Prevention of Major Disasters in Coal Mines: Hearings ... on H.R. 7408, June 10, 11, 12, 1952U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - 254 pages |
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Page 11
... close to each other to insure that the advancing face will not accidentally hole through into such workings . Boreholes shall also be drilled not more than eight feet apart in the rib of such working place to a distance of at least ...
... close to each other to insure that the advancing face will not accidentally hole through into such workings . Boreholes shall also be drilled not more than eight feet apart in the rib of such working place to a distance of at least ...
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... close down a mine employing as many as 1,000 people , or 2,000 , or two people . It would be , I think , a farce if we did not allow these people to make their wishes known regarding it , and to give their views regard- ing this ...
... close down a mine employing as many as 1,000 people , or 2,000 , or two people . It would be , I think , a farce if we did not allow these people to make their wishes known regarding it , and to give their views regard- ing this ...
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... close the hearings when they saw fit . If they had heard enough testimony , it was entirely in their hands to close it as they saw fit . The thing that I raised a very serious point about was something that has never brought anything ...
... close the hearings when they saw fit . If they had heard enough testimony , it was entirely in their hands to close it as they saw fit . The thing that I raised a very serious point about was something that has never brought anything ...
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... close Thursday after- noon and the committee meet Friday morning to vote the bill out . Was that your motion ? Mr. KELLEY . Friday morning . Chairman BARDEN . To vote on the bill ? Mr. KELLEY . Yes . Chairman BARDEN . Is that the motion ...
... close Thursday after- noon and the committee meet Friday morning to vote the bill out . Was that your motion ? Mr. KELLEY . Friday morning . Chairman BARDEN . To vote on the bill ? Mr. KELLEY . Yes . Chairman BARDEN . Is that the motion ...
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... close the door and write 42 pages of Federal law , and predict beforehand what the witnesses are going to say , and make up your mind you are not going to believe them be- fore they get here , and then vote next morning , whether you ...
... close the door and write 42 pages of Federal law , and predict beforehand what the witnesses are going to say , and make up your mind you are not going to believe them be- fore they get here , and then vote next morning , whether you ...
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Page 6 - ... (i) Any member of the Board may sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books and documents, and administer oaths. Witnesses summoned before the Board shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses In the courts of the United States.
Page 6 - Commission." (d) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the Commission deems that the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place.
Page 6 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subsection, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 6 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Page 5 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 5 - President at the time of nomination, one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five years, after the date of the enactment of this title.
Page 9 - In bituminous-coal and lignite mines the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut in any pair or set of entries shall not be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute, except that the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut In any pair or set of entries in pillar sections may be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute if not less than six thousand cubic feet of air a minute is being delivered to the Intake end of the pillar line.
Page 9 - ... the volume and velocity of the current of air shall be sufficient to dilute, render harmless, and to carry away, flammable...
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the commission as hereinbefore provided.
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce books, papers, or documents, in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce like documentary evidence before the Board, as provided in subsection (i).