Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-04-15

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ing in%the oil inspection fund shall be-
covered into the general fund OF the
state treasury. 4 1
r Ser. 10. Experiments Authorized.)
In case the, state inspector Of oils
shall deem it. necessary he may con-
duct experiments looking to a more
adequate test for quality OF, safety, or
may cause the same to be done by the
chemist in charge of the laboratory Of
any OF the state educational institu-
tions hereanbefore mentioned; NJ
Sec" H. Fees for Chemists. } When
tests are made by. any chemist OF any
of the designated state educational in
situations, either for experimental
purposes or for determining the grade
Of oils as provided for in this act, the
chemists making such tests or ana
1yses shall be entitled to the following
fees: r
For distillation and gravity test,
for each sample, five dollars; sulphur
test, one dollar; photometer (test)
five dollars: - Y
Sec. u. Inspectors Must. Not,
Traffic in Oils.) 1t shall be unlawful
for the state inspector of oils or any
Of his deputies to directly or indl-
rectly while in Office, traffic in any Of
the oils which he has been appointed
to inspect. Any person violating the
provisions of this section shall be SUBJ
ject to a penalty of not exceeding five
hundred dollars fine and be removed
from Office.
Sec. 10. ~Prosecution.) 1t shall be
the duty Of the state inspector OF oils,
or any of his deputies or any person
having cognizance of the violation
of the provisions of this act, to forth
with make complaint to the states at
torney of the county in which the
offense is alleged to have been COM
mitted against the person or persons
so offending, and it is hereby made the
duty of such states attorney to; rep
resent and prosecute on behalf Of the
people of his county all cases of
offenses arising under the provisions
of this act. Any inspector or states
attorney who willfully refuses or
neglects to carry out the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be removed from
office. .s.
Sec. IA. Penalty.) 1t shall be I'm
lawful for any person, firm or corpor-
| alton whether vendor, dealer, or man
ufacturer, to knowingly use, sell or
attempt to sell to any person in this
state any of the Illuminating oils
hereinbefore mentioned until the same
shall have been inspected and APP
proved according to the provisions OF
this act. 1T shall be unlawful for any
person to falsely brand any package,
barrel or cask, or falsely certify to any
tank car containing Illuminating oils
for the purpose of deceiving the pur-
chaser thereof in any ann as to
the contents of the same 1t shall be
unlawful for any person to sell or dis
pose of any empty barrel, cask or
package that has once been used for
Illuminating oils and has been branded
in, accordance with the provisions OF
this act before thoroughly %concelling,
removing or effacing the inspection
brand on the same. It shall be unlaw-
full for any person, firm or corporation
to. adulterate with parafne o other
substance for the purpose OF sale, or
use any of the Illuminating oils speci-
fed in this act in such manner as to
render them unsafe for. use, nor shall
any person knowingly use, sell or offer
for sale for illuminating purposes any
oil which shall emit a combustible
vapor at a temperature of, less than
one hundred and five degrees Fahren-
heit, according to the test herein pre-
scribed.s Any person violating any OF
the provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be subject to a penalty Of not
exceeding five hundred dollars fine or
Imprisonment in the state penitentiary
not exceeding n year, or both such
fine and imprisonment.
Sec. TO-. Responsibility for DAM
age.) Whoever shall knowingly sell
or cause to be sold unlawfully any of
the Illuminating oils specified in this
4 act which are below one hundred and
five degrees Fahrenheit, sas tested by
the official tests herein prescribed,
shall be liable to any person puTchas-
ing such oil OF any person injured
thereby for any damage to person or
property arising from any explosion
thereof. ~. !
Sec. 10. Examination of Deputies
Accounts.) 1t shall be the duty OF the
state inspector of oils to at least once
in each sixty days make a thorough
examination of the books and other
accounts OF each OF his deputies, to
determine whether such deputies are
fully complying with the law, and to
make such other examinations as may
be necessary to ascertain as far Is
practicable whether any Of the pro
visions of this act are being violated.
When the state inspector of oils shall
discover any violation Of the provi-
sions Of this act he shall at once make
complaint and institute prosecutions
Il Hereunder. ~.
Sec. II. Remova1s.) Itsshall be the
duty OF the governor whenever he.
shall find that the state inspector of
oils is guilty of. refusal or neglect