter keg, manufactured or sold, which does not contain the respective weights of black blasting powder set forth in the foregoing section.

SEC. 3. It shall not be lawful for any other person, firm or corporation, save only such person, firm or corporation whose name shall be stamped on said kegs, to use any such stamped keg for the purpose of containing said black blasting powder.

SEC. 4. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of section three of this act shall be subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

SEC. 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

POWDER AND DETONATORS-REGULATIONS.

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 XVI is inserted here. The body of the act is under the title Mining Operations-Bituminous Coal Mines. (See p. 740.)

ARTICLE XVI.

REGULATIONS FOR POWDER AND DETONATORS.

SEC. 1. No powder or high-explosive shall be stored in any mine, and no more of either article shall be taken into any mine at one time, by any one person, than is required in one shift. The quantity shall not exceed five pounds: Provided, That in a mine where shot-firers are employed, the shotfirers shall have the right to take a sufficient quantity to complete their work. Black powder for use in mines shall be put up in five, ten, fifteen, and twentyfive pound metallic cans or cannisters, or receptacles of equally safe material. No black powder, high-explosives, or detonators shall be hauled on any electric motor trip in any mine, unless the same are encased in non-conductive boxes or receptacles.

SEC. 2. In such portions of dry and dusty mines wherein explosive gas is being generated in quantities sufficient to be detected by an approved safety lamp, no explosives shall be used except "permissible" explosives, as designated by the Testing Station of the Federal Bureau of Mines. Each charge shall consist of only one kind of explosive. The Department of Mines shall forward to the operators, upon application, the names of all explosives on the permissible list.

No "permissible" explosive shall be sold for use in bituminous mines, unless the name of the manufacturer, name of explosive, method of handling, and full instruction for use are conspicuously displayed on or in the package containing the explosive.

SEC. 3. Detonators shall at all times be kept in securely-locked cases, separate and apart from other explosives until required for use.

The chief of the department of mines, when satisfied by tests that any permissible explosive has deteriorated from the standard established by the testing station of the Federal Bureau of Mines, and thereby becomes dangerous, may prohibit the use thereof, either absolutely or subject to conditions.