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An act to regulate medical practice to prevent blindness in infants.

[Stat. approved February 17, 1897; Stats. 1897, chap. xiv.]

The people of the state of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Should one or both eyes of an infant become reddened or inflamed at any time within two weeks after birth, it shall be the duty of the midwife, nurse, or person having charge of said infant, to report the condition of the eyes at once to some legally qualified practitioner of medicine of the city, town, or district in which the parents of the infant reside.

Sec. 2. Any failure to comply with the provis ions of this act shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

TITLE 178.

MENDOCINO COUNTY.

A reference to the local acts relating to Mendo cino county is contained in Deering's Annotated Code, p. 630, et seq.

TITLE 179.

MERCED COUNTY.

A reference to local acts affecting Merced count is contained in Deering's Annotated Penal Code p. 632.

MEXICAN WAR.

See Veterans' Home Association.

TITLE 180.

MILITARY ACADEMY.

n act to furnish arms for the use of military academies in the state.

[Approved February 20, 1872; 1871-2, 121.] Lilitary academies-Majors.

Section 1. That when a military academy has een established within the state, having not less an eighty boys, uniformed, drilled, and instructd in strict accordance with the tactics of the reglar United States army service, and all its Surse of education and economy conducted upon trict military principles, the military instructor f such academy, when regularly elected by the oard of trustees or other lawful authority of the cademy, be commissioned in the national guard f California, with the rank of major.

fond and issue of arms, etc.

Sec. 2. That upon giving bond, with good searity, to be approved by the county judge of the ounty where the academy is situated, conditioned or the safe-keeping against fire, loss, and against Il damages, in twice the value, that arms and ecouterments, the property of the state, be isued for the use of such military academy. tequisition.

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Sec. 3. The adjutant general of the state ereby authorized to issue such arms and accouerments as may be needed by the said military cademies, without a monthly allowance, in the ame manner as arms and accouterments are isued to regular organized companies of the nalonal guard of California, upon requisition made or this purpose, approved by the commander-inhief.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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TITLE 181.

MINERAL CABINET.

Consult the following acts:

An act to provide for the establishment of a cab
net department in the state library.
[Approved April 1, 1872; 1871-2, 824.]

An act making an appropriation for the manage
ment and protection of the state mineral cab
net under direction of the trustees thereof.
[Approved March 11, 1889; 1889, 131.]

An act to provide for the removal of the minera cabinet from the state library.

[Approved March 9, 1887; 1887, 74.]

Act provided for appointment by governor o three trustees to select place in the Crocker ar gallery for the mineral cabinet.

TITLE 182.

MINERALOGIST, STATE.

Consult the following acts:

An act making an appropriation for editing the manuscript of the state mineralogist for the two years ending September 15, 1892.

[Approved March 11, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 133.]

An act establishing a state mining bureau an providing for appointment of state mineralogis and repealing prior acts.

[Approved March 23, 1893; Stats. 1893, p. 203.]

The repealed acts are contained in the statute of 1880, p. 115, and 1885, p. 217, respectively.

TITLE 183.

MINES AND MINING.

For other acts relating to mining, see Civil Code, Appendix, p. 802, et seq.

A very important act relating to mining partnerships is contained in the Statutes of 1865-6, p. 828. It has not been in terms repealed. As this subject is treated of in the Civil Code, section 2511, et seq., and as this act was included in the list of acts intended to be repealed by the code commissioners (Index to Laws of Cal., p. 711), it is probably not in force.

An act for the protection of miners.

[Approved March 13, 1872; 1871-2, 413.]

Protection of miners.

Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any corporation, association, owner, or owners of any quartz-mining claims within the state of California, where such corporation, association, owner, or owners employ twelve men daily, to sink down into such mine or mines any perpendicular shaft or incline beyond a depth from the surface of three hundred feet without providing a second mode of egress from such mine, by shaft or tunnel, to connect with the main shaft at a depth of not less than one hundred feet from the surface. Modes of escape.

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of each corporation, association, owner, or owners of any quartz mine or mines in this state, where it becomes necessary to work such mines beyond the depth of three hundred feet, and where the number of men employed therein daily shall be twelve or more, to proceed to sink another shaft or construct a tunnel so as to connect with the main working-shaft of such mine as a mode of escape from underground accident, or otherwise. And all corporations, associations, owner, or owners of mines as aforesaid,

working at a greater depth than three hundred feet, not having any other mode of egress tha from the main shaft, shall proceed as herein previded.

Liabilities.

Sec. 3. When any corporation, association, owner, or owners of any quartz mine in this state shall fail to provide for the proper egress as be in contemplated, and where any accident shall o cur, or any miner working therein shall be hurt or injured, and from such injury might have caped if the second mode of egress had existed such corporation, association, owner or owners of the mine where the injuries shall have occurred shall be liable to the person injured in all dem ages that may accrue by reason thereof; and u action at law in a court of competent jurisdictio may be maintained against the owner or owners of such mine, which owners shall be jointly or severally liable for such damages. And where death shall ensue from injuries received from any negligence on the part of the owners thereof, by reason of their failure to comply with any of the provisions of this act, the heirs or relatives survi ing the deceased may commence an action for the recovery of such damages as provided by an act titled an act requiring compensation for causing death by wrongful act, neglect, or default, proved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force six months from and after its passage.

An act for the protection of coal mines and col miners.

Map.

[Approved March 27, 1874; 1873-4, 726.]

Section 1. The owner or agent of every mine shall make or cause to be made an accurate map or plan of the workings of such coal mine. a scale of one hundred feet to the inch.

Copies.

Sec. 2. A true copy of which map or plan shaf be kept at the office of the owner or owners of the

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