=Other illuminants.=

Sec. 974-2.  No person shall use in any mine any other illuminant than those provided for in sections 974 and 974-1 of the General Code, unless with the consent of the chief inspector of mines.

=Penalty.=

Sec. 974-3.  Any person who knowingly uses, or any owner, lessee or agent, who permits the use of any illuminant contrary to the provisions of sections 974, 974-1 and 974-2, or any owner, lessee or agent who permits any person to deposit, or keep in his possession, in a mine any calcium carbide, or refuse from calcium carbide, except as provided in said sections 974 and 974-1, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five nor more than ten dollars, and for a second or any subsequent offense shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. (103 O.L. 25.)

Sec. 975. [=No oil for illuminating purposes in mines shall be sold except oil prescribed in this act.=] No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale, any oil for illuminating purposes in any coal mine unless the barrel or package in which such oil was received bears the label of the compounder as provided for in this act.  Each person, firm or corporation selling or offering for sale any oil for illuminating purposes in any coal mine, shall, upon request of any district inspector of mines, or of any officer or duly authorized agent of any owner or lessee of a coal mine located within two miles of the point where such oil is offered for sale, submit such oil and the original containers for examination, and upon request, give a sample of such oil from one or more original containers selected by such inspector, officer or agent, for the purpose of making a test thereof.

[=Adulteration of illuminating oil forbidden.=] No person shall adulterate any oil either before or after taking same from the original containers, and shall not alter, transfer, or re-use any label placed upon any container.

[=Persons forbidden to use oil other than prescribed in this act.=] No person shall use for illuminating purposes in any coal mine, any oil other than the oil specifically provided for in this act.  Each person, while in a coal mine, shall, upon request of any district inspector of mines, or any officer or duly authorized agent of the owner or lessee, submit his lamp and supply of oil for examination, and upon request, give sample of oil for purpose of making test thereof, and state from whom purchased.

[=Provisions of this act shall apply only to oil used for open lights.=] The provisions of this act relating to the compounding, sale and use of oil for illuminating purposes in coal mines, shall apply to oil used in lamps for open lights.  The oil used in safety lamps may be of such composition as will best serve the purpose.  (Sec. 944, 974; Penalty, Sec. 976.)

=Relating to penalties.=

=County Coroner.=