Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
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Office tbr term of two years. from The first day OF
Aprtl In the year of his appointment ain until his
successor shall have been duly appointed and
qualified, unless sooner removed from office 10y
the governor and in case of vacancy in this office
from any cause, the governor shall Till the vacancy
for the balance of the term
Section q 1t shall be the duty of the said
pervisor faithfully to supervise all inspectors of
Illuminating oils in this state, instruct them in
performing the duties of their Office, keepa 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 stencil plates to all inspect
ors 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
full statement of the number of barrels of oil
inspected, the results of such inspection, and
account of the actual receipts of his Office and he
shall at the same time remit the sum of two cents
for 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 other allowance shall be made for the eX-
peuses 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 regal ling
knowledge from the use of illuminating oils, and
the said supervisor shall report to the governor OIL.
nuay in October of each year.
Section 3. The state supervisor of inspectors OF
Illuminating oils shall appoint i'll accordance with
the provisions of this act, inspectors of luminat-
ing oils, who shall examine and test all luminat-
any person whatsoever, and shall demand and re-
ceive all fees In payment for such examining and
testing, and who shall be liable to oil the penal
ties hereinafter provided for any neglect for any
w;lfil misconduct or malfeasance in the discharge
of the duties aforesaid and the said state super
visor shall have power at any time TO remove any
inspector SO appointed upon reasonable notice or
for reasonable cause. And the said supervisor
mRpd all inspectors appointed under the provisions
of this act shall before entering upon the duties
of their respective offices take an oath or atfirma.
dalhar1yp
as prescribed by the constitution and laws OF
this state, and the said supervisor shall execute
a bond to the people Of the state. In the sum OF
two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance of all the duties imposed by this act,
said bond to be filed In the Office of the secretary
of state; and every inspector appointed under
this act shall execute 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
office of the clerk of the county wherein the in
spector executing the same shall reside, and du
plicate copy thereof, duly certified by the county
clerk shall be filed in the Office of the supervisor;
and all bonds executed under the provisions OF
this act shall be for the of all persons aggrieved
by the acts neglect Of the state supervisor
or OF the inspectors respectively executing the
supervisor shall be approved by the secretary OF
state, and the suretieS on the bonds Of the inspect
Ors shall be approved by the judge of probate i'll
the counties in which the inspectors executing
the same shall respectively reside propided, that
the said state supervisor shall, on request of the
city council of any city of not less than six thou
son whom such council shall nominate inspector
of Illuminating oils for said city, and for such ter
rory adjacent to said city al the state supervisor
OF inspectors shall determine. 1t shall be the duty
of every inspector appointed under the provisions
OF this act to provide at 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 promptly to
examine or test when called upon for that pur-
pose, any oils offered for sale or for for illumi
mating purposes, and II upon such examination or
test such oil shall be found to meet the require
ments of this act he shall aftix to the package,
cask or barrel containing the same brand or de-
vice containing the word approved" with the
date of testing, over his official signature upon the
package, cask or barrel containing the same, and
1t shall he lawful for any person to sell the same as
Illuminating oil within this state, but if the oil
tested shall not meet the aforesaid requirements
he shall brand in plain letters the package cask
or barrel containing the same over his official sig
nature, the words rejected for Illuminating pur
poses in the state of Wisconsin, with the date of
testing thereof, and it shall be unlawful for the
owner thereof to sell such oil for Illuminating pur
poses.
Section a. And to more effectualy carry out
the provisions Of this act, II shall be lawful for
any inspector to enter into or upon the premises
of any manufacturer. retiner vendor OF such
illuminating oils. and II 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 10 ex-
anime or test, and thereafter to properly mark
the same as herein provided
Section 5. Any Illuminating Oil which, on the
application of a well lighted taper or similar
fame, will take fire and burn, which shall
evolve or give off an nfammable vapor or gas, al
temperature below that of one hundred and twen-
ty degrees above zero point of Farenheit's Their
mometer (l20o Fab J or which for any reason what
ever shall not remain clear and transparent upon
being cooled to temperature equal to that
of twenty degrees above point of Fahren-
hets thermometer GOO Fah.) and kept at said
temperature for q period not less than ten min
uteS of time, or which shall deposit any solid par
ticles of paraffine 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
provided.
Section &. 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 for
shall be i'll all respects In accordance with the in
strument hereinbefore adopted and recommend
ed by the state board of health of the state Of
Michigan, and now the legal instrument for test
ing oils used for illuminating purposes in that
state, except that the water bath of the instru
ment shall be made four inches in depth and three
and One-half inches in diameter, tie supporting
cylinder OF the instrument being made of such
size as freely to admit the same and in using the
tester the oil shall not be heated after it has at
tanned the temperature of one hundred degrees
Fahrenheit, and until it attains the highest test
temperature, faster than at the rate of three
degrees per minute, and the fame of the lamp
shall be so adjusted as that the rise in temporal
ture shall be as near to two degrees per minute
as II Is practicable to make it, AMI the taper used
in making the test shall be such as shall give
clear fame nearly uniform in size as ii is prac-
ticable to secure it; and the state supervisor shall
give such instructions to inspectors as shall in his
judgment be necessary or desirable to secure uni
formity in the methods of making the tests.
Section Z. Every person appointed an in
spectOr under the provisions of this act shall be
entitled to demand and receive from the owner or
other person for whom o. at whose request he
shall examine or test any oil or sample thereof,
the sum of thrty-fve cents for every single cask
barrel, package, or sample of oil he 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
additional barrel, package or cask actually in
spected and branded by him in lots less than car
loads, and for carload of fifty barrels packages
casks fifteen cents for each barrel. package OF
cask so inspected and branded by him. and the
said fees for examining testing shall constitute
a 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 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 n ark or brand affixed to the casks bar
rels or other packages, together with any further
facts that may seem to him worthy of record, such
account TO be examination nv