St. Louis Consolidated Coal Co. v. Illinois

Citations

• 185 U.S. 203
• 22 S. Ct. 616
• 46 L. Ed. 872
• 1902 U.S. LEXIS 2229

Syllabus

<p>It is within, the power of a state legislature to provide for the appointment of inspectors of mines and the payment of their fees by the owners of the mines.</p> <p>A law-providing for the inspection of coal mines is not unconstitutional by reason of its limitation to mines where more than five men are employed at any one time.</p> <p>Where the law provided for an inspection of coal mines at least four times a year, it was held not to be objectionable by reason of the fact that a discretion was invested in the inspectors .to cause the mines to be inspected more than four times a year, andas often as they might deem it necessary and proper.</p> <p>A law providing that the fees for each inspection shall not be less than six nor more than ten dollars is not rendered unconstitutional by the fact that, within these limits, the fees for each inspection are fixed by the inspector.</p>