Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-04-01
Published March 25. 1880. I
CHAPTER $50

SlAI LEN SOJ.
AN ACT to provide for the inspection of iIlu-
minating oils manufactured from petroleum or
coal Oils and to regulate the sale thereof, and to
repeal section four thousand three hundred and
ffty-nine OF chapter one hundred and eighty
one, revised statutes of 1875.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
IN senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The governor of this state shall, by
and with the advice and consent of the senate, ap
point suitable person, who shall be u resident Of
this state and not pecuniarily interested, either
directly or indirectly, in the manufacture, refining
sale orvending of Illuminating oils from petrole-
nm or other sources or material, who shall per
form the duties OF state supervisor of inspectors
Of illuminating oils as hereinafter provided. The
state supervisor so appointed shall hold his office
Tor term OF two years, from the first day of April
IN the year of his appointment and until his sue
ccssor shall have been duly appointed and quail
fled, unless sooner removed from office by the gov
crnOf; and In case of vacancy in this office from
any cause, the governor shall fill the vacancy fol
the balance of the term.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of the said SUI
pefVlsor faithfully to supervise all inspectors OF
Illuminating oils in this state, instruct them in
performing the duties of their office keep n record
OF the local inspectors reports to him. He shall
prepare or cause to be prepared suitable and uni
form designs for brands or stencil plates, to be
used under the provisions of this act and he may
furnish such brands or stencil plates 10 all nspcc
Tors OF oils at their proper cost and expense.
Every inspector of illuminating oils appointed as
hereinafter provided SHALL on the first day of each
month, report TO the state supervisor Of inspectors
spected, the results of such inspection, and &C
count of the actual receipts of his Office, and he
Shall at the same time remit the sum of two cents
Tor each barrel OF oil he has tested during the pre-
ceding month, which payment shall be the salary
OF the supervisor of inspectors of Illuminating
oils, and no rallowanCc shall be made for the
expenses of his Office Every inspector shall faith
fully comply with all instructions issued by the
supervisor OF inspectors of Illuminating oils, and
shall furnish to him full information regarding
any accident or explosion that may come to his
ltnowl ledge from the use of illuminating oils, and
the said supervisor shall report to the governor
annually in October of each year.
Section B. The state supervisor of inspectors OF
Illuminating oils shall appoint in accordance with
the provisions of this act inspectors of illuminat
ing oils, who shall examine and test all illuminat-
ing oils offered for sale for in this state By
any person whatsoever, and shall demand and re-
celYe all fees in payment for such examining and
testing, and who shall be liable to all the penal
lies hereinafter provided for any neglect for any
Wlllul misconduct or malfeasance i'll the discharge
OF the duties aforesaid; aud the said state super
Nlsor snail nave power at any time to remove any
inspector 80 appointed upon reasonable notice or
for reasonable cause. And the said supervisor
ana all inspectors appointed under the provisions
oI this act shall before entering upon the duties of
their respective Offices take an oath or affirmation
faithfully TO discharge the duties of the same as
prescribed by tho constitution and laws of this
state, and the said supervisor shall execute bond
10 the people of the state, in the sum of two
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful per
torrance of NIL the duties imposed by this act,
SAID bond to be filed in the Office of the secretary
OF state; and every inspector appointed under
lhls act shall execute a bond to the people OF the
state in the sum of two thousand dollars, condi-
toned as aforesaid, such bond to be filed in the
once OF the clerk of the county wherein the in
spector executing the same shall reside, and aIdu-
plicate copy thereof, duly certified by the county
clerk, shall be filed in the office of the SUPERVISOR
ana ali bonds executed under the provisions of
this act shall be for the use Of all persons aggrieV
ed by the acts neglect Of the state supervisor or
of the inspectors respectively executing the same.
The sureties on the bond of the state supervisor
ehSl he 0nnrDVcd bN a and
the suretes on the bonds of the inspectors shall
be approved by the judge of probate in the coun-
ties in which the inspectors executing the same
shall respectively reside: yr"gideG, that the said
state supervisor shall c4ucst of the city Coun-
ell of any city of not less thousand 6,0O0)
inhabitants, appoint any suitable person whom
such council shall nomIr inspector of ilumi-
mating oils for SAID city d for such territory ad-
lRcent to said city the said supervisor of in
tpectors shall determine 1t shall be the duty of
every inspector appointed under the provisions OF
this act TO provide ut his own cost and expense
all the necessary instruments and apparatus for
examining, testing and branding illuminating
oils under the provisions Of this act, and prompt
ly 10 examine or test when called upon for that
purpose any oils offered for sale or for for il
Illuminating purposes, and if upon such eXamina-
ton or test such oil shall be found to meet the re-
quiremcnts of this he shall fix TO the package,
cask or barrel containing the same, brand or dc
wise containing the word "apprOYcd,h with the
date of testing, over his official signature upon the
package, Cask or barrel containing the same, and
1t shall be lawful for any person TO sell the same
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oil so tested shall not meet the aforesaid require
ments he shall brand in plain letters the pack
age, cask or barrel containing the same over his
official signature the words 'rej Ccted for illumi-
mating purposes in the state of Wisconsin, with
the date of testing thereof and it shall be unlaw-
iul for the owner thereof 10 sell such OIL for il
Illuminating purposes.
Section 1. And TO more effectuaIy carry ont
the provisions of this act, 1t shall be lawful for
any inspector to enter into or upon the premises OF
any manufacturer, refncr, or vendor of such Il
Illuminating oils, and If he shall find or discover,
upon said premises, any oil which shall not have
been examined or tested and properly marked or
branded under the provisions of this act TO eX-
anime or test, and thereafter to properly mark the
same as herein provided
Section o. Any illuminating oil which, on the
application of any well lighted taper similar
flame, Will take fire and burn, or which shall
evolve or give off an infammable YapOr or gas, at
a temperature below that of one hundred and
twenty degrees above zero point of Earenhelts
thermometer (120o Fah.) or which for any reason
whatever shall not remain clear and transparent
upon being cooled to temperature equal TO that
OF twenty degrees above zero point of Fahren-
heits thermometer coo Fah.) and kept at said
temperature for period OF not less than ten min
utes of time, or which shall deposit any solid par
tcles of parafhne when cooled as aforesaid, shall
be deemed unfit for Illuminating purposes, and
the cask, barrel or other package containing the
same shall be marked rejected as hereinbefore pro-
YIded.
Section 6. In all tests of Illuminating oils made
under This act the quantity of oil used for max.
ing the flash test shall not be less than half pint
and the instrument or apparatus used In making
the examinations and tests herein provided fol-
shall be in all respects IN accordance with the in
strument hereinbefore adopted and recommended
by The state board of health of the state of Mich.
lsan and now the legal instrument for testing oils
USED lor Illuminating purposes In that state, ex-
Cept that the water bath of the instrument shall
Oe made four inches IN depth aud three and one.
n n tbn GGes IN diameter the supporting cylinder
freely to admit tho same, and in using the tester
the oil shall not be heated after it has attained tho
temperature Of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit,
and until it has attained the highest test TEMPER
ature faster than at the rate of three degrees per
minute, and the flame of the lamp shall be so ad,
Justed as that the rise in temperature shall be
near TO two degrees per minute as ii is prac-
llcable TO make II, and the taper used In maxim
the test shall be such rs shall give clear flame.
cure 1t; and the state supervisor shall give such
instructions 10 inspectors shall in his jrdgmen
be necessary or desirable to secure uniformity in
the methods of making the tests.
Section I. Every person appointed as an IL.
spector under the provisions Of this act shall be
entitled to demand and receive from the owner or
shall examine or test any oil or sample thereof,
the sum of thlrtyfye cents for every single cask,
barrel, package, or sample of oil be shall test,
and thirty cents each when not exceeding five in
number; twenty-five cents each when not exceed
ing ten in number and twenty cents each for each
spectod and branded bS him IN lots Less than
loads, and for carload of fifty barrels, package
or casks fifteen cents for each barrel, package or
cask SO inspected ana branded by him, and the
said fees for examining testing shall constitute
lien on the oil so inspected.
Section s. 1t shall be the duty of every inspect
Or appointed under the provisions of this act to
keep true and accurate record of all casks bar
rels or other packages of oil, examined or tested
by him, which record shall state the time and
place OF inspection, the number of casks, barrels
or other packages of oil then and there examined
and tested, the name of the person for whom or
at whose request such examination or test was
made the mark or brand affixed TO the casks, bar
other nnnkaQps f0UPTher with
facts that may seem to him worthy of record, such