Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-01
PETROLEUM, OIL AND GASOLINE.
The Standard, Sale, Inspection, Record and
Report and Fee of Inspection of
Goal Oil.

The act regulating the sale, inspec-
ton, etc, of petroleum, gasoline and
other oil in this territory, reads as fol-
lows:
Section /. That section 2G40 Of the
| Compiled Laws of 1897 be amended so as
to read as follows:
Section 2640. ANY person or per-
sons, firm, company or corporation. or
any agent of any person or persons.
firm, company or corporation, who shall
transport or bring into this territory for
sale or use, or who shall keep for sale
or use or who shall sell or offer for sale
or use any mineral or petroleum oil, or
any oil fluid or substance which is a
| product of petroleum enters or is found,
as a constituent element either at whole
| sale or retail that is less than what is
known as 1870 degrees fire test or which
has Il specific gravity of less than 43,
| and any person or persons, firm, com
pany or corporation who shall transport
or bring into this territory for sale or
use or who shall sell or offer for sale or
use any gasoline, by or whatever nam
it nay be called, which has a specific
gravity less than So, shall be guilty OF a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not
| less than 500 nor more than $500, or
/ by Imprisonment in the county jail for
not less than 60 days nor more than six
months, or by both such fines and I'M
prisonment at the discretion of the court
trying said cause
Sec. .. That section 2641 of the Com
piled Laws of 1897 be amended as to
read as follows:
[Section 2641. Any person or per-
sons, firm. company or corporation or
any agent of any person or persons,
firm company or corporation who shall
sell any mineral or petroleum oil or any
oil, fluid or substance which is a product
of petroleum or into which petroleum or
any product enters or is found as a con-
| stituent element either at wholesale or
| retail. which is less than what is known
as one hundred and twenty degrees fire
test or which has specific gravity of less
than f~orty-three, and any person or per-
sons, firm, company or corporation who
shall sell or offer for sale any gasoline,
by or under whatever name it may be
called which has a specific gravity less
than s%ixty-three. shall upon conviction
thereof, be subject to the same fines and
penalties imposed by section 264O.
Sec. 3. That section 2644 of the Com
piled Laws of 1897 be amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 2644. The inspector or deputy
inspector is entitled to demand and re-
ceive from the o wner of any oils or fluids
inspected one cent for each gallon so
inspected. 1t shall be the duty of each
inspector of all oils mentioned in section
2640 and 2641 as amended by this act.
that may transported or brought into
this territory for sale or use or which
may be kept for sale or offered for sale
or use for Illuminating purposes, and
keep an accurate record of such oils
tested and branded by him. which record
shall state the date of inspection. the
number of packages, barrels, casks or
tanks Inspected, the number approved,
the manufacturers brand. the name of
of the person for whom inspected, and
the sum of money received for inspec-
ton, and such record shall be open to
all persons interested in the same. And
to more effectually carry out the provi-
sion of this act. it shall be lawful for
the inspector or his deputies to enter
into or upon the premises of any manu-
%facturer, vendor. broker or dealer in
such oils, and upon discovery of any of
the oils mentioned in sections 2640 and
264l, as amended by this act, intended
for sale or use for Illuminating purposes,
that have not been inspected and brand
ed as required by law. they shall pro-
coed to inspect and brand the same. In
the month of January of each year the
territorial Inspector shall make and de.
liver to the governor of the territory a
report of the inspection by himself and
deputies during the preceding calendar
year.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its pas
sage.