Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08


age bearing deputy inspectors seal, brand,
or stamp without first thoroughly canceiing,
stamp. marx. or anv combination thereof
shall be liable TO fine of not less than
i've 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 1421f. No person shall know
ingiy sell or offer for sale, 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
combustiDie Vapor at u temperature less
| than one hundred and i've degrees above the
zero point of Fahrenheit's thermometer,
open test, where tested as provided in sec
tlon 1421i, or Will burn freely at a tenn
perature less than one hundred and twenty
FIVE degrees above the zero point of such
therein provided. No kerosene oil or fluid,
whether composed wholly or in part Of
petroleum or its products, which viii 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 ear on any
railroad. Amy person violating any of the
provisions of this section shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than
one thousand dollars, and be liable for all
damages resulting therefrom. Any oil which
shall be deemed unfit for Illuminating or
heating purposes and the barrel cask, tank,
or other package containing the same shall
vided ~ '
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-
amining and testing Illuminating oils and
gasoline, together with the necessary
stamps, seals, marks and brands, blank re-
ports, and record books required by the pro-
visions Of this act. and all necessary Office
equipment and supplies, which said appara-
tus, Instruments, stamps, seals, marks,
brands, blank reports, record
books, and Office equipment and supplies,
shall, In case the special fund provided for
| in section 1421d be insufficient therefor, be
paid out of the general fund, said general
| fund to be reimbursed from said special
| fund as soon as said special fund shall
contain sufficient funds therefor and each
| deputy inspector shall use such instruments
| and apparatus In performing his duties, and
| shall promptly examine and test, when
| called upon, any oil offered as to the tenn
| peratuEe at which ii will emit combustible
yapor and burn freely and all gaso-
| line, benzine, or naphtha, or other like
products Of petroleum under whatever name
called, and II upon examination or test any
such oil, gasoline, benzine, naphtha, and
other like products Of petroleum shall be
found to meet the requirements OF this
act he shall aftlx to the package,
cask or barrel containing the same.
brand, stamp, seal. or mark, or any re-
quired combination Thereon, CON
tanning the words approved for
Illuminating, heating, or power purposes
and if gasoline. benzine, naphtha. and other
like products of petroleum, the numerals de-
noting its 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, recittng the number OF barrels, or In
case Of tank cars, the name or the tank car
line with number of said car, with the
number Of barrels contained, the CONNER
ole M nf gasoline DpnYin6.
naphtha, and other like products Of petro-
leum with the test found as to ex-
ity of gasoline, benzine, naphtha, and other
Ike products OF petroleum and n tn the -, gate
tested shall not meet the requirements speci-
fed in this chapter, he shall mark in plain
letters, by stencil, brand. stamp, or seal as
required, the words rejected for thQmlnat-
name of the district, and his official sigma
ture and issue a certificate TO that eject;
and 1t shall be unlawful for any person 20
sell such oil for Illuminating or heating
purposes. Said brand and stamp for the ap'
prevail Of oils, gasoline benzine, naphtha,
and other like products of petroleum shall
further contain such numerals indicating
the degrees such oils test, and IL any
person shall sell or offer for sale any such
rejected oils, he shall be punished by hna
Of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, or by IN
prisonment In the county jail not more than
six months, or by both such fne ana I'M
prisonment.
Section 1421h. It shall be lawful for the
| supervisor or any deputy Inspector to enter
| into or upon the premises or any manuIac-
| turer refner or vendor Of said Illuminating
oils gasoline, benztne, naphtha, and other
| like products OF petroleum, and II ne shan
! find or discover upon said premises any Oh.
gasoline, benzine, naphtha1 ana other IKE
products Of petroleum, which shaIl not
have been examined or tested ana properly
marked, stamped, sealed, or branded, he
shall at once proceed to test and Thereafter
properly mark, stamp, seal, or bFand the
same. Every agent ana employee OF any any
| railway company or other transportation
company or any oil dealer having the Gus
tody Of books or records showing the snip
nent or receipt of the oils, gasoline, ben.
! zine naphtha and other like products of
petroleum mentioned In this act shall give
and permit the supervisor OF inspectors OF
illum1 mating oils and his deputies free &C
cess to such books and records for the pur~
pose Of determining the amount OF Oils
gasoline, benzine, naphtha, and other Ike
products Of petroleum shipped ana received;
Any such agent or employee Of any railroad
company or other transportation company,
or any oil dealer refusing or heglectlng, ,t 10
of a nisdemeanor and shall be punished oy
q fine not to exceed fifty dollars or by
Imprisonment In the county jail not 70 eh,
coed sixty days, or by both such fine and
Section 1421i. In all tests OF illumin-
ating oils and gasoline made under this
- act the testers known as the Taglia-
bue open cup or commercial oil tester for IL
Illuminating oils, and the Tagliabue stand
for gasoline. shall be used the oil cup
shall be filed to within one-fourth OF an
inch of the top thereof or as nearly IuIi
as Is practicable to I'll IL without causiug
tie oil to overflow In making the test, snd
In using the tester the oil shall not be
heated faster than three degrees Fahrenheit
per minute up to one hundred degrees, nor
more than two degrees Fahrenheit per uln-
ute above one hundred degrees. The taper
used IN making test shall be such as shall
give a clear flame sg nearly uniform In size
/ as is practicable. The method or testing
gasoline benzine, naphtha, and other Ike
products Of petroleum VIII be WITH 1aSIlsc
bue Standard Registered Hydrometer
Beaume Scale calculated at sixty degrees
Fahrenheit the hydrometer to be Immersed
In the sample and the degree or the beauLle
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 BeaumS
Scale and for every ten degrees above sixy
degrees noted on Eahrenheits Scale, deduct
one degree Of gravity from that registered
on the Beaurne Scale The state supervisor
shall give such instructions to the deputy
inspectors as In his Judgment snRN be necsss
sary to secure uniformity In the methods az
Section 142II. Every deputy inspector
shall demand and receive from the ovnsr
or other person for whom or at wnose re-
quest he shall examine or test any CT, gaSo-
line benzine or naphtha, and such othef
ike PRODUCTS of petroleum or sample there
of ten cents for every single cask, oarrel-
package, or sample he shall test, ana the
said fees shall constitute q lien on chs
products SO inspected. Each deputy may
inspect and test Illuminating heating oil
and gasoline, benztne, Or naphtha, ana Bucn
other ike products OF petroleum, IN tank
or railroad tank car, so called when stand
ing upon railroad track and such
products shall not be transferred into ware
houses or storage tanks or otherwise un-
loaded until 50 inspected: provided. IL any