Inspector to

who shall issue his receipt therefor, which receipt the applicant shall present to the Chief Inspector of Mines or to such member of the Board as may at any time be designated to receive the same, and each applicant for a "service certificate" keep record. shall likewise pay a fee of two dollars and fifty cents to the Auditor of Public Accounts and shall likewise present the Auditor's receipt before such certificate may be issued to him; and all fees so paid shall be turned into the Treasury to the credit of the general expenditure fund. The Chief Inspector shall keep a record of all proceedings of the Board, including the names and addresses of persons who apply for examination or for "service certificates," and of the certificates that have been granted; and the Board is hereby authorized to cancel any certificate upon satisfactory evidence that the person to whom it has been issued has been guilty of violating instructions to comply with the requirements of the mining laws, or who has proven inefficient. The certificate to be granted to applicants who pass the examination herein provided for, shall in substance state that the applicant has been examined under the provisions of this act and has been found to possess the qualifications required by law. The Chief Inspector shall formulate the necessary blank certificates and cause same to be printed by the Public Printer in such quantities as may be needed from time to time.

4. In all coal mines in this State in which as many as ten persons are usually employed at one time, wherein explosive gases are known to generate or exist in dangerous quantities, or coal dust is known to accumulate or exist in dangerous quantities, the owner, lessee or operator shall, when so ordered by the Chief Inspector of Mines, or by an assistant inspector of mines, when approved by the Chief Inspector, employ and keep a sufficient number of practical and experienced men, to be known and

to be kept in mines.

"Shot-Firers" designated as "shot-firers," whose exculsive duty it shall be to set off and discharge the shots in all blasting in the workings of the said mines, but no "shotfirer" shall fire any shot which in his judgment, after due inspection, shall not be a workmanlike and practical shot.

Duties of "shot-firers."

Further

firers."

§ 5. Said shot firers shall immediately after the completion of their work post a notice in a conspicuous place at the mines in which shall be indicated the number of shots fired also the number of shots they did not fire, if any, specifying the number of the room and the designation of the entry, and give their reasons for not firing the same. The owner or operator of said mines shall provide reasonable and proper means for posting said notice. Said "shot firers" shall also keep a daily permanent record in a book, to be furnished them by said owner or operator, in which they shall enter the number of shots or blasts fired, the number of shots or blasts failing to explode, the number of "blown-out" shots, and the number of shots or blasts that in their judgment were not properly prepared and which they refused to fire, giving their reasons for the same. Said records shall be in the custody of the mine manager or superintendent and shall be available to inspection at all reasonable times by parties interested, and shall be open for inspection by the Chief Inspector of Mines and the assistant inspectors. Said "shot firers" shall be treated and considered as employes and agents of said owner or operator.

§ 6. Said "shot firers" shall not do any blasting duties, of "shot or exploding of shots or firing whatever until each. and every miner and employe is out of the mine, except said "shot firers," mine superintendent, mine manager, mine foreman, and the person or persons necessarily employed in charge of pumps and stables in said mines, and any person in said mine, whose duty it is to go out of said mine before said

firing, blasting and exploding takes place under the provisions of this act who willfully fails or refuses to go out of said mine as herein provided shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars in the discretion of the court or jury.

Penalty.

and

operators to caps and props.

§ 7. Each owner, lessee or operator of every mine Duty of to which the mining laws of the State apply, shall owners provide and furnish to the miners employed in said furnish mine a sufficient number of caps and props, said props to be sawed square at each end, to be used by said miners in securing the roof in their rooms, and at such other working places where by law or custom of those usually engaged in such employment it is the duty of said miners to keep the roof propped, after the miner has selected and worked the same.

Penalty for

§ 8. Except as herein otherwise provided, any willful neglect or failure or refusal of any owner, lessee, or operator of a coal mine, or of any person violation of act. employed in such mine, to comply with the provisions of this act affecting such owner, lessee, operator, or person, or any attempt to obstruct or interfere with any person in the discharge of the duties imposed upon such person, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than two hundred dollars.

§ 9. Since it is important that the persons employed in the coal mines of the State shall receive the protection afforded by the provisions of this act at the earliest date possible, an emergency is hereby declared and this act shall go into effect upon its approval by the Governor.

Approved March 20, 1908.

Emergency.

Neglect or delinquency not to be encouraged.

Person or institution may file petition.

CHAPTER 60.

AN ACT fixing and defining the powers of the several county courts within this Commonwealth with reference to persons responsible for, or directly promoting or contributing to the conditions that render a child dependent, neglected or delinquent, and providing how such powers may be exercised.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com monwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. Any parent, guardian or person having the custody, control or supervision of any dependent, neglected or delinquent child, as defined by the Statutes of this State, or any other person who shall knowingly or willfully encourage, aid, cause, abet, or connive at such state of dependency, neglect or delinquency, or who shall knowingly or willfully do any act or acts to directly produce, promote, or contribute to the conditions which render such a child a dependent, neglected or delinquent child, or who, having the custody, control or supervision of such child, shall willfully neglect to do that which will directly tend to prevent such state of dependency, neglect or delinquency, or to remove the conditions that render such a child either a neglected, dependent or delinquent child, shall be proceeded against as provided herein.

§ 2. Any reputable person, being a resident of the county, having knowledge of a child in the county who appears to be either neglected, dependent, or delinquent, and who is not an inmate of a State Institution or any institution incorporated under the laws of the State of Kentucky for the care and correction of children, or any reform school or industrial school for juvenile offenders, and, of the person or persons responsible for or contributing to

such state of neglect, dependency or delinquency as in the Statutes defined, may file with the Clerk of the County Court a petition in writing setting forth the facts verified by affidavit. It shall be sufficient that the affidavit is upon information and belief; or the Judge of the County Court, from his personal knowledge or from information given him, may direct such petition to be filed by a duly appointed probation officer.

Requisites of

The petition shall set forth the name and residence of the child and of its parent or guardian or other Petition. person having the custody, control or supervision of such child, and of the person or persons responsible for or contributing to the dependency, neglect or delinquency of such child.

Upon the filing of the petition, a summons shall issue requiring all persons named in the petition to appear at a place and time stated in the summons, which time shall not be less than twenty-four hours after service. Such summons may be served by the sheriff, any constable, police officer, or probation officer. If the person summoned shall fail to appear, the court may issue an attachment for such person's Proceedings personal attendance in court at the time to be stated upon petition. therein and upon the execution of the attachment, such person may give bond for his appearance at the time named therein in such sum as the Court may direct. Provided it shall be made to appear by affidavit that there are good reasons to believe that the person proceeded against will leave the jurisdiction of the court before the day set for the trial of the proceedings herein, the Court may cause a warrant to issue directed to the sheriff or any officer authorized by law to serve a warrant, commanding such officer to take the person named therein and bring him forthwith before the Court or Judge. thereof and the Court or Judge thereof may thereupon make such interlocutory orders as are proper in the premises.