Southwest-sentinel., 1893-05-16

soms Of ihe Acts Of the Legislature.
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safety test for illuminating oil.
BE IL enacted by the Legislative
assembly Of the Territory Of New
Mexico:
Sec. 1. Any person or persons,
firm company or corporation or
dny agent Of any person or per-
sons, firm, company or corpora
ton who shall from and after sixty
days after the passage of this act
transport OF bring into this Terri
tory for sale and use or who shall
keep for sale and use, or who shall
sell OF offer for sale any illumina-
ting oil. such as is commonly
known as coal or kerosene oil and
used by the public generally fer
the purpose of illumination either
at wholesale or retail, that is less
than what is known as one hun
dred and fifty degrees fire test,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof in
any court of'competent jurisdiction
in this Territory shall be fined in
any sum not less than fifty dollars
or more than two hund red dollars,
OF imprisonment in the county
Jail for not less than thirty days
or both such Gne and imprison-
ment at the discretion of the court
trying said cause.
Sec. 2. Amy person or persons,
firm, company or corporation, or
any agent of any person or per-
sons, firm, company or corporation
who shall sell or offer for sale at
retail any illumination oil COM
monty known as coal or kerosene
oil, to be used for Illuminating
purposes in any public building
or place of business, or by any
private family that shall be below
one hundred and fifty degrees fire
test, shall upon conviction thereof,
in any court of competent juris-
diction in this Territory be sub
ject to the fines and penalties i'm
posed by section l, of this act.
Sec. 8. There shall be appoint
ed by the Governor of this Terri
tory, by and with the advice and
consent of the council of the legis-
lature, a competent person to the
Office of oil inspector for the Ter
ritory of New Mexico, who shall
hold his office for the term of two
years from the first day of May,
1893, and until his successor shall
be duly appointed and qualified,
whose duty it shall be to inspect
all oils commonly known as coal
and kerosene oil that may be kept
for sale and offered for sale and
used for the purpose of illumina-
ton, by any person or persons,
firm, company or corporation, ard
to plainly and distinctly mark,
stamp or brand upon the packageor
packages in which oil may be con-
tanned, for sale or offered for sale,
the degrees of the fire test of the
oil therein contained and offered
for sale: Provided, that any retail
dealer may be allowed to draw of
from said original package OF
packages for the purpose of con.
venienee in retailing therefron
any oil aforesaid, upon which the
inspection mark, brand or STAMP
may have have been attached.
Sec. A. The oil inspector shal
give a bond to the Territory o
New Mexico in the penal sum o
ten thousand dollars conditioned
for the faithful performance of hi
duties. He shall have power t.
appoint one or more deputy in
spectors for whose conduct anC
efficiency he shall be held respon
sible upon his official bond for any
failure or neglect in the perform
ance of their duties as such dep
uty inspector.
Sec. 5. The inspector or deputy
inspector is entitled to demand
and receive from the owner of any
oils inspected 40 cents for a single
barrel, thirty cents per barrel fol
lots Of from two to five barrels
twenty cents per barrel for lots o.
from 6 to 25 barrels, Is cents PEI
barrel for lots of from 26 TO 81
barrels and ten cents per barre
for lots of over so barrels; anC
when such oil is contained in tank
or packages other than barrels, 81
gallons shall be counted as ont
barrel in the settlement of the in
spector's fee.