office, in accessible and convenient
form for reference by persons entitled to examine them, all of which
he shall deliver to his successor in office. The persons entitled to
examine maps, plans, records and papers of a mine, shall be the
owner, lessee or agent of such mine; the persons financially
interested in such mine; the owner, or owners, of land adjoining
such mine; the owner, or owners, of land adjacent to such mine; the
owner, lessee or agent of a mine adjacent to such mine; and the
authorized representatives of the employes of such mine. The chief
inspector of mines shall not permit such maps, plans, records and
papers to be removed from his office, and shall not furnish copies
thereof to any persons, except by request of the owner, lessee or
agent of the mine to which such maps, plans, records and papers
pertain. Each district inspector shall keep his office in such place
in his district as is central and convenient.

Sec. 905. Repealed. H.B. 249--Sec. 3, 109 O.L.; 105. (Salaries and
expenses of inspectors.)

Sec. 906. [=Duties of chief inspector.=] The chief inspector of
mines shall designate the counties, or portions thereof, which shall
compose the different districts, and may change such districts
whenever in his judgment the best interests of the service so
require. He shall issue such instructions, and make such rules and
regulations for the government of the district inspectors of mines
consistent with the powers and duties vested in them by law, as will
secure uniformity of action and proceedings throughout all the
districts. The chief inspector of mines may order one district
inspector of mines to the assistance of any other, or may make
temporary transfers of district inspectors of mines, when, in his
judgment, the efficiency of the service demands or permits, and with
the consent of the governor, may remove any district inspector of
mines for reasonable cause. The chief inspector of mines shall give
such personal assistance to the district inspectors of mines as they
may need, and make such personal inspection of the mines as he deems
necessary and his other duties permit. He shall keep in his office
and carefully preserve all maps, surveys, reports and other papers,
required by law to be filed with him, and arrange and preserve them
as a permanent record of ready, convenient and connected reference.
He shall, upon receipt of a report of the district inspector of
mines, or of a committee of