Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-21

his duties, be shall Tor each refusal h
admit on his premises as obstruction OF
fered to inspection, be hned for eacl
%otense not less than twenty dollars mol
exceeding fifty dollars.
Sec. 3 Be it further enacted, Tha.
section 3 Of said act be so amended as /,
make the brand or device there provided
for which the inspector is to place OF
each package BY him inspected, TO read
as follows; designating, first his nam,
and place aud date Of inspection. thu
-, Inspector Of Is
second, the Fash test thus: FLASHED a
- tempersturs; third, il the haid In.
spected has no flash test, then the specific
gravity OF same thus, specific gravity
deg
Sec. 4, Be itfarlhsr enacted, That sec
ton 4 Of said act bs so amended, that il
any person, manufacturer or dealer, shall
sell to any whatever 10 the State, any OF
the said Illuminating oils or fluids, be.
fore first having the same inspected, as
provided in this act, he shall be guilty Of
a misdemeanor aud on conviction be
fined in any sum not exceeding three
hundred dollars, aud the oils and fluid if
found to be rejected, be forfeited ard
sold and the proceeds go to the State.
Sec, 5. Be it enacted, That section 8
OF said act be so amended as TO read as
follows: That the term OF office for said
inspectors shall be for two years, and for
his compensation he shall be entitled to
demand and receive from the owner of
the Illuminating oils and fluids inspected
or tested and ganged or weighed, and
marked and branded as in this act pro
vided-twenty.iye cents for each barrel
and ten cents tor each smaller package.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all
oils and fluids, the product of coal, pc
,roleum or other bituminous substance,
which may be used for Illuminating pur.
poses, sent from other States to counties
in this State without inspectors OF oils or
fluids, or sent from counties in this State
without the barrels aHd packages con-
tanning the same being branded by law,
by the Inspector Of the county or city
from which they were sent, may be in
spected in transitu, in the hands of the
carrier, forwarding agent or warehouse
man, and the inspector may charge for
a single barrel sent 10 one party forty
cents, Tor more than one barrel up to Eve.
barrels thirty cent a barrel, and from
FIVE barrels to any number twenty five
cents.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, That
when oils specified in section 6 Of this
act are sent FROM other States for CON.
sumption in this State, Tor Illuminating
purposes, to counties in this State with
out an inspector, and the oils are iR-
spected in transitu, and condemned as
OF no less fash test thsn one hundred
and twenty degrees Fahrenheit, the in.
sgector is authorized and directed to ship
back said oils TO the shippers Of the oils;
when fluids specified in section 6 of this
act are seat into this State, to counties
or cities IN this State without al inspec
tor, and the fluids are inspected in tran
stu and found to be without a fash test
or to burn without being heated, the in.
spector shall brand the barrel or pack
ages containing the fluid unsafe for
Illuminating purposes; and all packages
or barrels containing the fluids which are
plainly marked by the manufacturer or
shippers, naptha, ~benzine, gasoline and
the specific gravity Of the fluids, may be
permitted 10 20 forward to its destins-
ton as not intended for burning pur.
poses; but all barrels or packages of
fluids without a fash test, and which are
not branded or plainly marked as asore.
said by the manufacturers or shippers,
shall be considered as intended for burn
ing purposes, and shall be shipped back
10 like manner as condemned oil; and
the inspector shall notify the shipper Of
the cause and his action iH the premises,
and may collect his fees for oils and
auids inspected in the hands Of the car
rier, forwarding agent or warehousemau
as charged on TIE oils aud fluids; aud
the carrier, forwarding agent or ware
houseman may collect their fees as
charges on the oils and fluids, and hold
the oils and fluids until paid.
Ser. g. Be it further enacted, That
any inspector Of this State, or bis assist
ant, may 60 to any county in this State
without az inspector, when be has infor
nation that oils and fluids aforesaid Of
less fash test than l2O degrees Fahren.
heit are being sold for Illuminating pur
poses, without the barrels and packages
containing the same being branded as
provided by Law, and inspect aud brand
ell the oils and fluids not branded by an
inspector Of this State, aud may charge
thirty cents a barrel for all barrels of oils
and fluids aforesaid inspected by him,
and the fees to be paid by the owner OF
the person for the time being in the pos.
sessiss Of the oils, on the demand Of the
Inspector.
Sec 9. Be it further enacted, That if
any carrier, forwarding agent or ware
houseman, shall refuse to pay the fees Of
sn inspector, as provided in this act, on
conviction, before a competent tribunal.
Of the refusal to ray the fees, shall be
fined five dollars for each refusal, the
hne to 20 to the school fund Of the State
Sec 10. Be it further enacted, That
the inspector Of oils and fluids shall be
ex oficio gauger Of liquors, oils, molas
ses and syrups and other liquids, and 10
the performance Of his duties. shall nee
the standard instrument in use for thai
purpose, and he shall brand or mark al
barrels or casks gagged by him with bis
name, official character, and the capacity
Of the package, and shall have the fol.
lowing fees, to be paid by the party for
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