Qualifications and Residence of Chief of Division

(a) The Chief of the Division of Safety and Inspection shall: (1) Be a qualified elector; (2) Have had 12 or more years’ experience in the working, ventilating and drainage of coal mines in this state or eight years of such experience plus four years’ experience as a state or federal coal mine inspector; (3) Have a practical scientific knowledge of all noxious and dangerous gases found in such mines; (4) Have a mine foreman certificate of competency of the State of Alabama; and (5) Be not less than 30 years of age. (b) The chief shall be stationed in a city or town as near the center of the mining industry as is practical. (Acts 1949, No. 207, p. 242, §3; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 147, p. 2866, §1.)