Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No. 593, Al Published June %, 1909.
CHAPTER $40. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section 1881 of the stat
utes, relating to the prevention OF the
adulteration of and fraud In the sale or
iinseed oil, turpentine, white lead, oxide
of zinc, and linseed oil compounds, max
ing an appropriation, providing penalty
and repeating chapter pa of the laws of
1899, being sections 1861 to 1856
90, inclusive of the statutes, relating to
the adulteration OF haxseed or linseed
oil
The people Of the State of wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows:
Section l. There Is added to the stat
utes a new section TO read Section 1891.
No person by himself, his servant or agent,
or as the servant or agent OF any other per-
son, or as the servant or agent of any firm
or corporation, shall sell, offer or expose for
sale or have In possession with intent to sell
as and for ''raw Aaxseed oir' or raw lin
seed oil' any oil unless the same Is OBJ
tanned from the seeds of the fax plant and
unless the same fulils ell the requirements
for linseed oil laid down In the eighth de-
cennial revision of the United States phar-
macopoela or as and for boiled linseed
OIL" or "Doiled faxseed OIL any oil unless
the same shall have been prepared by heat
ing pure raw linseed oil with or without
the addition of not to exceed four t4l per
cent Of drier to temperature not less than
two hundred twenty-five (225) degrees Fahr-
enheit. And for the purpose OF this act it
shall also be deemed a violation of this act
Ii said boiled linseed oil does not conform
to the following requirements First, its
specific gravity at sixty degrees tahren-
belt must be not less than nine hundred
thirty-fve thousandths t0935) and not
greater than nine hundred forty-fve thou
sandths (0.945) second, its saponifcatfon
value (Koettstorfer figure) must not be less
than one hundred eighty-six (1S8) third,
its iodine number must not be less than one
hundred sixty (180) fourth, its acid value
must not exceed ten t1o) hfth, the vola-
tile matters expelled at two hundred twelve
{212) degrees Fahrenheit must not exceed
one-half Of one per cent sixth, no mineral
or other foreign oil or free rosin shall be
present and the amount OF unsaponfable
matter as determined by standard methods
shall not exceed two and hvetenths Coo
per cent. seventh, the film left after the
lowing the oil over glass and allowing 1t
to drain in vertical position must dry free
from tackiness In not to exceed twenty
hours at a temperature OF about seventy
degrees Fahrenheit.
3, Nor shall any person by himself, his
servant or agent, or as the servant or agent
Of any other person, Or as the servant or
agent Of any firm or corporation, sell, ex-
pose or offer for sale or have IN posses
sion with intent to sell, any raw or boiled
linseed oil unless 1t Is SO done under It's
true name, and each tank car, tank, barrel,
keg can or vessel of such Oil has distinctly
and durably painted, stamped Stenciled or
marked thereon the true name of such oil
in ordinary bold faced capital letters, not
less than five-line plea in size, In the words,
pure Linseed Oll--Raw" or "Linseed OIL
Boiled" as the case may be, and the name
and address OF the manufacturer thereof.
8. Linseed oil compounds designed to take
the place of raw or boiled linseed oil,
whether sold, offered or exposed for sale,
under invented proprietary names or titles,
or otherwise, shall bear conspicuously upon
the containing receptacle in which the same
is kept for sale or sold, In ordinary bold
faced capital letters not less than hye-line
plea In size, the word Compound followed
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Of the actual ingredients in the order of
their greater preponderance, In the English
language, in plain legible type OF tne same
style, not less than three-line plea in size,
in continuous list with no Intervening mat
ter Of any kind and shall also bear the name
and address Of the manufacturer.
4. Nor shall any person by himself, his
servant, or agent, or as the servant or agent
agent of any firm or corporation, sell, offer
or expose for sale or have In possession with
intent to sell as and for dry white lead any
substance other than basic carbonate OF
lead or basic sulphate of lead; nor shall
any person BIZ himself, his servant or agent,
or as the servant or agent Of any other per-
son, or as the servant or agent of any firm
or corporation, SELL offer or expose for sale
or have In possession with intent to sell as
and for white lead in oil, any product other
than basic carbonate of lead ground in pure
linseed oil or basic sulphate of lead ground
in pure iinseed oil nor shall any person
servant or agent OF any other person, or as
the servant or agent OF any firm or corpora
ton, SELL offer or expose for sale or have
In possession with intent to sell any basic
carbonate Of lead ground In linseed oil,
unless each keg, can or other receptacle con-
tanning the same has distinctly and dur
ably painted, stamped, stenciled or marked
thereon the words, white lead, basic car
Donate. in OIL" and the name and address
OF the manufacturer or jobber thereof; nor
shall any person by himself, his servant or
agent. or SIS the servant agent OF any
other person. or the servant or agent OF
any firm or corporation. sell, offer or ex-
pose for sale have in possession with In
tent to sell any basic sulphate OF lead
ground in linseed oil. unless each cask.
keg or other receptacle containing the same
has distinctly and durabiy painted, stamped.
stenciicd or marked thereon the words,
white lead. basic sulphate, in OIL and the
name and address of the manufacturer or
jobber thereof nor shall any person by
himself, his servant or agent. or as the
servant or agent OF any other person or as
the servant or agent OF any Arm or corpora
ton, SELL otter or expose for sale or have in