New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-06
DANGEROUS BURNING OILS.

| ATA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
"A Of the State Of Louisiana, held on Friday, the
| Resolved, That section twenty-five of the SAM
| tary ordinance adopted By this board on the
eighteenth day of May, 1872 be amended and re-
SECTION "a. 1t shall hereafter be unlawful for any
person or persons firm or corporation to sell give,
sene OIL or other Illuminating oil oils, any il
Illuminating fluid or fluids, derived wholly in part
matter specified that IS the e aus 50 sed
given or delivered, shall exceed five gallons in
amount, the person or persons, firm or corpora
fore actual delivery thereof, place, cause to be
PLACED, such oil or oils, fluid or fluids in wooden
ture as to be thoroughly tight and secure; if how
ever the quantity 30 sold, given or delivered shall
not exceed five gallons in anount then the person
gift delivery, SHALL before actual delivery thereof
pr place. or ,,s cause s,,,, to be placed, such
Or other metallic vessels, which shall be
thoroughly tight and secure; and any person or
gift or delivery texcept as q common carrier shall
before actual delivery thereof Whatever the
amount Of such sale GIT Or delivery may. BEL at
50 sold, given or to be delivered, card, label or
less than hreeeisSths Of an inch IN height the the
cOrrect name and brand of such oil oils fluid or
aaids in such eask Or vessel contained also, the
degrees Fahrenheit (naming the degrees) or In
hammable at any temperature (as the case may bel;
also. the words and figures following Explosive
at degrees manning the degrees). or ;. Nom
Explosive (as the case may bes also the words fol-
lowing: " Board of Health standard Flashing Point
ITO degrees." There shall also be upon said card
label or tag, the name OF the person persons firm
or corporation making such SALE gift or delivery
with the street and number where such person or
persons, firm or corporation does business ANY
person or persons firm or corporation making any
sale gift or delivery of any such oil oils fluid OF
fluids, otherwise than hereinbef0re specified |
snail be liable to penalty not exceeding fifty |
dolars and any person or persons, firm corpora
attached securely to the cask vessel containing
any such oil or oils, fluid fluids the. card label
or tag as aforesaid or to place thereon the words
and figures, heTeinbefore specified shall be liable
to penalty not exceeding fifty dollars; and any |
person or persons, firm corporation who shall |
attach or suffer TO be attached to any such cask or
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 to penalty Of
hty dollars The acts and doings of employees of any
person or persons, firm corporation in all the |
matters and things referred to in this section shall
be considered as the acts and doings of such per-
son or persons. firm corporation This section
shall not be construed applicable to actual sales
gifts deliveries of oil oils fluid or fluids to be
shipped beyond the territory included in the dis
trlct under the sanitary control of the Board of
Health.
c. B. WHITE, M. D., President.
y. C. RCsSELL4 Secretary. iy63t