Chap. 13.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1879 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, relating to the use of inflammable oils in operating machinery un-
derground, so as to permit the use of Diesel powered equipment in the opera-
tion of limestone mines. [S B 2]

Approved February 18, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section eighteen hundred seventy-nine of the Code of
Virginia, as amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 1879. Inflammable oils not to be used underground.—No
gasoline, benzine, kerosene or other inflammable oils shall be used un-
derground in operating machinery, except that equipment powered by
Diesel engines, approved by the State mine inspector, such approval to
be made before installation, may be used underground in the operation
of limestone mines.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.