River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-12
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
Published April 8, 1ss1.l
CHAPTER 2SS.


AN ACT to regulate the sale of Illuminating oils
and to repeal chapter two hundred and sixty
nine of the laws of 1880, entitled an act to pro-
vide for the inspection of illuminating oils man
utactured 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 aud eighty-one, revised
statutes of 1878,
The people ofthe state of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section three, of chapter two hun
dred and sixty-nine of the laws of 1880 is hereby
amended by striking out all after the number Of
said section and inserting the following in eul
thereof: The state supervisor ofinspectors OF lum-
mating oils, shall appoint in accordance with
the provisions of this act inspectors of i1minat-
ing oils, who shall examine and test all iilum-
mating oils offered for sale or for use ia this state
by any person whatsoever, and shall demand and
receive all fees in payment for such examining
and testing and who shall be liable to all penal
ties hereinafter provided for any neglect, or for
any willful misconduct or malfeasance in the dig
charge Of the duties aforesaid; and the said
state supervisor shall have power at any time
to remove any inspector so appointed upon
reasonable notice or for reasonable cause. And
the said supervisor. and allnspcetors appointed
under the provisions of this act, SHALL before en-
tering upon the duties of their respective Offices
take oath sr affirmation faithfully to discharge
the dutie, Of the same as prescribed by the con-
stitutiOn and laws of the state, and the said SUI
pervisor shall execute a bond to the people OF the
state in the of of two thousand dollars condi-
toned for the faithful performance of all the du-
ties imposed by this act, said bond to be fled in
the Office of the secretary of state; and every in
spector appointed under this act shall execute
bond to the people of this state in such sum not
exceeding two thousand dollars, as may be fixed
in each case by the state supervisor, conditioned
as aforesaid, such bond to be fled in the Office of
the clerk Of the county wherein the inspector eX-
ecuting the same shall reside, and a duplicate
copy thereof duly certified by the county clerk
shall be filed in the Office of the state supervisor
and all bonds executed under the provisions of
this act shall be for the use OF all persons ag-
greyed by the acts or neglect of the state SUPER
visor, or of the inspectors respectively executing
the same The sureties on the bond of the state
supervisor shall be approved by the secretary Of
state and the sureties on the bonds of inspectors
shall be approved by the judge of probate in
the counties III which the Inspectors executing the
same shall respectively reside: provided, that the
said state supervisor shall, the request Of the
city council of any city, the board of trustees of
any Incorporated village, or the board Of super
yisors Of any town, appoint any suitable person
whom such council board Of trustees or board of
supervisors shall nominate Inspector of illumina-
ting oils for said city village or town. and for such
territary adjacent to said city, village town as
the said state supervisor 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 brand.
ing Illuminating oils under the provisions OF this
act, and promptly to examine or test, when called
upon for that purpose, any oils offered for sale or
for use for illuminating purposes and it, upon
such examination or test such oils shall be found
to meet the requirements Of this act he shall aiix
to the package cask barrel containing the
same, a band or device containing the word APP
proved, with the date of testing. over his oicial
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tanning the same and shall be lawful for any per-
son to sell the same as an Illuminating oil within
this state but if the oil tested shall not meet
tho aforesaid requirements, he shall brand in
plain letters on the package, cask or barrel,
taining the same, over his official signature the
words rejected for Illuminating purposes in the
state of Wisconsin with the date Of testing there
Of and it shall be unlawful for the owner thereof
to sell such oil for Illuminating purposes.
Section 2. Section five of chapte. two hundred
and sixty-nine of the laws of 1880 is hereby
amended by striking ont all after the number Of
said section, and inserting the following in lieu
thereof: Any Illuminating oil which, on the APP
plication Of q well lighted taper or similar fame,
will take fire and burn at q temperature below
that of one hundred and twenty degrees above
the zero point of Fahrenheits thermometer (l20S
Fahr) shall be deemed unfit for illuminating pur-
poses, and the cask, barrel, or other package CON
tanning the same shall be marked rejected as
hereinbefore provided.
Section 3. Section six of said chapter is here
by amended by striking out all after the number
thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the follow
ing; In all tests of Illuminating oils made under
this act, the tester heretofore in in this state
may continue to be used, but the cover of the
same shall be removed and the oil cup shall be
filled to within one-fourth Of an inch of the top
thereof, or as nearly full as it is practicable to fill
it, without causing the oil to overflow in making
the test, provided that the tester known as the
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substituted in lieu thereof; and in using the TESTER
the oil shall not be heated after it has attained the
temperature Of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit,
faster than at the rate lOf three degrees per min
ute, and the flame of the lamp shall be SO adj
justed as that the rise in temperature shall he as
near to two degrees per minute as is practicable,
and the taper used in making the test shall be such
as shall give a clear flame, as nearly uniform in
Size as is practicable, and the state supervisor
shall give such instructions IS in his Judgment
SHALL be necessary to secure Uniformity II the
methods Of making the texts.
Section 4. Section seven Of said act, is hereby
amended by striking out ill after the number of
said section and inserting IL lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: Every person appointed rs an Inspector
under the provisions of this act shall be entitled
to demand and receive from the owner or other
person for whom, or at whose request, lie shall eX
anime or test any oil or sample thereof the sum
of ten cents for every single cask, barrel package
or sample of oil he shall test, and the said fees for
examining or testing shall constitute lien on the
oil so inspected; provided, that if the total
amount of fees received by all inspectors Ill every
county, in one year, dating from the day upon
which this act shall take effect, and be in force,
shall after the payment of the supervisors fees,
exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, all sums
in excess thereof shall be paid into the hands Of
the state supervisor Of inspectors, and the state
supervisor shall dsburse the same rs follows;
First He shall pay to each Inspector appointed
under the provisions Of this act sum sufficient
to increase his compensationto the sum OF twenty
five cents upon each package, eask or barrel
inspected by him in lots of less than ten bar
rels tested at one time, during said yearly
term provided that if there be insufficient funds
to pay such increase in full, then the SAME
shall be paid pro rata, as herein provided,
in proportion to the number of barrels in
spected. Second. Any sum remaining in the
hands of the supervisor shall be paid pro rata to
all inspectors appointed under the provisions Of
this act, in proportion to the number Of barrelShy
each inspected during said yearly term; provided,
that neither the supervisor 0; inspectors, nor any
Inspector, shall receive more than three thousand
dollars; and the disbursements required III this
section shall be made as soon as practicable after
the close of each yearly term any sum then re-
naming shall be paid into the state treasury for
the benefit Of the general fund
Section 8. Section nine of said chapter, Is
hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
provided, the provisions of this section shall not
apply to inspectors whose inspections during the
term of one year shall not exceed two hundred
and fifty barrels.
Section 6. Section two of chapter two hundred
and sixty-nine, of the laws Of 1880, is hereby
amended by adding thereto at the end thereof,
the following: And two thousand copies Of the
same shall be printed by the state printer for the
use Of the legislature.
Section Z. This act shall take effect the first
day of the month following its passage and publ
cation.
Approved April o 1881.
Published AnriI G 1881