SEC. 11. Chapter 8, title 3, division I of the Revised Statutes of Wyoming for the year 1899 is hereby repealed. Approved February 17th, 1903. CHAPTER 31.-Exemption of wages from execution. SECTION 1. The judge may order any property of the judgment debtor, or money due him, not exempt by law, in the hands of either himself or other person or of a corporation to be applied toward the satisfaction of a judgment; but one-half of the earnings of the judgment debtor for his personal services, rendered at any time within sixty days next preceding the levy of execution or levy of attachment, and due and owing at the time of such levy of execution or attachment are exempt when it appears by the debtor's affidavit, or otherwise, that such earnings are necessary for the use of his family residing in this State, supported wholly or in part by his labors. This section shall apply to proceedings in judgment and to proceedings in all courts in this State. Approved February 18th, 1903. CHAPTER 35.—Mine regulations—Inspector of metallijerous mines. SECTION 1. The State geologist shall act ex officio as inspector of mines until otherwise provided by law, and under this act shall have power to make such examination and inquiry as is deemed necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this act are complied with; to examine into, and make inquiry into the condition of any mine, mill or part thereof, and all matters or things connected with or relating to the safety of the persons employed in or about the same; to examine into and make inquiry respecting the condition of the machinery or mechanical device, and if deemed necessary, have same tested; to appear at all coroner's inquest[s] held respecting accidents, and if necessary, call, examine and cross-examine witnesses; to exercise such other powers as are necessary for carrying this act into effect. SEC. 2. Every owner, agent, manager or lessee of any metalliferous mine or metallurgical plant in this State shall admit the inspector on the exhibition of his badge or certificate of appointment, for the purpose of making 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 inspection shall not necessarily obstruct the working of said mine or plant. The refusal of the owner, agent, manager or lessee to admit the inspector to such mine or plant to lawfully inspect the same, shall, upon conviction, be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) or be imprisoned not less than one (1) nor more than three (3) months. SEC. 3. The inspector shall exercise a sound discretion in the enforcement of this act and if he shall find any matter, thing or practice in or connected with any metalliferous mine or metallurgical plant to be dangerous or defective so as to, in his opinion, threaten or tend to the bodily injury of any person, the inspector shall give notice in writing thereof to the owner, agent, manager or lessee of such mine or plant, stating in such notice the particulars in which he considers such mine, plant or part thereof, or practice to be dangerous or defective; and he shall order the same to be remedied, a copy of said order shall be filed and become a part of the records of the inspector of mines, and said owner, agent, manager or lessee shall, upon compliance of [with] said order immediately notify the inspector of mines in writing. Upon the refusal or failure of said owner, agent, manager or lessee to report within a reasonable length of time, said owner, agent, manager or lessee shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each and every such refusal or failure. SEC. 4. Any owner, lessee, manager, superintendent or foreman in charge of any metalliferous mine who shall willfully misrepresent or withhold facts or information from the inspector regarding the mine, such as length of time timbers have been in place, or making any misrepresentation tending to show safety when the reverse is true, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each offense. SEC. 5. Any owner, agent, manager or lessee having charge or operating any metalliferous mine or metallurgical plant, whenever loss of life or accident serious enough in character to cause the injured party to stop work for thirty consecutive days and being under the care of a physician and connected with the workings of such mine llurgical plant, shall occur, shall give notice immediately and report all the } facts thereof to the inspector of mines. The refusal or failure of the said owner, agent, manager or lessee to so report within reasonable time shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than one and not more than three months. The inspector of mines upon receipt of notice of accident shall investigate and ascertain the cause and make or cause to be made a report, which shall be filed in his office for future reference. SEC. 6. Any person or persons operating any metalliferous mine or mill and employing five or more men, shall report the same to the inspector of mines and state when work is commenced and when stopped, and mines working continuously shall report on or before December 1, of each year together with the names of the owners and managers or lessee in charge of said work, together with the post-office address, the name of the claim or claims to be operated, the name of the county and mining district, together with the number of men employed, directly or indirectly, the same being classified into miners, trammers, timbermen or assorters, mill men, teamsters, etc. The necessary blanks to carry out the provisions of this section shall be furnished upon application by the inspector of mines. SEC. 7. There is hereby established the following code of signals for use in the metalliferous mines of this State, which shall be securely posted in a clear and legible form in the engine room, at the collar of the shaft and at each level or station: 1 bell-Hoist. (See Rule 2.) 1 bell-Stop if in motion. 2 bells-Lower. (See Rule 2.) SIGNALS. 3 bells-Men on, run slow. (See Rule 2.) 7 bells-Accident. Hoist or lower by verbal orders only. 3-2-1 bells-Ready to shoot. (See Rule 3.) Engineer Signal-Engineer shall after signal 3-2-1, raise the bucket or cage two feet and lower again, and shall remain at his post until final signal is given and command executed. RULES GOVERNING SIGNALS. Rule 1. In giving ordinary signals make strokes on bell at regular intervals. In signals similar to "ready to shoot" 3-2-1 bells each bar (-) must take the same time as one stroke of the bell. Rule 2. When men are to be hoisted or lowered, give the signal for "men on, run slow," (3 bells). Men must then get on bucket or cage, then give signal to hoist or lower. (1 or 2 bells.) Rule 3. After signal "Ready to shoot" (3-2-1 bells) engineer must reply as above. Miners must then give signal "men on" (3 bells) then spit fuse, get on bucket or cage and give signal to hoist. Rule 4. All timbers, tools, etc., longer than the depth of bucket or placed within a cage, must be securely lashed before being hoisted or lowered. Rule 5. Signals to meet local demands and not in conflict with above may be added by individual operators but same must be posted in clear and legible form in connection with above code. The inspector of mines shall have power to enforce the adoption of this code of signals in all metalliferous mines using hoisting machinery, and all persons giving or causing to be given false signals or riding upon any cage, skip or bucket upon signals that designate to the engineer that no employees are aboard, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor under this act. SEC. 8. No person addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or under eighteen years of age shall be employed as hoisting engineer. SEC. 9. Strangers or visitors shall not be allowed underground in any mine unless accompanied by some owner, official, or employee deputized to accompany same. SEC. 10. Nothing in this act shall apply to coal mines. Approved February 18th, 1903. CHAPTER 64.-Payment of wages-Semimonthly pay day. SECTION 1. All wages or compensation of coal miners and laborers, now employed, or who may hereafter be employed, in or about any coal mine in the State, shall be due and payable semimonthly, and such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States, or by a good and valid check or draft, payable on presentation thereof, in lawful money of the United States, and not otherwise; that is to say, all such money earned prior to the first day of any month, shall be due and payable on or before the fifteenth day of such month, and any such money earned prior to the sixteenth day of any month shall be due and payable on or before the last day of such month. Any person, company or corporation operating coal mines within this State who fails to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be fined in the sum of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense. Approved February 20th, 1903. CHAPTER 70.-Mine regulations-Explosives. SECTION 2. Explosives must be stored in a magazine provided for that purpose alone; said magazine to be placed far enough from the open cutting or working shaft, tunnel or incline to insure the same remaining intact, in the event, the entire stock of explosives in said magazine be exploded; all explosives in excess of the amount required for a shifts' work [shall] be kept in said magazine; no powder or other explosive [shall] be stored in underground workings where men are employed; each mine shall provide and employ a suitable device for thawing or warming powder and keep the same in condition for use; oils or other combustible substances shall not be kept or stored in the same magazine with explosives. SEC. 3. Oils and other inflammable materials shall be stored or kept in a building erected for that purpose, and at a safe distance from the main buildings, and at a safe distance from the powder magazine, and their removal from said building for use shall be in such quantities as are necessary to meet the requirements of a day, only. SEC. 4. No person shall, whether working for himself or in the employ of any person, company or corporation, while loading or charging a hole with nitroglycerine, powder or other explosive, use or employ any steel or iron tamping bar; nor shall any mine manager, superintendent, foreman or shift boss, or other person having the management or direction of mine labor, allow or permit the use of such steel, iron or other metal tamping bar by employees under his management or direction. SEC. 5. The inspector of mines shall have authority to regulate and limit the amount of nitro powder stored or kept in general supply stores in mining camps or mining towns where there is no municipal law governing same; he shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this act and to prosecute any violation thereof as hereinafter provided. SEC. 6. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars or not more than one hundred dollars for each violation. Approved February 21st, 1903. LEADING ARTICLES IN PAST NUMBERS OF THE BULLETIN. No. 1. Private and public debt in the United States, by George K. Holmes. Employer and employee under the common law, by V. H. Olmsted and S. D. Fessenden. No. 2. The poor colonies of Holland, by J. Howard Gore, Ph. D. The industrial revolution in Japan, by William Eleroy Curtis. Notes concerning the money of the U. S. and other countries, by W. C. Hunt. No. 3. 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Social economics at the Paris Exposition, by Prof. N. P. Gilman. The workmen's compensation act of Holland. No. 35. Cooperative communities in the United States, by Rev. Alexander Kent. The Negro landholder of Georgia, by W. E. B. Du Bois, Ph. D. No. 36. Statistics of cities. Statistics of Honolulu, H. I. No. 37. Railway employees in the United States, by Samuel McCune Lindsay, Ph. D. The Negroes of Litwalton, Va.: A social study of the "Oyster Negro," by William Taylor Thom, Ph. D. No. 33. Labor conditions in Mexico, by Walter E. Weyl, Ph. D. The Negroes of Cinclare Central Factory and Calumet Plantation, La., by No. 39. Course of wholesale prices, 1890 to 1901. No. 40. Present condition of the hand-working and don estic industries of Germany, by Henry J. Harris, Ph. D. Workmen's compensation acts of foreign countries, by Adna F. Weber. No. 41. Labor conditions in Cuba, by Victor S. Clark, Ph. D. Beef prices, by Fred C. Croxton. No. 42. Statistics of cities. Labor conditions in Cuba. 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