For securing compliance with the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, or manager of every mine—
(a)to make regulations for that purpose and publish such regulations by posting them and keeping them posted at the pit head, and by supplying a copy thereof gratis to every workman employed underground in the mine who, not having been previously supplied with a copy, applies therefor at the office at which he is paid ; and
(b)to provide necessary means for raising the men from the mine within the time limited by this Act.