$5,000 for salary of deputy inspec tors. $2,500 for contingent expenses. November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, to the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one; five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the expenses of said Deputy Factory Inspectors from the time of their appointment to the thirty-first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one; two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the contingent expenses of the Inspector from the date of his appointment to the thirtyfirst day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety one. APPROVED-The 24th day of February, A. D. 1891. Eight competent miners to be ap pointed. Three coal operators, two mining engineers and two mine inspectors to be appointed. Compensation. Time and place of meeting of commis sion. $6,000 appropriated. How payable. No. 2. AN ACT Providing for the appointment of a commission by the Governor, to revise, amend and make such changes in the mining and ventilation laws of the anthracite coal regions as will secure greater safety to human life and property, and to provide for the payment of their compensation and their necessary expenses. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Governor be authorized to appoint forthwith, eight competent miners, (each of whom shall have had at least seven years' experience as miners in the anthracite coal mines of this state), three coal operators, two mining engineers of skill and two mine inspectors, all of whom shall be citizens of Pennsylvania, to serve as Commissioners to revise, amend and make such changes in the anthracite mine and ventilation laws as are deemed necessary for the better protection of life and property in and around the mines, and to provide adequate penalties for any violation of said laws. The miners and mining engineers shall receive five dollars per day and expenses for each day actually employed in the work of said commission, and the operators and inspectors shall be allowed their necessary expenses for each day actually engaged on said commission. The commission shall meet at the call of the Governor in the city of Harrisburg, and they shall report to this session of the legislature, by bill, within a period of thirty-five days after their appointment. A majority of the whole commission shall be necessary for the approval of all questions that may come before it. SECTION 2. That the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the same, be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid by warrant drawn by the Auditor General, on an itemized statement furnished to him by the chairman of said commission; and the commission shall have power to employ a stenographer. competent stenographer whose services shall be paid out May employ a APPROVED-The 27th day of February, A. D., 1891. No. 3. AN ACT To regulate the issue of policies of insurance and certificates of in- SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That whenever any steam When insurance spect and insure companies may inboilers. Companies shall not manufacture of be interested in the steam boilers. sworn. SECTION 2. Article 1. That neither such insurance company nor its executive officers shall, directly or indirectly, be interested in the manufacture or sale of steam boilers or of any of the appliances connected with steam engines and boilers; they shall employ skilful and competent persons for the inspection of steam boilers, who, before entering upon their duties, shall be duly sworn or affirmed Inspectors to be that they will not accept, for the performance of their duties, any money, gift, gratuity or consideration whatsoever, from any person or persons other than, the insurance company which employs them, and that they will not, directly or indirectly, be interested in the manufacture or sale of steam boilers, or of any of the appliances connected with steam engines and boilers. three years. Article 2. That no policy of insurance shall be for a longer period than three years, and that no insurance Policies to issue for shall be effected until the boiler shall have been inspected and tested, and its inspection, test, condition, attachments and indicators shall have been found to conform in all respects to the provisions of the existing city ordinance for the inspection of steam engines and boilers, and such ordinance or ordinances as may hereafter be enacted, and the details of such inspection, test, attachments and indicators shall have been furnished the city inspector in the form hereinafter provided for. Article 3. That no policy of insurance issued by such insurance company shall be valid, unless the premium upon such policy, including fee paid to city inspector as hereinafter provided for, shall be equal to or exceed in amount one and one-half times the charges prescribed by the city ordinance for the inspection of steam boilers; nor shall such policy be canceled or modified, so that the premium shall be less than the amount herein provided for, without notifying the city inspector thereof immediately, in writing, with the reasons therefor. No policy to be valid fee are paid to city inspector. until premium and To issue a certificate of inspection. Contents of certificate. Cancellation of policy. furnished by in spectors. Article 4. That whenever such insurance company sha:l have inspected a boiler or boilers as herein before provided for, and shall have issued a policy of insurance thereupon, it shall be the duty of such company at the same time to issue a certificate of inspection, which shall set forth that the inspection, tests, attachments and indicators have been found to be in accordance with the requirements of the city ordinances. Such certificate shall also state the number of pounds pressure to which the boilers have been subjected in testing, together with the amount of pressure the user is authorized to carry within the same, in accordance with the provisions of the city ordinance in that case provided. It shall further state that said boiler or boilers so inspected, have been insured in said company, and that the holder of the certificate is required to maintain it in a conspicuous place near the boiler or boilers to which it refers. Article 5. That if, for any cause, such insurance company shall cancel a policy of insurance, issued in accordance with the provisions of this act, or shall so modify the same that the premium shall be less that the amount herein before provided for, such cancellation or modifications shall render the certificate of inspection previously given invalid, and notice of such cancellation shall be communicated to the city inspector immediately. Article 6. It shall be the duty of the inspector of steam engines and boilers, in and for all cities of the first class, to furnish all steam boiler insurance companies, such as aforesaid, or their authorized agents, Printed forms to be with printed forms properly prepared, with appropriate headings, for the reception of the details of inspection, such as are furnished to his own assistants, and, in addition thereto, a form of certificate setting forth that the premium upon the policy of insurance to be issued in connection with the certificate of inspection, equals or exceeds the amount provided for in article third of section two of this act, and when these forms are returned to him properly filled up with the certificate duly signed, he shall record the same as provided for in the city ordinance; and the inspector of steam engines and boilers aforesaid is hereby authorized and required to affix his signature and official seal to the certificate of inspection of such insurance companies: Provided, The details of inspection as aforesaid shall show that the requirements of the city ordinances relative to boiler inspections have been fully complied with, and that all the provisions of this act relating to the duties of such insurance companies have been fulfilled. Proviso Compensation. The inspector of steam engines and boilers in and for all cities of the first class, shall receive for such approval, one dollar for each boiler, which shall be paid into the city treasury, but said approval shall not be in effect for a longer period than one year from the date thereof. Any person or persons possessing such certificate of inspection duly approved as herein before provided for the same not having been rendered invalid as provided for in this act, shall be deemed to possess the certificate of the inspector of steam engines and boilers for the purpose of the act of the assembly and the ordinance of the city to carry same into effect: Provided, That noth ing in this act shall affect the duty of the inspector to withhold or withdraw such certificate whenever he may deem the engineer incompetent or unreliable, as provided for in the city ordinance, or whenever he may consider the boiler or boilers unsafe. Notice to be given inspection is withdrawn. when certificate of Article 7. When the inspector aforesaid shall withhold or withdraw a certificate of inspection, by reason of the incompetence or unreliability of the engineer, as provided for in this act and in the city ordinance, for the inspection of steam boilers, or whenever he may consider the boiler or boilers unsafe, he shall give to the user of the boiler or boilers, and the insurance company issuing the policy thereon, written notice of the same, which notice shall contain a statement of the reasons for such action; this statement to be made as aforesaid, shall be equivalent to the removal of the certificate, and in case the said boiler or boilers are insured, the withdrawal of the certificate, as provided for, shall render the policy of insurance upon all boilers to which said certificate had reference, void and of no effect: Provided, Proviso. That nothing herein contained shall affect any policy of insurance now in force until its expiration, which shall not exceed three years from the date thereof, except for violation of article seventh, section two. nor. SECTION 3. If any inspector of an insurance company herein provided for, shall aid in procuring an insurance of any stationary steam engine or boiler which does not comply with the conditions, or stand the test provided for in the ordinance of all cities of the first class, relative to boiler inspection, or which is not provided with the attachments and indicators required by said ordinance, or by such ordinance or ordinances as may hereafter be enacted, or shall knowingly permit an insurance to con- Violation of this act tinue upon any stationary steam engine or boiler in said to be a misdemeacity, not furnished as aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the court of quarter sessions for the said county, shall, for each offense, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five Penalty. thousand dollars, and to undergo imprisonment in the jail of said county, either with or without labor, as the court may direct, for a term not exceeding two years: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as Proviso. relieving any boiler insurance and inspection company from the payment of any fees due to the city treasurer for the boilers insured prior to the passage of this act; should insurance be effected on any boiler or boilers, the owner or user of which possesses a certificate of the city inspector to the amount of fee paid to the city treasurer by such insurance company, shall bear such portion Repeal. to the stipulated fee, as the unexpired portion of the certificates bears to one year. SECTION 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 11th day of March, A. D. 1891. ROBT. E. PATTISON. $100,000 to be assigned to the sink ing fund in 1891. $400,000 each year thereafter. Section 10, act of May 9, 1874, repealed. No. 4. AN ACT Providing for the annual assignment to the sinking fund of the commonwealth of certain sums of money realized out of the general revenues. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That out of the general revenues of the commonwealth there shall be assigned to the sinking fund of the commonwealth, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, in equal amounts, on the first business days of April, July and October, and for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and each and every year thereafter, there shall be assigned to the said sinking fund, out of the said general revenues, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, in equal amounts, on the first business days of January, April, July and October. SECTION 2. That section ten of an act entitled An act supplementary to the several acts relating to the State Treasurer and to the commissioners of the sink ing fund," approved the ninth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, also an act entitled "An act to amend the provisions of the tenth section of an act approved May ninth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, entitled 'An act supplementary to the several acts relating to the State Treasurer and to the commissioners of the sinking fund,' approved the twenty-third day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five," also so much of the twenty-eighth section of an act entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled 'An act to provide revenue by taxation,' approved the seventh day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine," approved the first day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, as is inconsistent herewith, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 24th day of March, A. D. 1891. |