Northumberland and Durham

It is particularly enjoined upon the overmen, deputies, and all other officers, to acquaint themselves thoroughly with the foregoing rules and regulations, and to observe and enforce the same in and throughout their various departments. Workmen and boys are also required to inform themselves of the rules for which purpose each workman is furnished with a printed copy, which is to be taken care of, as the loss of it will be considered a delinquency if it is missing when enquired for.

Officers and heads of departments who fail in the due and right observance of the rules, or in enforcing the same for the safety of the mine and workmen, subject themselves to degradation from their respective ranks. Workmen and boys who neglect the rules, or refuse obedience to the orders of the officers, are to be sent out of the mine, with a view to the investigation of the case, and the punishment of the offended for his misdemeanour, either by fine (not exceeding 10s.) or by legal proceedings before a magistrate, as the viewer may determine.