The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-12-15
Approved, Nov 10, 1868,
An Act regulating the sale Of coal and
petroleum oils,

An Act regulating the sale Of coal and
petroleum oils,
II is hereby enacted, &C.
SEC. l, The mayor and aldermen Of
any city, or the selectmen of any town,
or the bailiffs or trustees Of any incorpor-
ated village, where oils are sold, and where
FIVE or more inhabitants petition for the
same, shall appoint annually one or more
suitable persons, not interested in the sale
Of said oils, as inspectors thereof, and fix
their compensation, to be paid by the
parties requiring the services of said in.
spectors.
SEQ. 2. Every inspector, before enter.
ing upon the duties of his office, shall be
duly sworn, and when called upon by any
vender, purchaser, or by any officer men,
toned in the sixth section of this act, TO
test such oils, shall do so with all reason
able dispatch, by applying the fire test,
as indicated and determined by G. Tag.
liabue's pyrometer, or some other instru-
ment equally accurate. Any inspector,
guilty Of fraud, deceit or culpable negl-
gence in inspecting such oils, shall be pun
ished by fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding one month, or both, in
the discretion of the court.
SEC. 8, No person shall mix for sale
naptha and illuminating oils, or shall sell
or offer for sale such mixture, or shall sell
or offer for sale, except for purpose of res
manufacture, illuminating oils from coal
petroleum, which will ignite at a temper
ature Of less than one hundred and ten
degrees Fahrenheit, TO I've ascertained by
the application Of Tagiabue's, or some
other approved instrument: and any per-
son 80 doing, shall be held to be gully of
misdemeanor, and shall, for each offense,
upon conviction thereof, be liable to the
same penalties provided in the second Sec
ton Of this act against inspectors and
shall also be liable therefor to any per-
son suffering damage from the explosion
or ignition of such oils thus unlawfuly
sold and such oil thus unlawfully sold,
or offered for sale, and the casks or pack.
ages containing the same, shall be forfeit
ted and sold for the purpose of resmanu-
facture; one.half of the proceeds Of such
sales to 90 to the State, and the other
half to the informer.
SEC. 4. For all the purposes of this
act, all Illuminating oils, made from coal
or petroleum, having an ignting point Of
less than one hundred and ten degrees
Fahrenheit, tc he determined in the
manner provided in the third section Of
this act, shall be deemed to be mixed will
naptha.
SEC. 5. Any person who shall sell, o,
keep, or offer for sale, naptha, under tn
name of oil, shall, for each of,n-e, upu
conviction therefor, lie liable to tn
same penalties provided, ard shall b,
subject TO tie same liabilities set forll
in the second and third sections of this
act
SEC. 6. The selectmen o. tie town.,
and the mayor, aldermen and police
the cities, and the lailiffs or trustees an
police of incorporated villages, in whicl
inspectors are appointed, in conformity
with the first section Of this act, or any
one Of said officers within their respectlv,
towns, villages and cities, shall cause al.
persons violating any of the provisions O.
this act to be prosecuted hereafter.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect upon
its passage.