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give the correct value per foot run of the whole cornice; complete mouldings encircling centers to be measured as mouldings. All circular work double measurement. All inclined or raking ceilings under an angle of twenty-two (22) degrees with the horizon, to be measured as level; over twenty-two (22) degrees, one and one-half (14) measurement. Twenty-two degrees is equal to one-fifth (1-5) of the span. Closets and presses under four (4) feet by eight (8) feet, double measurement. Privies shall be measured double; all external angle beads and quirks, per running foot; furring, regulating or stripping on all lath, per square. Whitening and coloring are to be measured in the same manner as plastering. Niches and arches are valued at so much each. Cast and enriched centers to ceilings, fixed and put on complete, so much each, according to diameter. All circular enrichments to be twice the price of straights of the same description. When enrichments are moulded from original designs, the expense of the moulding to be paid for extra. All work done on stone walls with cement or mastic, measured same as plastering, but no openings deducted.

SEC. 6. [Roofing work.]-Slater's work is to be measured by the square of one hundred (100) superficial feet of covering, to this added six (6) inches run for the trouble of cutting the slates on each side of the hips, eaves, valleys, or whenever cut to irregular lines. No deductions are made for dormer windows, skylights, chimneys, etc., except they are over fifty (50) feet superficial feet contents, then one-half (1) is deducted. Composition and tin roofing is measured in the same manner as the slate roofs, with the exception that nothing is added for hips, eaves, valleys, etc.

SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this are hereby repealed.

Approved March 31, 1885.

MINES AND MINING: WEIGHING OF COAL.

AN ACT to regulate the weighing of coal at mines and to establish a just and uniform system of weights between employers and employes.

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SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any mine ower, lessee or operator of coal mines in this State, employing miners at bushel or ton rates, or other quantity, to pass the output of coal mined by said miners over any screen or other device which shall take any part from the value thereof, before the same shall have been weighed and duly credited to the employe sending the same to the surface, and accounted for at the legal rate of weights as fixed by the laws of Missouri.

SEC. 2. The weighman employed at any mine shall subscribe an oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace or other officer authorized to administer oaths, to do justice between employer and employe, and to weigh the output of coal from the mines in accordance with the provisions of section one of this act. Said oath or affirmation shall be kept conspicuously posted in the weigh office, and any weigher of coal, or person so employed, who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, proceedings to be instituted in any court having competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons having or using any scale or scales for the purpose of weighing the output of coal at mines, so arranged or constructed that fraudulent weighing may be done thereby, or who shall knowingly resort to or employ any means whatsoever, by reason of which such coal is not correctly weighed and reported in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, for each such offense, be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, proceed. ings to be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 4. Any provision, contract or agreement between mine owners or operators thereof, and the miners employed therein, whereby the provisions of section one of this act are waived, modified or annulled, shall be void and of no effect, and the coal sent to the surface shall be accepted or rejected; and if accepted, shall be weighed in accordance with the provisions of this act, and right of action shall not be invalidated by reason of any contract or agreement.

SEC. 5. The provisions of this act shall also apply to the class of workers in mines known as loaders, engaged in mines wherein the mining is done by machinery, whenever the workmen are under conL. S.-15

tract to load coal by the bushel, ton or any quantity, the settlement of which is had by weight, the output shall be weighed in accordance with the provisions of this act.

Approved March 18, 1885.

MINES AND MINING: INSPECTION OF.

AN ACT to amend section 11 of the acts of 1881, entitled "an act providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines, and providing for the inspection of the same."

SECTION 1. County court to appoint inspector of mines-bond-failure to perform duty a misdemeanor.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

SECTION 1. That section 11 of the acts of 1881, entitled "an act providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines, and providing for the inspection of the same," be and is hereby amended by striking out the word "thousand," in the thirteenth line of said section, between the words "five" and "dollars," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "hundred." Also by adding to said section the following: "provided, further, that any mine inspector failing or refusing to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this chapter or to perform said duties in such a careless manner as to be detri mental to the health or safety of any person or persons working in any mines in his county, shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be declared guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not longer than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and any person or persons injured by reason of the fail. ure of said mine inspector to perform his duties strictly in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall have a right of action upon said bond for all damages thereby sustained, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction," so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Section 11. The county court in each and every county in this state where coal mines are situated and are now or may hereafter be operated or worked, is hereby authorized and it is hereby made its duty to appoint an inspector of mines at its first meeting after this act shall have taken effect, who shall have been a resident of the

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county at least one year prior to his appointment, and shall possess the qualification of a mining or civil engineer shall have had experience in mining and operating mines; he shall take the oath of office provided for by the constitution of the state or the statutes thereof in such cases, and shall be required to furnish satisfactory evidence to the court that he has had sufficient practical experience to faithfully discharge the duties of the office; he shall give a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, with not less than two good and sufficient sureties, who shall be the owners of unencumbered real estate located in the county, conditioned upon the due, faithful and impartial discharge of the duties of the office, the said bond to be approved and entered of record by the said county court; he shall not be directly or indirectly interested in any manner whatsoever as owner, stockholder, superintendent or operator, or otherwise, during the term of his office, which term shall be determined by the court, providing said term does not exceed two years; he shall receive such compensation as the county court may determine upon, and the said court may unite the office of "mine inspector" with that of "county engineer; the county court shall provide an anemometer and all other necessary instruments for testing the air, and in all cases where the inspector finds the provisions of this act or any part thereof not complied with in operating any mine, it is hereby made his imperative duty to demand and compel by law the collection of the owner, agent or operator of every such mine, all the expenses of such inspection as provided for in section two (2) of this act provided, however, that in all the cases where the county court of any county in this state fail or refuse to appoint a competent and experienced inspector, as provided by this act, or where the said inspector is appointed and fails to attend to and perform the duties of his office in accordance with the meaning, intent and spirit of this act, the circuit judge of the said county shall, at the request of any ten citizens of the said county, and upon the proper proof of the incompetency or neglect of said inspector to properly perform his duties as required by this act, remove the said inspector and appoint a properly qualified person to perform the duties of mine inspector for the unexpired term, and who shall be paid out of the county treasury, and whose compensation shall not be less than three dollars per day for every day actually engaged in the discharge of his duties as such mine inspector, the number of days so engaged to be verified by him under oath before the said county court and entered of record in said court: provided further, that any mine inspector failing or refusing to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this chapter or to perform such duties in such a careless manner as to be detrimental to the health or

safety of any person or persons working in any mines in his county, shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be declared guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not longer than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and any person or persons injured by reason of the failure of said mine inspector to perform his duties strictly in accordance with the provisions of this act shall have a right of action upon said bond for all damages thereby sustained, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Approved March 20, 1885.

CORPORATIONS: WAGES OF EMPLOYES.

AN ACT to require railway companies or corporations, mining companies or corporations, express companies or corporations and telegraph companies or corporations to give notice to their employes before reducing the wages of such employes.

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1. Company to give notice of reduc- 2. Notice, how given.

tion of wages.

3. Penalty.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

SECTION 1. Any railway company or corporation, any mining company or corporation, any express company or corporation or any telegraph company or corporation, and manufacturing companies or corporations doing business in this state, and desiring to reduce the wages of their employes, or any of them, shall give to the employes to be affected thereby thirty days' notice thereof.

SEC. 2. Such notice may be given by posting a written or printed hand-bill, specifying the parties whose wages are to be reduced and the amount of the reduction, in a conspicuous place in or about the shops, section, office, station, depot or other place where said employes may be at work, or by mailing each employe a copy of said notice or hand

bill.

SEC. 3. Any such company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay each party affected thereby

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