The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-24
IMPORTANT TO OIL DEALERS.
Sections of Laws Regulating Sale of
Oil in Oklahoma

Oil in Oklahoma.
Guthrie, o. T., May 23.-In the session
laws of 1893 it is made obligatory that
every retail oil dealer shall plainly mark.
by tab or tag upon each receptacle he
sends out, the tests and specific gravity
and the quality Of the oil contained, I'M
der penalties. The law reads as follows:
Section 24.-AIl manufacturers, whole
sale and retail dealers of oil mentioned
in section l of this act shall, at the time
of selling or disposing of such oils, place
a tab or brand upon the vessel plainly
designating the fash test" and the ''spe-
cific gravity test, and the quality of
the oil contained in said receptacle,
which sad inscription shall be deemed
guaranty Of the quality of the oil con-
tanned therein. Said tab or brand shall
be similar in all respects to the brand
or inscription which the inspector is re-
quired by section % of this act to affix.
Any person who shall sell or dispose of
any oil without affixing the inscriptions
TO the receptacle as above provided in
this section, and any person who shall
affix, or shall allow to remain or be
affixed an inscription upon any receptacle
of a different character from the oil
which is placed in said receptacle. shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be fined in any
sum not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars.
Whenever any manufacturer or jobber
of oils has an established trademark or
trade name for the classification or de-
signation of different grades of his oils
or gasolines, he shall supply cards, labels
or signs containing succh names or de-
signations to his retail customers, who
shall affiX the same to their respective
tanks or other receptacles containing
such oils for sale at retail IN a. conspicu-
Gus manner; shall not make or adulter-
ate such liquids, nor mingle liquids Of
different makes or brands together. Nor
shall any such retailer sell any of such
oils under false brands or designations or
names different from that which the man.
ufacturer may have adopted as Indicative
of it's quality. And any retailer violating
the provisions of this section shall be
guilty Of a misdemeanor, and on convic-
ton shall be fined in any sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisonment in the county jail not exceed
ing six months, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
Sec. 25.-When any fine. penalty or
costs are assessed under the provisions
of this act. the party against whom such
fines, penalties or costs are assessed, II
the same shall not be paid. shall stand
committed until such fines. penalties and
costs are paid. Provided, however that
all fines, penalties or costs provided for
by any section Of this act may. at the
option Of the prosecutor, be recovered by
a civil action in the name of the Terri
tory of Oklahoma, IN any court having
jurisdiction Of the amount, and the rules
of evidence applicable to civil cases shall
be applied thereto. and the jury Cor the
court in case of trial without jury shall
fix the amount of recovery within the
limits of the fines fixed for each offense
respectively, with costs.