New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-08
DANGEROUS BURNING OILS.

Alta MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
"A of the State of Louisiana, held on Friday, the
first day OF July, 1870. it was
Resolved That section twenty-five of the SAM
tary ordinance adopted by this board, on the
eighteenth day of May, 1870 be amended and re-
enacted SO as to read as follows:
SECTION ~. 1t shall hereafter be unlawful for any
person Or persons firm or corporation to sell give,
or deliver Except as common calr1erl, any kerp-
oil, other illuminating oil or oils, or any IL
Illuminating fluid fluids, derived wholly or in part
from coal or petroleum. except in the manner here
matter specified that is if the quantity SO sold,
given or delivered, shall exceed five gallons in
amount, the person persons firm or corpora
ton, making such sale, gift or delivery, shall, be-
fore actual delivery thereof place, or cause to be
placed, such oil or oils, fluid or fluids, in wooden
casks metallic vessels, Ofsuch quality and struc-
tIre to be thoroughly tightNnd secure, if how
ever the quantity so sold, give1Pr delivered shall
gft or delivery, shall before aetuadelsery thereof
1 place. or or oils cause fluid to or be ad Rarsed sq tin
or other metallic vessels, which shall be
thoroughly tight and secure; and any person or
persons, firm or corporation making any such sale,
gift delivery Except as a common carrer), shall,
before actual delivery thereof, Whatever the
amount of such sale, gift delivery may be) at
tach or cause to be attached securely to the cask
OR vessel containing such oil or oils, fluid or fluids
tag, upon which shall be printed i'll plain type, not
less than three-eghths of an inch in height, the
correct and brand of such oil or oils, fluid
words and figures following: "Infiammable at =
degrees, Fahrenheit (naming the degrees) or In
also. the words and figures following Explosive
at - degrees manning the degrees),' or Nom
Explosive las the may be) also the words fol-
lowing Board of Health standard Flashing Point,
ITO degrees" There shall also be upon said cardl
label tag, the name of the person persons nrm
corporation making such sale, gift or delivery,
with the street and number where such person
persons, firm corporation does business. Any
person persons, firm corporation, making any
sale, gift delivery of any such oil or oils fluid or
fluids, otherwise than hereinbefOre specified.
shall be liable to penalty not exceeding fifty
dollars and any person persons firm or corpora
ton, neglecting falling to attach cause to be
attached securely to the cask vessel containing
any such oil oils, fluid fluids, the card, label
or tag aforesaid, or to place thereon the words
and figures, hereinbefOre specified shall be liable
to penalty not exceeding fifty dollars and any
person or persons, firm OF corporation, who shall
attach suffer to be attached to any such cask
vessel, any card, label tag which shall not be, in
all respects, true representation of the contents
Of such cask vessel which shall not be true in
every other respect, shall be liable u penalty of
fifty dollars The acts and dOngs of employees of any
person or persons, firm or corporation in all the
matters and things referred to in this section shall
be considered the acts and dOings of such per-
son persons, firm corporation. This section
shall not be construed applicable to actual sales,
gifts or deliveries of oil or oils fluid or fluids TO be
shipped beyond the territory included in the dis
trict under the sanitary control of the Board of
Health.
c. B. WHITE NJ. D., President.
s. e. RUSSELL, Secretary. lily st