COAL SCREENS IN USE AT THE MINES IN OHIO. The report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a table giving in detail and by counties the dimensions of the screens used in connection with the mines represented, and the proportion of the entire quantity of coal dug that passes over the screen and thus determines the miners' wages. IOWA MINING LAW. CHAPTER 21, LAWS TWENTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AN ACT to Regulate Mines and Mining, and to Repeal Chapter 202, of the Acts of the Eighteenth General Assembly. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That there shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, one state mine inspector, who shall hold his office for two years; subject, however, to be removed by the governor for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Said term of office shall commence on the 1st day of April of each even numbered year. Said inspector shall have a theoretical and practical knowledge of the different systems of working and ventilating coal mines, and of the nature and properties of the noxious and poisonous gases of mines, and of mining engineering; and said inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take an oath or affirmation to discharge the same faithfully and impartially, which oath or affirmation shall be indorsed upon his commission and his commission so indorsed shall be forthwith recorded in the office of the secretary of state, and such inspector shall give bonds in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), with sureties to the approval of the governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty. SEC. 2. Said inspector shall give his whole time and attention to the duties of his office, and shall examine all the mines in the state as often as his duties will permitt, to see that the provisions of this act are obeyed; and it shall be lawful for such inspector to enter, inspect and examine any mine in this state, and the works and machinery belonging thereto at all reasonable times by night or by day, but so as not to unnecessarily obstruct or impede the working of the mines; and to make inquiry and examination into the state and condition of the mine as to ventilation and general security as required by the pro visions of this act. And the owners and agents of such mines are hereby required to furnish the means necessary for such duty and inspection, of which inspection the inspector shall make a record noting the time and all the material circumstances; and it shall be the duty of the person having charge of any mine whenever any loss of life shall occur by accident connected with the workings of such mine, or by explosion, to give notice forthwith by mail or otherwise to the inspector of mines, and to the coroner of the county in which such mine is situated, and the coroner shall hold an inquest on the body of the person or persons whose death has been caused and inquire carefully into the cause thereof, and shall return a copy of the verdict and all testimony to said inspector. No person having a personal interest in, or employed in the management of, or employed in any coal mine shall be qualified to serve on the jury impaneled on the inquest. And the owner or agent of all coal mines shall report to the inspector all accidents to miners, in and around the mines, giving cause of the same; such report to be made in writing, and within ten days from the time any such accidents occur. SEC. 3. Said inspector while in office shall not act as an agent or as a manager or mining engineer, or be interested in operating any mine, and he shall biennially, on or before the fifteenth day of August preceding the regular session of the general assembly make a report to the governor of his proceedings, and the condition and operations of the mines in this state, enumerating all accidents in or about the same, and giving all such information as he may think useful and proper, and making such suggestions as he may deem important as to further legislation on the subject of mining. SEC. 4. Said inspector shall receive a salary of seventeen hundred $1,700 dollars per annum, payable monthly, necessary stationery, and actual traveling expenses, not to exceed $500 per annum; provided, that he shall file at the end of each quarter of his official year, with the auditor of state, a sworn statement of his actual traveling expenses incurred in the performance of his official duty for such quarter. He shall have and keep an office in the capitol at Des Moines in which shall be kept all records and correspondence, papers, apparatus and property pertaining to his duties, belonging to the state and which shall be handed over to his successor in office. SEC. 5. Any vacancy occurring when the senate is not in session, either by death or resignation, removal by the governor or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the governor, which appointment |