Persons are also requested to consult the [Table of Contents] as well as the [Classified Index] which is given in minute detail.

Also read carefully the [Penalties] which are provided in [Section 976] for violation of all laws commencing with duty of County Coroner in [Section 921], and ending with [Section 975], with the exception of [Sections 968], [969] and [972], for which no penalties are provided.

SECTIONS.
[Relating to chief and district inspectors] 899-920
[Relating to county recorder and county coroner] 921
[Relating to owner, lessee or agent] 922-950
[Relating to superintendent, mine-foreman and over-seer] 951-954
[Relating to stableman and fire-boss] 955
[Relating to employes generally] 956-963
[Relating to persons not employes] 964
[General provisions] 965-972
[Relating to oil and gas well through coal measures] 973
[Relating to illuminating oil for mines] 974-975
[Relating to penalties] 976
[Regulating and prohibiting solid shooting] 976-1-2
[Relating to fines collected, prosecutions, when act takes effect, and repeals] 977-978
[Regulation of weighing of coal] 978-1-7
[Relating to employment of minors] 13001-13002
[Relating to Department of Industrial Relations] 154-1-6-45

RELATING TO CHIEF INSPECTOR OF MINES AND DISTRICT INSPECTORS OF MINES.

Mining Laws of Ohio

Sec. 898. Repealed. (Appointment of chief.)

Sec. 899. [Qualifications of chief inspector of mines.] No person shall be appointed chief inspector of mines unless he has a competent knowledge, insofar as such sciences relate to mining, of chemistry, the mineralogy and geology of this state, a practical knowledge of the different systems of working and ventilating mines, the nature and properties of the noxious and poisonous gases in mines, particularly fire-damp, the best means of preventing the accumulation of such gases, and the best means of removing the same. He shall also have had at least five years actual practical experience in mining in this state, shall have a knowledge of mine engineering, and shall have a practical knowledge of the uses and dangers of electricity as applied at, in, and around mines.