The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29


age bearing deputy inspectors seal, brand
or stamp without first thoroughly canceling,
defacing, or removing such seal, brand,
stamp, mark, or any combination thereof
shall be liable to q fine of no. less than
five dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars, or to imprisonment In the county
jail not exceeding six months, or to both
such fine and Imprisonment.
Section 1927, No person shall know
ingly sell or offer for sale. or knowingly
use any coal or kerosene oil Or any product
of petroleum for Illuminating or heating
purposes, which by reason of being adulter-
ated or for any other reason will emit
than one hundred and five degrees above the
zero point Of Fahrenheit's thermometer,
open test, where tested as provided in sec
tIon 1921 will burn freely at q tenn
perature less than one hundred and twenty
five degrees above the zero point Of such
Thermometer, open test, where tested as
whether composed wholly or in part of
petroleum or its products, which will ignite
and burn at a temperature of less than
three hundred degrees Fahrenheits Their
mometer, open test, shall be burned In any
lamp or vessel or used for Illuminating
purposes In any passenger, baggage mail
or express car on any railroad or steamboat
in which passengers are carried, nor shall
the same be carried as freight In any pas
senger, baggage, mail, or express car on any
railroad. Any person violating any of the
less than one hundred dollars nor more than
one thousand dollars, and be liable for ali
shall fail to stand the test above described
shall be deemed unfit for Illuminating or
heating purposes. and the barrel, casK, TANK;
or other package containing the same shall
be marked rejected" as hereinafter pro-
vfded.
Section 1421g It shall be the duty Of
the superintendent Of public property TO
provide said supervisor, all the
necessary Instruments and apparatus for ex,
aminiug and testing Illuminating oils and
gasoline, together with the necessary
do hvo NA
ports, and record books required by the pro-
visions of this act. and all necessary ONCE
equipment and supplies, which said appara-
tus instruments stamps seals m anaqd
books, and office equipment and supplies,
shall. In case the special fund provided for
paid out Of the general fund. said general
fund to be reimbursed from said special
fund as soon as said special fund snail
contain sufficient funds therefor and eacn
and apparatus In performing his duties, ana
shall promptly examine and test; when
called upon, any OIL offered as to the TEN,
yapor and burn freely and all gaso-.
line, benzine, or naphtha, or other like
products Of petroleum under whatever name
called. and If upon examination or test any
such oil, or gasoline, benzine, naphtha, ana
other like products Of petroleum shall be
found to meet the requirements OF this
act he shall aftix to the package,
cask or barrel containing the same.
brand, stamp. SEAL or mark. or s any re re-
CURED combination Thereon, con- On
Illuminating, heating, or power purposes"
and If gasoline benzine, naphtha. and other
like products Of petroleum, the numerals oe-
noting It's actual gravity, with the name
and district and the day of testing over his
official signature upon such package, casK,
or barrel, and Issue to the person for whom
inspected certificate of inspection and ap-
prevail, reciting the number Of barrels. or In
case of tank cars, the name Of the tank car
line with number OF said car, with the
number of barrels contained. the CONNER
ciaI name Of the oil or gasoline, benzine,
naphtha, and other like products OF petro-
leum with the test found y as to ex-
tty of gasoline, benzine, naphtha. and other
like products of petroleum and the date
of inspection .. But If the oil SO
tested shall not meet the requirements speci-
fed in this chapter, he shall mark In plain
letters, by stencil. brand. stamp, or sea- as
required, the words rejected for illuminat-
ing purposes with the dnte OF d., testing sing
ture, and issue certificate TO that erect
and it shall be unlawful for any person 70
sell such oil for Illuminating or heating
PURPOSES Said brand and stamp for the APP
prevail OF oils. gasoline, benzine; naphtna,
and other like products of petroleum shaL
further contain such numerals indicating
the degrees such oils test, and II any
person shall sell or offer for sale any sucn
rejected oils, he shall be punished by fine
of not less than one hundred dollars nor
prisonmeat In the county jail not more than
six mouths, or by both such fine and I'M
prisonment.
Section i421h. 1t shall be lawful for the
supervisor or any deputy inspector to enter
into or upon the premises or any fnanutac-
turer, refner, or vendor of sald Illuminating
oils gasoline, benzine naphtha, and other
like products of petroleum and II he shau
find or discover upon said premises any OIL.
gasoline, benzine, naphtha, ana other IKE
products of petroleum. which shall not
have been examined or tested and properly
marked, stamped, sealed. or branded, ne
shall at once proceed to test and thereafter
properly mark stamp, seal, or brand the
same Every agent and employee OF any
railway company or other transportation
company. or any oil dealer having the Gus
tody OF books or records showing the ship
ment or receipt OF the oils, gasoline, ben
zine, naphtha, and other like products OF
petroleum. mentioned IN this act shall give
Illuminating oils and his deputies free &C
cess to such books and records for the pur-
pose of determining the amount or OILS,
Gasoline, benzine naphtha. and other ike
products OF petroleum shipped and received.
Any such agent or employee of any railroad
com pany or other transportation company,
or any oil dealer refusing or meg nege sa 70
OF nlisdeneanor and shall be punished oy
a fpe not to exceed fifty dollars or by
imprisonment In the county JAZZ MOI A. 70 eek es,
imprisonment.
Section l421i. In all tests of illunin-
ating oils and gasoline mace uHuer tis
- act the testers known as the .Tagiia-
bue open cup or commercial oil tester Cor Il
Illuminating oils, and the Tagl iabue Stand
ard Registered Hydrometer Beaurne Scale
for gasoline shall be used; the oil cup
shall be Oiled to within one-fourth of an
inch of the top thereof or as nearly iuil
as Is practicable to fill 1t without causing
the oil to overflow In making the test, and
In using the tester the oil shall not be
heated faster than three degrees baorennei s
more than two degrees Fahrenheit per min
ute above one hundred degrees. The taper
used in making test shall be such as snan
give a clear fame as nearly uniform In size
gasoline, benzine, naphtha, and other like
sue Standard Registered Hydrometer
Beaume Scale, calculated at sixty degrees
In the sample and the degree Of the Beanme
Scale noted, then the temperature should De
noted and for every ten degrees below sixty
degrees of Fahrenheits Scale. add one de-
gree Of gravity to that noted on the sean ;na
degrees noted on Fahrenheits Scale. deduct
one degree Of gravity from that registered
on the Beaume Scale The state supervisor
shall give such instructions to the deputy
Inspectors as in his Judgment shall be neces.
sary to secure uniformity In the methods Of
Section 142Ij Every deputy Inspector
shall demand and receive from the owner
or other person for whom or at whose re-
quest he shall examine or test any OIL gaso-
llne benzine. or naphtha, and such otner
like products OF petroleum or sample there
of ten cents for every single cask, barrel,
package or sample be shall test. and the
products so inspected. Each deputy may
Inspect and test Illuminating or heating OIL
and gasoline, benzine, or naphtha, and suen
other like products of petroleum. in tank
tapk when stand