River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-04-08
Published March 25, 1880. I
CHAPTER $50

AN ACT to provide for the inspection of illu-
minating oils manufactured from petroleum or
coal oils and to regulate the sale thereof, and to
repeal section four thousand three hundred and
Uty-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 l. The governor of this state shall by
ana with the advice and consent of the senate, ap
point suitable person, who shall be resident Of
thls state and not pecuniarily interested, either
directly or indirectly, in the manufacture, refining,
saie oryending of Illuminating oils from petrole-
UNI or other sources or material, who shall per
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
cessor shall have been duly appointed and quail
he'd, unless sooner removed from Office by the gov
ernor; 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. II shall be the duty of the said SUI
peryisor faithfully to supervise all inspectors OF
Illuminating oils in this state, instruct them in
performing the duties OF their office, keep record
OF the local inspectors reports to him. lie 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
lurnlsn such brands or stencil plates 10 all inspec-
tors OF oils at their proper cost ana expense
Every inspector of illuminating oils appointed az
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 in
spected, the results of such inspection, and an ac
count 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
expenses of his office Every inspector shall faith
fully comply with all instructions issued by tho
supervisor OF inspectors OF Illuminating oils, ana
shall furnish TO him full Information regarding
any accident or explosion that may come to his
knowledge from the use Of illumiLa ting oils, and
The said supervisor shall report to the governor
annually, in October OF each year.
Section g. The state supervisor of inspectors OF
Illuminating oils shall appoint in accordance with
lhe provisions OF this act inspectors OF illuminate
ing ola, who shall examine and test all iluminat-
Ing oils offered for sale for use in this state by
any person whatsoever, and shall demand and re-
seiye all fees in payment for such examining and
testing, and who shall be liable to all the penal
ties hereinafter provided for any neglect or for any
wilful 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. Aud the said supervisor
and all inspectors appointed under the provisions
OF 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 the constitution and laws OF this
state, and the said supervisor shall execute BOND
10 the people of tho state, In tho sum OF two
thousand dollars conditioned for the falthiul per
Torrance of all the duties imposed by this act,
said bond to be fled in the Office of the secretary
of state; and every inspector appointed under
this act shall execute bond TO the people OF ths
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 asdu-
plicate copy thereof duly certified by the county
clerk shall be fled in the office of the supervisor;
and all bonds executed under the provisions OF
this act shall be for the use Of all persons asgriev
ed by the acts or neglect OF the state supervisor or
Of the inspectors respectively executing the same
The sureties on the bead of the state supervisor
ehall be approved by the secretary of state, ana
the sureties on the bonds of the inspectors shall
ha bxf he in al
ties in which the inspectors executing the same
ihall respectively reside bT0Dided, that the said
state supervisor shall, request of the city coun-
Gil of any city of not less tan six thousand q 0O
Inhabitants, appoint any suitable person whom
such council shall nomlna inspector OF llluml-
mating oils for said city, and for such territory nd-
acent to said city as the said supervisor of in
tpectors shall determine. 1t shall be the duty OF
every inspector appointed under the provisions OF
ali the necessary instruments and apparatus for
examining, testing and branding Illuminating
oils under the provisions of this act, and prompt
ly to examine or test when called upon for That
purpose, any oils offered for sale or for use for IL
Illuminating purposes, and II upon such examina-
ton or test such oil shall be found to meet the re-
Quiremcnts of this act he shall aix TO the package
Cask or barrel containing the same, brand or de-
wise 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 be lawful for any person TO rcll the same
as an Illuminating oil within this state but II inc
mems he shall brand in plain letters on the pack
age, cask or barrel containing the same over his
Official signature, the words rejected Tor illumi
mating purposes in the state of Wisconsin" with
the date of testing thereof, and II shall be unlaw-
full for the owner thereof TO eel such oil, for IL
Illuminating purposes.
the provisions of this act it shall be lawful for
any Inspector to enter into or upon the premises OF
Illuminating oils, and If he shall find or discover,
upon said premises, any oil which shall not nave
been examined or tested and properly marked or
branded under the provisions of this act TO ex-
anime or test, and thereafter to properly ozark the
same as herein provided.
Section 5. Any Illuminating oil which, on the
application of any well lighted taper or similar
fame, will take fire and burn, or which shall
evolve or give of an intlammable vapor or gas, al
temperature below that of one hundred and
twenty degrees Above zero point of Farenhelts
Thermometer 1900 Fah.) or which for any reason
whatever shall not remain clear and transparent
upon being cooled to temperature equal ~ 70 LnaI
heit's 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.
be deemed unfit for illuminating purposes, and
the cask, barrel or other package containing the
came shall be marked rejected as herelnDefore pro-
Vded. H..
Section 6. In all tests OF illuminating oils made
under this act, the quantity OF oil used for max
ing the fash 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 in all respects in accordance with the IN
strument hereinbefC : adopted and recommended
by the state board OF health of the state of Mich
igan, and now the legal instrument for testing OILS
used for Illuminating purposes in that state, ex,
cept that the water bath of the Instrument snail
be made four inches in depth and three and one
half inches in diameter, the supporting cylinder
Of the instrument being made of such size as
freely to admit the same ana using me .es ne,
temperature of one hundred degrees fahrenhelt,
and until 1t has attained the highest test temper
allure, faster than at the rate OF three degrees per
fame
iusted that the rise in temperature shalI pc rs
near TO two degrees per minute as ~ is prac-
ticable to make it. and the taper used IN making
the test shall be such as shall give clear flame,
as nearly uniform in size as II is practcaoie 10 Sc
cure 1t; and the state supervisor shall give sucn
instructions to inspectors as shall in his Judgment
be necessary or desirable to secure uniformity In
the methods of making the tests.
Section Z; Every person appointed as an "a.
entitled to demand and receive from the owner or
other person for whom or at whose request he
the sum OF thtrty-fve cents for every single cask
barrel, package, or sample OF oil he khall test,
and thirty cents each when not exceeding hye 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
or casks fifteen cents for each barrel package or
cask so inspected and branded by him, ana tne
snld fees for examining or testing shal constitute
lien on the oil so inspected.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty Of every inspect
or appointed under the provisions OF TINS act 10
keep true and accurate record OF all casks, paf,
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 OF Iest was
made. the mark brand affixed TO the casks, bar
refs or other packages, together with any further
facts that may seem to him worthy OF record, such
account to be open to examination by any, person
who may so desire, and all Illuminating oils man
ufactnred refined In this state shall be inspected
examined and tested, as herein provided, before
being removed from the premises OF the manuiae-
turer or refner.
Section 9. No inspector appointed under the
provisions OF this act shall, during his term OF OF
fee traffic, either directly indirectly N any OIL
used Tor Illuminating purposes, or De interested
In any manner whatever, in the manufacture re-
nng sale Of such oil. and any inspector Eiolat-
ing the provisions OF this section shall be remov-
ed from Office immediately upon proof Of such
Violation, and be liable 10 q penalty OF not less
than FIVE hundred dallars.
Section 10. Any person who shall, either per
sonaty or by tny clerk or agent, sell or offer Tor
sale, or for use, or who shall IN any manner dis
pose or attempt to dispose Of any oil for ilumi-
ustng purposes, which snail not nave oeeh e1an-
ined or tested under the provisions Of this act OF
which having been so examined or tested SHAH
naYe been marked as rejected. or who shall Know
lngiy use or Furnish for use Tor Illuminating pur
poses any oil which shall NOT nave Deen pfops!l!
examined or tested ae herein PROVIDED, small DC
deemed guilty Of q misdeameanor. and upon con
riction Thereof shall be liable TO penalty OF nor
less than five dollars nor more than i've hundred
n.a any person 81 aponss ia dam
ages TO the party injured, IN the event OF Injury
arising or growing ont Of the use OF any on 80 Of
Tered or provided for sale or Tor use, anu Any PEI
son who shall falsely brand or marx any easK,
pArrei, or package OF oil, or VINO snan cnange -
alter IN any way or manner any brand or marx