as they may have conveyed to such corporation by deed actually executed and delivered. Sec. 2. Former corporations validated. Corporations or companies having heretofore filed their articles of incorporation without having formally acknowledged the same, but the same having been sworn to by three or more persons as provided in section 316 of the Revised Statutes, said act of filing and swearing to said articles shall be deemed equivalent to having acknowledged and sworn to such articles, and such companies having otherwise substantially complied with the law, shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be bodies corporate. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect upon approval. CHAPTER 82. HIGH SCHOOLS. AN ACT amending section 1830 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, authorizing school trustees to establish and maintain high schools in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. That section 1830, chapter 7 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, is hereby amended to read as follows: 1830. High schools may be established. The trustees of any school district having a population of over one thousand, when authorized by a majority vote of the property tax payers resident in the district present at an annual or at a special meeting called for the purpose, may establish and maintain a high school, in which pupils may be instructed in higher branches of education than those usually taught in the district schools; and pupils over eighteen years of age may be admitted to, and instructed in such schools on such terms as to tuition and otherwise, as the trustees may prescribe. Approved this 14th day of March, 1901. CHAPTER 83. STATE PRISON LIBRARY FUND. AN ACT to amend section 2278 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898, relating to rules for admission of visitors to state prison, and to library fund of state prison. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. That section 2278 of Revised Statutes of the state of Utah, 1898, relating to rules for admission of visitors to state prison, and library fund of state prison be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows. 2278. Visitors' admission fee for library fund. It shall be lawful for the board to establish rules for the admission of visitors within the prison, and it may prescribe a reasonable sum, not more than twenty-five cents, to be charged each individual for one admission. The warden shall procure suitable tickets which shall be held by the clerk. The clerk shall keep an account of the sales thereof, and pay over the money received to the warden daily. The gate-keeper at the prison entrance shall receive the tickets, and shall deliver them each day to the warden before the prison is closed. It shall be the duty of the board to appropriate annually out of the fees received from visitors such sum as the board may determine for the purchase of books to be kept at the prison for the use of convicts. Approved this 14th day of March, 1901. CHAPTER 84. INVESTMENT OF SINKING FUNDS. AN ACT to provide for the investment of sinking funds created by any subdivision in the state. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. Sinking funds of any subdivision of state may be invested. The city council of every city, the board of county commissioners of every county, the board of education of every city, the trustees of every school district, the directors of every irrigation district in the state of Utah, may cause any sinking fund, now existing or hereafter created by authority of the laws of the state, to be invested in any legal and lawful bonds bearing interest, issued by any city, county, or school district, in the state of Utah or by the state of Utah. Whenever such bonds are on the market at a fair and reasonable value, and the money in any said sinking funds exceed the amount of any bond or bonds for which said fund was created, then such fund shall be used to redeem said bond or bonds at the market value thereof, and the custodians of any said sinking fund are hereby authorized to buy such bond or bonds. Approved this 14th day of March, 1901. CHAPTER 85. COAL MINES. AN ACT providing for the appointment of a coal mine inspector, defining his duties, fixing his salary and providing for the inspection of coal and hydro-carbon mines; providing for the health and safety of the persons employed therein, and for the protection of property connected therewith, and repealing chapter 2, title 42 of the Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah: SECTION 1. Mine inspector for coal to be appointed. For the purpose of securing an efficient and thorough inspection of coal and hydro-carbon mines within the state of Utah and to provide for an adequate force therefor, the Governor shall appoint, by and with the consent of the senate, one mine inspector for coal and hydro-carbon mines. The inspector so appointed shall hold his office for the term of four years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Provided; that such inspector may be removed at the pleasure of the Governor. In case of resignation, death or removal, the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. Sec. 2. Salary and expenses. The said inspector of coal and hydro-carbon mines shall receive a salary of two thousand ($2,000) dollars a year and actual necessary traveling expenses incurred in the proper discharge of his official duties, to be paid quarterly by the State Treasurer out of any moneys appropriated for that purpose, on the certificate of said inspector of mines showing service rendered, and also on presentation of the certificate of said inspector of coal and hydro-carbon mines showing a statement of all moneys received by him for fees, and the actual amount necessarily pended for actual traveling expenses for the quarter; and on presentation of such certificates the State Auditor shall issue his warrant for the amount thereof, to be paid out of any appropriations aforesaid. He is hereby authorized to procure such instruments and stationery from time to time as may be necessary to the proper discharge of his duties under this act, at the expense of the state, which shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon accounts duly certified by him and audited by the proper department of the state. ex Sec. 3. Bond. Qualifications of inspector. Before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, the inspector shall give a bond to the state in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, to be approved by the proper officers, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. Said bond shall be deposited with the Secretary of State. The person so appointed must be a citizen of Utah, and must have attained the age of thirty years. He must have a knowledge of different systems of working coal mines, and he must produce satisfactory evidence to the Governor of having had at least five years' practical experience in the coal mines of Utah. He must have had experience in coal mines where noxious and explosive gases are evolved. He must hold the certificate of examination required by law to be held by mine foremen of the state. Sec. 4. Shall give whole time to office. shall not act as manager or agent or lessee for corporation during his term of office, but shall and attention to the duties of his office. The said inspector any mining or other give his whole time Sec. 5. Mine owners to render assistance. Penalty for refusal. Every owner, agent, manager or lessee of any coal or hydro-carbon mines in this state shall freely admit the inspector or his assistants to such mine on the exhibition of his certificate of appointment, for the purpose of making the examination and inspection provided for in this act, whenever the mine is in active operation, and render any necessary assistance for such inspection; but said inspector or his assistants shall not unnecessarily obstruct the working of said mine. Upon the refusal of the owner, agent, manager or lessee to admit the inspector or his assistants to such mine, such owner, agent, manager or lessee shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every such offense. Sec. 6. Mine owners to make maps of workings. The owner, agent, manager or lessee of any coal or hydro-carbon mine in this state shall make, or cause to be made, an accurate map or plan of the workings of such mine, on a scale of one hundred feet to the inch, which said map shall show all the openings or excavations, shafts, tunnels, slopes, planes, entries, cross-headings, rooms, etc., and show the directions of the air current and also the water system therein, and shall accurately show the boundary lines between said mine and adjoining mines. Such map or plan, or true copy thereof, shall be furnished to the inspector, and one copy shall be kept at such mine for the inspection of the inspector or employees thereof. The owner, agent, manager or lessee, at least once in every six months, shali place or cause to be placed on the map or plan, an accurate showing of all additional excavations which have been made in the mine during the said six months. The several maps or plans of mines in this state, which are furnished to the inspector, shall be the property of the state, and shall remain in the care of the said inspector, and shall be transferred by him to his successor in office; and in no case shall any copy of any of them be made without the consent of the owner, agent, manager or lessee. If the inspector shall find or have good reason to believe that any map or plan of any mine made or furnished him, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, is materially inaccurate or imperfect, he is authorized to cause a correct plan or map of said mine to be made, at the expense of the owner, agent, manager or lessee thereof; provided, that if the map or plan which was claimed to have been inaccurate shall be found to be practically correct, then the state shall have to pay the expense of making the new map or plan of such mine. Sec. 7. Openings for egress. Entrances. Cages. It shall be unlawful for the owner, operator or superintendent of any mine to em ploy any person or persons in such mine for the purpose of working therein, unless there are in connection with every seam or stratum of coal, worked in such mine, not less than two openings or outlets, separated by a stratum of not less than one hundred and fifty feet at surface and not less than thirty feet at any place, at which openings or outlets, safe and distinct means of ingress and egress shall at all times be available for the persons employed in the said mine. The escapements, shafts or slopes shall be fitted with safe and available appliances by which the employees of the mine may readily escape in case an accident occurs deranging the hoisting machinery at the outlets. In slopes used as haulage roads where the dip or incline is ten degrees or more, there must be provided a separate traveling way, which shall be maintained in a safe condition for travel, and kept free from dangerous gases. No inflammable structure, other than a frame to sustain pulleys or sheaves, shall be erected over the entrance to any mine; and no inflammable structure for the purpose of storing coal shall be erected nearer than two hundred feet to any such opening. But this act shall not be construed to prohibit the erection of a fan and its approaches for the purpose of ventilation, nor of a trestle for the transportation of cars from any slope or other opening. All entrances to any place, not in actual course of working, where explosive gas is known to exist, shall be properly fenced across the whole width, so as to prevent all persons from entering the same. Hand rails and sufficient safety catches shall be attached to, and a sufficient cover overhead shall be provided on every cage used for lowering or hoisting persons in any shaft. The ropes, safety catches, links and chains shall be carefully examined every day that they are used by a competent person employed for that purpose by the mine owner, agent, manager or lessee, and any defect therein found shall be immediately remedied. Sec. 8. Stretchers to be kept. It shall be the duty or every owner, agent, manager or lessee to keep at the mouth of every mine, or at such other places as may be designated by the mine inspector, stretchers properly constructed for the purpose of carrying away any employee working in and around the mine, who may be injured in and about his employment. Sec. 9. Pure air for ventilating. Every owner, agent, manager or lessee of coal or hydro-carbon mines shall provide and maintain a constant and adequate supply of pure air. (1) It shall be unlawful to use a furnace for the purpose of ventilating any mine wherein explosive gases are generated. (2) The minimum quantity of air provided shall not be less than one hundred cubic feet per minute for each and every person employed in every mine, and three hundred cubic feet for each and every animal employed therein, and as much more as the circumstances may require. (3) The ventilating current shall be conducted and circulated to the face of each and every working place through the entire mine, |