Pennsylvania Act 1897-224 — BITUMINOUS COAL - SCREENING BEFORE WEIGHING PROHIBITED

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BITUMINOUS COAL - SCREENING BEFORE WEIGHING PROHIBITED
                 Act of Jul. 15, 1897, P.L. 286, No. 224              Cl. 52
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring the weighing of bituminous coal before screening, and
        providing a penalty for the violation thereof.

        Section 1.  Screening bituminous coal before weighing
     prohibited
        It shall be unlawful for any mine owner, lessee or operator
     of any bituminous coal mine in this Commonwealth, employing
     miners at bushel or ton rates, or other quantity, to pass the
     output of coal mined by said miners over any screen or other
     device which shall take any part from the weight, value or
     quantity thereof, before the same shall have been weighed and
     duly credited to the employee sending the same to the surface
     and accounted for at the legal rate of weight fixed by the laws
     of this Commonwealth.  1897, July 15, P.L. 286, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Penalty for violation of act
        Any owner, lessee or operator of any bituminous coal mine,
     violating the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of
     a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction for each and every
     such offense, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
     ($100) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or by
     imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed
     ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the
     discretion of the court; proceedings to be instituted in any
     court of competent jurisdiction.  1897, July 15, P.L. 286, Sec.
     2.