Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-21

To Provide TOT the lnSpecllon diIu odtS
 of Illuminating Oils in the State of
 Alabama.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Ala bama, That all mineral or petroleum oil or any oil fluid or sub stance which Is product of petroleum or into which petroleum or any product or petroleum enters or is found as con stituent element, whether manutacturea within this state or not, shall be inspect ed as provided in this act, before being offered for sale or sold for consumption for Illuminating purposes within this state; and such inspection shall be con ducted in the following manner; the test shall be made in a test cup of metal or glass. cylindrical in shape, two and one quarter inches deep (both measurements being made inside the cup) and this cup shall be filled to within one-quarter Of an inch of the brim with the oil or other sup stance to be tested. The cup shall be placed in water bath sufficiently large to have clear space of one inch under the cup and three-eighths of an men around it, and in such manner as to pro- ject about one-quarter of an inch above the water bath. The space between the cup and the water bath shall be nearly filled with cold water taken a { the or dinary temperature, and the cup being placed in the water bath, shall be heated by an alcohol lamp, with it's flame so graduated that the rise in temperature shall not be less than two degrees per minute, and shall be as near two degrees per minute aS is practicable, and shall in no case, exceed four degrees per minute. A Fahrenheit thermometer shall be sus- pended in such a manner that the upper surface of its bulb shall be, as near as practicable, one-quarter Of an inch below the surface of the oil undergoing the test. As soon as the temperature reaches the point of ninety-eight degrees Fahren- helt, the lamp shall be removed from under the water bath, and the oil shall then be allowed to rise to the tenperature of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit by the residual heat of the water; and, at that point, the first test for flash shall be made as follows. A taper hereinafter described) shall be lighted and the sur face of the oil shall be touched with the flame of the taper (and it shall be lawful to apply this flame either to the center of the oil surface or to any or all parts of iD, but the taper itself shall not be- flunged into the oil. If no flash takes place at the temperature of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, the lamp shall be replaced un- der the water bath, and the tempera ture raised to 103 degrees; when the lamp shall be again withdrawn, and the oil allowed to rise to 105 degrees by the residual heat of the water, when the test shall be made by again applying the flame of the taper, as herein before specified. If no flash oc- cur, the test shall be repeated as often as the oil gains degrees in temperature 8 degrees with the lamp removed. These tests shall be repeated until flash is obtained. The inspector shall further test the oil by applying the taper at every degrees rise, without moving the lamp or stirring; but if flash is ob- tained by this means by less rise in temperature than degrees herein re- quired, he shall at once remove the lamp. stir the oil and immediately apply the flame. The taper used for testing may be made of any wood giving clear flame, and 1t shall be made as slender as possl- ble, and with tip not more than one sixteenth of an inch in thickness. No taper or match with sulphur on It snail be used unless the sulphur shall be first removed before lighting. When the taper is lighted 1t shall be applied to the oil immediately (that Is to say, before any ash or coal has time to form on the end of the taper beyond the flannel, and the flame shall be made to touch the oil, but the taper itself shall not be brought in contact with the oil; provided, that if the taper be so brought in contact with the oil, but not held there longer than for the space of one second, and the oil flashes, the test shall not thereby be vitiated but the inspector shall immediately remove the lamp, and again test the oil by the flame. without allowing the taper to touch the oil. No oil or other substance, which by the test herein described, lg~ mites and burns at any temperature below no degrees FanrennelL, Snali De dlloWSu to be sold offered for sale, or consumed for Illuminating purposes in this state. And it shall be lawful to sell for illumln- ating purposes any oil or oils herein de- scribed to be consumed within this state, which shal, bear fire test of 110 degrees Fahrenheit as shown by said apparatus; provided however, if the state auditor shall so desire, he may authorize the in- spectors entrusted with the enforcement of the provisions of this act to use an apparatus known, as the Toglabue open test cup when determining the iiit teSt herein provided.
 Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That the state auditor of this state shall appoint for each congressional district Of thls state a suitable person, resident or such district, who Is not interested in manu- facturing, dealing or vending any illuml- mating oil manufactured for petroleum, as district inspectors of oil. whose term of office shall be for four years from the date of their respective appointments ana ,lntil their respective successors snail be annointed and qualified. Such inspectors when so appointed and qualified, are hereby empowered to appoint as many assistants as they may deem necessary and said assistants, when so appointed. are hereby empowered to perform the duties of inspection, but such district in- spector shall be liable for the acts Of such assistants appointed by them re- spectively. Such district inspectors may remove any Of Sa1u aSSlSldntS at VIII anu appoint others in their place. It shall be the duty of such district inspectors to provide themselves and their assistants, at the expense of said district inspectors, with the necessary instruments, appara- tus. stencils brands and stamps for test ing and marking the quality of said il- luminating oils. and when called upon for that purpose, within their respective dis tricts, to promptly inspect all oils herein mentioned and to reject for Illuminating purposes for consumption in this state. all oils which by being adulterated with naptha benzine, paraffiine, or other light oils, or other substances or Tor any other reason will not stand and be equal to the test herein prescribed. Such district inspectors and their assistants, within their respective districts, are hereby re- ouired and it is made their duty. to test the quality of all mineral or petroleum oils or any oil fluid or substance which is a product of petroleum or into which petroleum or any product of petroleum enters or is found as a constituent ele- ment, which is offered or intended to be offered for sale for Illuminating purposes in this state. If, upon such testing or examination the same shall meet the re-
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