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. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 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 Relating to fines collected, prosecutions, when act takes effect, and repeals 977-978 Regulating and prohibiting solid shooting 976-1-2 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 Repealed.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. Sec. 900. The Industrial Commission of Ohio shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, and upon recommendation of the chief deputy of the division of mines and mining, five district inspectors of mines in addition to those now in such service, making in all the number of district inspectors of mines seventeen.