shall, with the advice and consent of the said commission, appoint for each station a superintendent and an assistant. Each appointee shall serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner discharged by the said commission. Each appointee before entering upon the duties of his office shall take and subscribe to the oath of office as provided by law. The manager shall with the advice and consent of the commission, have authority to pay for such temporary assistance as may be needed in giving instruction in first aid to the injured and similar technical subjects, and such other temporary assistants and porters as may be needed from time to time to properly carry on the work of said rescue stations and such rescue cars as may be installed in connection with said stations, but not more than one extra assistant and one porter shall be employed for each rescue car.

SEC. 9. The commission shall prepare a biennial report to the Governor and the General Assembly with necessary illustrations showing the work performed and money expended by the mine rescue service; and the State Board of Contracts is hereby directed to print and bind said reports promptly, and to provide all necessary printing for the Mine Rescue Commission out of the appropriations for such board of contracts.

SEC. 2. The title of said Act shall be amended to read as follows:

An act to establish and maintain in the coal fields of Illinois mine fire fighting and rescue stations.

SECOND AMENDATORY ACT, 1913.

LAWS 1913, P. 433.

JUNE 27, 1913.

AN ACT to amend sections 5, 6, 8 and 9 of an Act entitled, "An Act, etc. (same as in section 1).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That sections 5, 6, 8 and 9 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain in the coal fields of Illinois mine fire fighting and rescue stations," approved March 4, 1910, in force July 1, 1910, title as amended by Act approved June 5, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, be and the same are amended to read as follows:

SEC. 5. The said commission shall appoint as manager of three stations and of their work, a man experienced in mining and mine engineering. The manager shall, with the advice and consent of the said commission, appoint for each station a superintendent and an assistant. Each appointee shall serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner discharged by the said commission. Each appointee before entering upon the duties of his office shall take and subscribe to the oath of office as provided by law. The manager shall, with the advice and consent of the commission, have authority to pay for such assistants as may be needed in giving instruction in first aid to the injured and similar technical subjects, and such other assistants and porters as may be needed from time to time to properly carry on the work of said rescue stations and such rescue cars as may be installed in connection with said stations, but not more than two extra assistants and one porter shall be employed for each rescue car.

SEC. 6. The manager shall receive two hundred and fifty dollars per month; each station superintendent one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; and each station assistant one hundred dollars per month; and each appointee shall receive his necessary and actual expenses.

SEC. 8. Whenever the manager or the superintendent of any station shall be notified by any responsible person that an explosion or accident requiring his services has occurred at any mine in the State, he shall proceed immediately

with suitable equipment and on arrival at the said mine shall superintend the work of the rescue corps in saving life and property; and he shall coöperate with the State Mine Inspector and the management of the mine in rescue work to such extent as is necessary for the protection of human life in the mine, during such time as members of the rescue corps are under ground and while there is a reasonable expectation that men entombed in the mine may be alive. SEC. 9. The commission shall prepare a biennial report to the Governor and the General Assembly with necessary illustrations showing the work performed and money expended by the mine rescue service; and the State Board of Contracts is hereby directed to print and bind said reports promptly, and to provide all necessary printing for the Mine Rescue Commission out of the appropriations for such board of contracts.

The Secretary of State shall assign to the use of the commission, suitably furnished rooms in the State House, and shall also furnish whatever blanks, blank books, printing, stationery, instruments and supplies the commission may require in the discharge of its duties and for use of its employees.

THIRD AMENDATORY ACT, 1915.

LAWS 1915, P. 527.

JUNE 23, 1915.

AN ACT to amend sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 of an Act entitled, "An Act, etc. (same as in section 1).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain in the coal fields of Illinois, mine fire fighting and rescue stations," approved March 4, 1910, and in force July 1, 1910, title as amended by Act approved June 5, 1911, in force July 1, 1913, be amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 5. The said commission shall appoint for each station a superintendent and assistant. Each appointee shall serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner discharged by the said commission. Each appointee before entering upon the duties of his office shall take and subscribe to the oath of office as provided by law. The commission shall have authority to pay for such assistants as may be needed in giving instruction in first aid to the injured and similar technical subjects, and such other assistants as may be needed from time to time to properly carry on the work of said rescue stations and such rescue cars and substations as may be installed in connection with said stations, but not more than two extra assistants shall be employed for each rescue car.

SEC. 6. Each station superintendent shall receive one hundred and twentyfive dollars per month; and each station assistant one hundred dollars per month; and each appointee shall receive his necessary and actual expenses.

SEC. 7. The said commission shall supervise the work at each of the three stations, shall purchase necessary supplies, and shall keep a complete record of all operations and expenditures and an invoice of all supplies on hand. The commission shall provide that at each station some representative shall be on duty or within call at all hours of day and night for each day of the year.

SEC. 8. Whenever the superintendent of any station shall be notified by any responsible person that an explosion or accident requiring his services has occurred at any mine in the State, he shall proceed immediately with suitable equipment and on arrival at the said mine shall superintend the work of the rescue corps in saving life and property; and he shall cooperate with the State Mine Inspector and the management of the mine in rescue work to such extent as is necessary for the protection of human life in the mine, during

such time as members of the rescue corps are under ground and while there is a reasonable expectation that men entombed in the mine may be alive.

MINE RESCUE STATIONS—APPROPRIATION.

LAWS 1911-12, 20, P. 40.

JUNE 6, 1912.

AN ACT To amend section one (1) of an Act entitled, “An Act, etc.” (same as in section 1).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That section one (1) of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Government, etc.," approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. That the following-named sums be, and are hereby, appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Government, etc.

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Eighty-first. To the Mine Rescue Station Commission: For equipment and maintenance of mine-rescue stations and mine-rescue cars, and other expenses, the sum of $30,000 per annum.

APPROPRIATION.

LAWS 1913, 95, P. 116.

JUNE 30, 1913.

AN ACT To provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Government, etc.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the following sums, be, and are hereby, appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Government, etc.

Eighty-first. To the Mine Rescue Station Commission: $35,000 per annum.

MINE FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT.

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT.

See Mine fire fighting and rescue stations, page 28. (Amended. See page 440.)

LAWS 1909-10, P. 84.

MARCH 8, 1910.

AN ACT to require fire fighting equipment and other means for the prevention and controlling of fires and the prevention of loss of life from fires in coal mines. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: On and after July 1, 1910, except as hereinafter in section 6 of this Act is provided, the following requirements for fire fighting equipment and other means for the prevention and controlling of fires and the prevention of loss of life from fires in coal mines shall be strictly observed by all persons, firms, corporations or associations maintaining and operating a coal mine within the State of Illinois.

SEC. 2. There shall be provided a supply of water for fighting fire underground which shall have a head from a standing body in a pipe, tank or pond. Such water supply shall be conducted into the mine in an iron or steel pipe or pipes not less than two inches in diameter, which shall have not less than two hose connections at the bottom of the hoisting shaft, and two hose connections at the bottom of the air and escapement shaft designated as such under the law, and two hose connections in each stable which is located less than five hundred (500) feet from the bottom of either of said shafts; and there shall be iron or steel pipes not less than two inches in diameter in the entries and passage-ways leading from the bottom of each of said shafts to such extent and in such position that with one (1) fifty foot length of hose the water may be carried into all such entries and passage ways within three hundred (300) feet from the bottom of each of said shafts and into the corresponding area in slope and drift mines, such area to be designated in this Act as the fire protected area: Provided, that in mines having one hundred and twenty-five (125) feet or less head at the bottom of the incoming supply pipe, the incoming pipes and the pipes having hose connections shall be not less than three (3) inches in diameter. The pipes in the mine shall have hose connections not more than fifty (50) feet apart beginning at the bottom of the incoming supply pipe or pipes. There shall be kept constantly on hand at the bottom of each shaft where hose connections are required, in condition for immediate use, not less than two (2) fifty (50) foot lengths of one and one-half (14) inch inside diameter linen hose or rubber lined cotton hose, which shall have been tested to a pressure of two hundred (200) pounds to the square inch; all of such hose and the connections therefor on the supply pipes shall have American Standard iron pipe threads. The nozzles on such hose shall be not less than three-eighths (3) nor more than five-eighths (§) inch in diameter.

Where any part of any passage way or other excavation within one hundred and fifty (150) feet of the bottom of the hoisting shaft or the air and escapement shaft designated as such under the law and in the corresponding area in slope or drift mines, is timbered, with cribbing or more than one layer of lagging not including caps or wedges, above the cross bars, there shall be two lines of automatic sprinklers on the under side of such timbering, attached to not less than one and one-half (1) inch pipes connected with the fire-fighting

water supply, and such sprinklers shall not be more than ten (10) feet apart. In cribbing or lagging as last aforesaid, which is more than three (3) feet in vertical thickness, there shall be also, as near the top thereof as is practicable, automatic sprinklers connected with the water supply as last aforesaid and there shall be one such sprinkler for each eight (8) feet square of horizontal area of such cribbing or lagging.

In every underground stable, located within one thousand (1000) feet of the hoisting shaft or the air and escapement shaft designated as such under the law, there shall be not less than one (1) automatic water sprinkler for each area eight (8) feet square in said stable; such automatic sprinklers shall be connected with iron or steel pipes not less than one and one-half (1) inches in diameter along the roof or ceiling in the stable, which shall be connected with the fire fighting water supply.

All automatic sprinklers shall be of the fusible plug type and shall not require a temperature of more than one hundred and sixty-five (165) degrees Fahrenheit to release the water.

In all underground stables other than those heretofore in this Act referred to, there shall be kept barrels full of water and two metal pails with each barrel. Such barrels shall be not more than fifty (50) feet apart, and there shall be not less than two (2) barrels full of water and two (2) metal pails with each barrel in each entry or passage way into which such stable opens and not more than fifty (50) feet from the opening of the stable. There shall also be one (1) not less than three (3) gallon chemical fire extinguisher and two (2) not less than six (6) gallon hand pump buckets in each such stable and in each entry or passage way into which such stable opens not more than fifty (50) feet from the opening of such stable. Such chemical fire extinguishers and hand pump buckets shall be kept filled and ready for use: Provided, however, that in coal mines in which less than ten (10) men are employed, in which there are no stables, in lieu of said water supply with pipes and hose, there may be substituted the following: There shall be kept within the fire protected area in each such mine, barrels full of water not more than fifty (50) feet apart, and with each barrel there shall be two metal buckets; and there shall also be kept within said area not less than six (6) gallons capacity and not less than six (6) chemical fire extinguishers of not less than three (3) gallons capacity, and said extinquishers and buckets shall be kept filled and ready for use.

A barrel within the meaning of this Act shall be any substantial vessel holding not less than fifty (50) gallons.

All mines shall have at least one, not less than three (3) gallon chemical fire extinquishers (extinguisher) and one not less than six (6) gallon hand pump bucket including those hereinbefore in this Act required, for each fifty (50) employes in the mine with a minimum of six (6) extinguishers and six (6). pump buckets, kept at convenient places designated by the mine manager throughout the mine, and such extinguishers and buckets shall be kept filled and ready for use. (Amended. See page 440.)

SEC. 3. During the cold weather months the water pipes shall be kept drained, but the supply must be kept so that by opening a valve easily accessible on top, the water will be promptly available at all times in the supply pipes underground. The water pressure in said pipes to which hose is to be connected shall not be less than twenty-four (24) pounds per square inch, nor more than seventy (70) pounds per square inch at a point not less than two hundred and fifty (250) feet from the bottom of the shaft or the corresponding position in slopes and drifts; and there shall be a pressure gauge with dial at said point.