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shall, through the State's attorney, or any other attorney in case of his failure to act promptly, take the necessary legal steps to enforce compliance therewith through the penalties herein prescribed.

If it becomes necessary, through the refusal or failure of the State's attorney to act, for any other attorney to appear for the State in any suit involving the enforcement of any provisions of this Act, reasonable fees for the services of such attorney shall be allowed by the board of supervisors or county commissioners, in and for the county in which such proceedings are instituted.

For any injury to person or property, occasioned by any wilful violations of this Act, or wilful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right of action shall accrue to the party injured, for any direct damages sustained thereby; and in case of loss of life by reason of such wilful violation or wilful failure as aforesaid, a right of action shall accrue to the widow of the person so killed, his lineal heirs or adopted children, or to any other person or persons who were, before such loss of life, dependent for support on the person or persons so killed, for a like recovery of damages for the injuries sustained by reason of such loss of life or lives not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars: Provided, that every such action for damages in case of death shall be commenced within one year after the death of such person.

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(HOUSE BILL No. 250. APPROVED MAY 25, 1907.

AN ACT to amend section 21 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and provide for the health and safety of persons employed therein," approved April 18, 1899, in force July 1, 1899.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 21 of "An Act to revise the laws in relation to coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein," approved April 18, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 21. ENGINE PLANES.] (a) On all single track hauling roads wherever hauling is done by machinery and on all gravity or inclined planes, in mines, upon which the persons employed in the mine must use while performing their work or travel on foot to and from their work, places of refuge must be cut in the side wall not less than three feet in depth and four feet wide and five feet in height, and not more than twenty yards apart, unless there is a clear space of at least three feet between the side of the car and the side of the road, which space shall be deemed sufficient for the safe passage of men. On every

such road which is more than 100 feet in length, a code of signals shall be established between the hauling engineer and all points on the road, except where hauling is done by motors. A conspicuous light must be carried on the front of every trip or train of pit cars moved by machinery, except when such trip is on an inclined plane. MULE ROADS.] (b) On all hauling roads or gangways on which the hauling is done by draft animals, or gangways whereon men are obliged to be in the performance of their duties or have to pass to and from their work, places of refuge must be cut in the side wall at least two and a half feet deep, four feet wide and five feet in height, and not more than twenty yards apart; but such places shall not be required in entries from which rooms are driven at regular intervals not exceeding twenty yards, and wherever there is a clear space of two and one-half feet between the car and the rib, such space shall be deemed sufficient for the passage of men. All places of refuge must be kept clear of obstructions and no material shall be stored nor be allowed to accumulate therein.

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AN ACT to amend section twenty (20) of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the laws in relation to coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein," approved April 18, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, as amended by Acts approved May 13 and 14, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, and further amended by Acts approved May 12, 13 and 16, 1905, in force July 1, 1905.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section twenty (20) of an Act entitled "An Act to revise the laws in relation to coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein." approved April 18, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, as amended by an Act approved May 13, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, and further amended by an Act approved May 13, 1905, and in force July 1, 1905, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

No blasting powder, or other explosives shall be stored in any coal mine and no workman shall have at any time more than one twenty-five pound keg of black powder in the mine nor more than three pounds of high explosives, and in no case shall more than one kind of explosive be used in any one drill hole: Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the operator of any mine from taking into the mine, when miners are not therein, and

in electrically equipped mines, while the current is turned off on roadways through which it is transported, a sufficient quantity of powder for the reasonable requirements of such mine for the next succeeding working day.

PLACE AND MANNER OF STORING.] (a) Every person who has powder or other explosives in a mine shall keep the same in a wooden box securely locked, with hinged lid, and said box shall be kept as far as practicable from the track; and all powder boxes shall be kept as far as practicable from each other and each in a secluded place; nor shall black powder and high explosives be kept in the same box.

MANNER OF HANDLING.] (b) Whenever a workman is about to open a box or keg containing powder or other explosive, and while handling the same, he shall place and keep his lamp at least five feet distant from said explosive, and in such position that the air current cannot convey sparks to it, and no person shall approach nearer than five feet to any open box containing an open keg of powder or other explosive with a lighted lamp, lighted pipe or other thing containing fire. No miner, workman or other person shall open any keg, can or other container of blasting powder or other explosive with any pick, wedge, tool, or in any manner except by the means of opening the same provided by the manufacturer thereof, and it shall be unlawful, and a violation of this Act, for any person to have in his possession in any mine any keg, can or other container of blasting powder or other explosive, containing blasting powder or other explosive which has been opened in violation of this Act.

COPPER TOOLS.] (c) In process of charging and tamping a hole, no person shall use any iron or steel pointed needle. The needle used in preparing a blast shall be made of copper and the tamping bar shall be tipped with at least five (5) inches of copper. No coal dust nor any material that is inflammable, or that may create a spark, shall be used for tamping, and some soft material must always be placed next to the cartridge or explosive, whether the same be wet or dry, or that can create a spark in tamping, be used for tamping.

USE OF SQUIBS.] (d) A miner, workman or shot firer who is about to explode a shot with a manufactured squib shall not shorten the match thereof, or saturate it with mineral oil or ignite it except at the end; and he shall see that all persons are out of danger from the probable effects of such shots, and whether using squibs or fuse shall take measures to prevent any one approaching by shouting "fire" immediately before lighting the same.

NOT MORE THAN ONE SHOT AT A TIME.]. (e) Not more than one shot shall be ignited at the same time in any one working place, unless the firing is done by electricity or by fuses of such length that the interval between the explosions of any two shots shall not be less than one minute, and in no case shall any shot or shots be fired or lighted which are termed depending or dependent shots, until after the expiration of ten (10) minutes from the successful firing of such other shot or blast. When successive shots are to be fired in any working place in which the roof is broken or faulty, the smoke must be allowed to clear away and the roof must be examined and made secure between shots.

MISSED SHOTS.] (f) No person shall return to a missed shot if lighted with a squib until five (5) minutes have elapsed from the time of lighting the same, or if lighted with fuse, until the following day; and no person shall return to a missed shot when the firing is done by electricity unless the wires are disconnected from the battery. DUSTY MINES.] (g) In case the galleries, roadways or entries of any mine are so dry that the air becomes charged with dust, the operator of such mine must have such roadways regularly and thoroughly sprayed, sprinkled or cleaned.

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AN ACT for the purpose of compelling oil or gas leases, when forfeited, to be released of record and providing a penalty therefor..

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: When any lease on land heretofore or hereafter taken for the purpose of prospecting for oil or natural gas or operating oil or gas wells upon lands so leased, shall become forfeited by the terms of said lease or the acts of the lessee, it shall be the duty of the lessee, his, her or their successors or assigns within sixty days from the date this Act shall take effect, if such forfeiture take effect prior thereto and within sixty days from day of forfeiture of any and all other leases, to have such lease or leases released of record in the county where such land is situated, without any cost to the owner or owners of the land; and any failure so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall subject the offender to a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.

§ 2. Whenever the lessee of any oil or natural gas lands or the person, firm, company or corporation, only holding or having control of any such lease shall allow the same to become forfeited, or by his, her or their acts shall forfeit the same, and shall refuse, fail or neglect to cause the same to be released of record, the lessor or owner of said lands, may begin a civil action to compel said party to release the same of record and upon judgment being rendered decreeing said lease forfeited and directing the release, the said lessee, or his assigns. shall be decreed to pay all costs by such action, including a reasonable attorney fee to be taxed as costs.

APPROVED May 27, 1907.

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(HOUSE BILL No. 873. APPROVED MAY 24, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend sections one (1) and two (2) of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning the use of powder in coal mines," approved and in force May 14, 1903.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections one (1) and two (2) of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning the use of powder in coal mines," approved and in force May 14, 1903, be, and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:

That in all coal mines in this State, where coal is blasted, the quantity of the powder to be used in the preparation of shots shall not, in any case, exceed five (5) standard charges full of powder in coal seams five and one-half (5%) feet or over in thickness; and shall not, in any case, exceed four (4) standard charges full of powder in coal seams under five and one-half (52) feet in thickness.

§ 2. For the purpose of determining the quantity of powder, prescribed in section one (1) of this Act, to be used in the preparation of any given shot, a standard charger is defined and prescribed to be a cylindrical metallic charger not to exceed twelve (12) inches in length, and not to exceed one and one-half (11⁄2) inches in diameter. APPROVED May 24, 1907.

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(HOUSE BILL No. 816. APPROVED MAY 20, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing that operators of mines shall furnish shot firers in mines where shooting and blasting is done," approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled "An Act providing that operators of mines shall furnish shot firers in mines where shooting and blasting is done," approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905. be and the same is amended to read as follows:

§ 2. In all mines in this State where coal is blasted, and where more than two pounds of powder is used for any one blast; and also in all mines in this State where gas is generated in dangerous quantities, a sufficient number of practical, experienced men to be desig

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