Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-04
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
Published April 8, 1881
CHAPTER 02H

fne laws OF 1881, entitled to provide Tor the
inspection of illuminating oils manufactured from
petroleum or coal oils, and to regulate the sale
thereof and to repeal section four thousand three
hundred and hfty-nine of chapter one hundred
and eighty-one, revised statutes of 1878.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact az follows:
Section j. Section three OF chapter two hundred
and sixty-nine of the LAYS of $780, in hereby amended
by striking out all after the number of said section
and inserting the following In lieu thereof: The state
supervisor of inspectors OF Illuminating oils shall
appoint. III accordance with the provisions of this
act inspectors of illuminating oils, who shall exam
inc and test all illuminating oils offered for sale or
for use in 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 the penalties hereinafter provided for any neg
lec or for any willful misconduct or uafeasance IN
&he discharge of the duties aforesaid; and the said
state supervisor shall have power at any time to re-
move any inspector, so appointed, upon reasonable
notice or for reasonable cause And the said super-
visor, and allnspectors appointed under the provs-
ions OF this act shall before entering upon the du-
ties of their respective Offices take oath or affirm
alton faithfully to discharge the duties of the
as prescribed by the constitution and laws of this
state, and the said supervisor shall execute 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 a
bond to the people of this state in such not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars, as may be fixed to
each case by the state supervisor, conditioned as
aforesaid, such bond to be filed in the Office of the
clerk of the county wherein the inspector executing
OF, duly certified by the county clerk, shall be
filed in the Office Of the estate 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 same. The
sureties the bond of the state supervisor shall be
approved by the secretary of state, sureies
the bonds of inspectors shall be approved by the
Judge OF probate, in the counties in which the in
spec5ors executing the 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, the board Of
supervisors Of any town, appoint any suitable per-
son whom such council. board Of trustees board
of supervisors shall nominate inspector of illuminate
ing ellis for said city, village town, and for such
territory adjacent t" said city, village town.
the said state supervisor shall determine It shall be
the duty of every inspector appointed under the
visions e this act to provide at his own cost and eS
pense all the necessary instruments and apparatus
for examining, testing and branding Illuminating
oils under the provisions of this act and promptyto
examine or test, when called upon for that purpose,
any oils offered Tor sa-e or for for illuminating
purposes; and if, upon such examination or test,
such oils shall be found to meet the requirements OF
this act he shall atx to the package cask or barrel
containing the same, q brand or device containing
the word stapproved" with the date of testing,
his official Signature upon the package cask or bar
rel containing the same, and it shall be lawful for
any person to sell the same as an illuminating oil
within this state but if the oil so tested shall not
meet the aforesaid requirements, he shall brand in
plain letters the package cask or barrel contain
ing the same, over his official signature the words,
~rejected for Illuminating purposes in the state OF
shall be unlawful for the owner thereof to sell such
oil for Illuminating purposes.
Section q Section five of chapter two hundred
and sxtynine of the laws of 1880 is hereby amended
by striking out all after the number of said section
and inserting the following in lieu thereof: Any ill-
m1natng oil which on the application of q well
at a temperature below that of one hundred and
twenty degrees above the zero point Of Fahrenhets
thermometer Q2Oo Fahr.l shall be deemed unfit for
Illuminating purposes and the cafk X, barrel, other
package containing the same shall be marked "rs-
jected," as hereinbefore provided
Section 3. Section six of said chapter Is hereby
amended by striking out all after the number thereof
and inserting IN lieu thereof the following: In ali
tests OF Illuminating oils made under this act, tbs
be used but the of the same shall be removed
and the Oil cup shall be filed to within one-fourth OF
an inch OF the top thereof, nearly full it is
practicable to FL it without causing the oil to over
now IN making the test; provided, that the tester
known as the taghabue open cup or commercial
tester may be substituted in Leu thereof and in using
the tester the Oil shall not be heated after il has
attained the temperature of one hundred degrees
Fahrenheit 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 temperature shall be as
near to two degrees per minute In practicable and
she taper used in making ths test shall lie such
as shall give clear dame as nearly uniform in size
Is is practicable and the state supervisor shall give
such instructions as in his judgment shall be neces-
sry to secure uniformity in the methods of making
the tests
Section 4. Section seven OF said act is hereby
amended by striking out all after the number Of said
secGaon and inserting in lieu thereof the following
Every person appointed inspector under The
provisions Of this act shall be entitled to demand and
receive from the owner or other person for whom,
ut whose request he shall examine or test any oil or
sample thereof the Of ten for every single
cask, barrel package or sample of oil he shall test
and the said fees for examining or testing shall con-
sdtute lien the oil inspected: provided that if
the total amount Of fees received by all inspectors in
every county, in any one year, dating from the day
on which this act shall take effect and be in force
shall after the payment of the supervisors fees ex-
coed the of two thousand dears all sums in ex-
cess thereof shall be paid into th hands Of the state
supervisor or inspectors, and the state supervisor
shall dlsburse the follows: First He shall
pay to each inspector appointed under the provisions
of this act sufficient to increase his compensa-
non to the sum Of twenty-five cents upon each pack
age, cask or barrel inspected by him lots of less
than ten barrels tested te -uring said year
~ term provided that If there be insufficient funds e
pay such increase in full, then the same shall be paid
pro rata, herein provided, in proportion to the
number OF barrels inspected. Second. Any SUM re-
naming IN the hands OF the supervisor shall be paid
pro rata to all inspectors appointed under the pro
visions of this act in proportion TO the number Of
barrels by each inspected during said yearly term.
provided that neither the supervisor of inspectors
nor any inspector, shall receive more than TIRES
thousand dollars; and the disbursements required in
this section shall be made practicable after
the close of each yearly term; any then remain
ing shall be paid into the state treasury the bene
fit of the general fund.
Section S. Section nine Of said chapter is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following: Provided
the provisions of this section shall not apply to in
spectors whose inspections during the term of one
Section g. Section two of chapter two hundred and
and sxty-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 print
ed by the state printer for the of the legislature
Section T. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 2 1881.
Published April 6, 1881,
CHAPTER 289
AN ACT to amend section one, chapter three hum
dred and twenty-one of the genera. laws of 1880
entitled act for the protection of brook trout in
the state of Wisconsin.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented ID
senate ond assembly, do enact follows:
Section 1. Any person who shall catch or take or
attempt to do so, from any stream, lake or other
waters in this state any brook trout any device or
means whatsoever between the fifteenth day of
August and the succeeding fifteenth day of Nav in
any year, who shall catch take attempt SO to
do from any such stream lake other waters at any
time by any device means other than hook and
line angling who shall have any brook trout in
his possession custody taken by any means or de-
vice except hook and line or angling between the
fifteenth day of August and the succeeding fifteenth
day of May in any year shall be punished by fine
not less than five dollars more than one hundred
dollars together with costs of prosecution for every
such ofense, and shall be imprisoned in the county