2005 Minnesota Statutes

     180.02 Qualifications, salary, oath, bond.  

    Each inspector of mines and assistant shall be at least 25 
 years of age, a citizen of the state, and a resident of the 
 county wherein appointed, of good moral character and temperate 
 habits.  Previous to appointment the inspector shall have had 
 practical experience as a miner or otherwise engaged as an 
 employee in mines of the state at least six years, or a mining 
 engineer having had previous to appointment at least two years 
 of practical experience in iron mines and iron mining and having 
 had at least one year of such experience in this state.  The 
 inspector shall not while in office in any way be interested as 
 an owner, operator, agent, stockholder, or engineer of any 
 mine.  The inspector shall live or have an office in the mining 
 district of the county for which appointed.  The salary of each 
 inspector of mines and assistant shall be such sum as shall be 
 fixed by the county board not exceeding $7,500 per annum, and 
 shall be allowed actual traveling expenses not to exceed $1,200 
 in any one year.  The inspector shall file with the county 
 auditor an itemized account of expenses every three months, 
 verified by affidavit, showing that they have been incurred in 
 the discharge of official duties.  Before entering upon the 
 discharge of the duties of office, the inspector shall take an 
 oath before some person authorized by law to administer oaths to 
 support the Constitution of the United States and the 
 Constitution of the state of Minnesota, and that the inspector 
 will faithfully, impartially, and to the best of ability 
 discharge the duties of office, and file a certificate of having 
 done so in the office of the county auditor.  The inspector 
 shall give bond, payable to the county board, in the penal sum 
 of $5,000, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the county 
 board, conditioned that the inspector will faithfully discharge 
 the duties of office and this bond shall be filed with the 
 county auditor.  

    HIST: (4234) 1905 c 166 s 2; 1911 c 133 s 1; 1921 c 7 s 1; 
 1951 c 687 s 2; 1953 c 259 s 1; 1957 c 310 s 1; 1986 c 444