Every person who willfully obstructs the Chief Inspector or his assistant inspectors in the execution of his or their duties, and every owner, agent, lessee or manager of a mine who refuses or neglects to furnish to the Cheif Mine Inspector or his assistants, the means necessary for making entry, inspection, examination or inquiry, as herein provided in relation to such mine shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, he shall be punished as hereinafter provided.
R.L.1910, § 3954.