Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21

I EuIpTISOHmeHL,
| person who shall sell or in any way dispose
| of any empty cask barrel, or other pack
| age bearing a deputy inspectors seal, brand.
or stamp without first thoroughly canceling,
oefacing. or removing such SEAL brand.
| stamp, mark or any combination thereof.
| shall be liable to a fine Of not less chan
! i've dollars nor more than five hundred
| dollars, or to imprisonment in the county
| jail not exceeding six months, or to both
such hne and Imprisonment.
ingly sell or offer for sale, or knowingly
| use any coal or kerosene Gil any product
| of petroleum for Illuminating or heating
/ purposes, which by reason OF being adulter-
! ated or for any other reason Will emit
combnstible vapor at temperature less
than one hundred and five degrees above the
zero point of Fahrenheit's thermometer,
| open test, where tested as provided in Sec
| ton 1421i, or will burn freely at tenn
| perature less than one hundred and twenty
i've degrees above the zero point of such
| thermometer open test. where tested as
therein provided. No kerosene oil or fluid,
| petroleum or It's products, which will ignite
! and burn at temperature of less than
| three hundred degrees Fahrenheit's 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
! the same be carried as freight in any pas
/ senger, baggage mail, or express car on any
Any az s nd o any s % p p6e
| less than one hundred dollars nor more than
/ one thousand dollars, and be liable for all
damages resulting. therefrom. ANY oil which
| 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 SHAH
be marked rejected" as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Section 1421g 1t shall be the duty of
the superintendent Or public properly TO 70
necessary Instruments and apparatus for ex,
aiming and testing Illuminating oils and
! 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.
I 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
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 to the tenn
perature at which it will emit com6ustible
! 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, and
| other like products of petroleum shall be
! found to meet the requirements of this
act he shall afix to the package,
cask. or barrel containing the same.
brand, stamp, seal, or mark, or any re-
/ 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. reciting the number CT barrels, or In
case Of tank cars. the name of the tank car
line with number Of sad car ibo with ane
cial name of the oil or gasoline, benzine,
naphtha, and other like products of petro-
plosive quality = and the actual grav-
| ity OF gasoline, benzine, naphtha. and other
like products of petroleum and p IT the -, date
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 Tor illuminat-
ing purposes with the date of testing,
/ name of the district and his official sigma
/ ture, and issue certificate to that effect;
/ sell such oil for Illuminating or heating
! purposes. Said brand and stamp for the ap-
| nrovai of oils gasoline, benzne, naphtha,
and other like produets OF petroleum snall
! further contain such numerals indicating
1 the degrees such oils test, ana II any
+ person shall sell or offer Tor sale any snch
/ rejected oils he shelI be punished BY fine
! OF not leas than one hundred dollars nor
/ more than one thousand dollars, or by I'm
! six months. or by both such fne and in
I prlsoninent. -.
| supervisor or any deputy inspector 10 enter
/ into or upon the premises OF any maRurac-
! turer roGnar or vendor Of aa!d illuminating
| oils gasoline benzjne, naphtha, and other
! like products OF petroleum, and Il he shaii
! And or discover upon said premises any oil.
! gasoline, benzine naphtba and other Ike
| products of petroleum, which shall not
! have been examined or tested and properly
! marked stamped sealed, or branded, he
! shaIi 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
! rody OF books or records showing the snip
! ment or receipt OF the oils, gasoline, ben
zine, naphtha, and other like products OF
petroleum mentioned In this act snau give
| and permit the supervisor of inspectors OF
Illuminating 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 like
| products of petroleum shipped and received;
| ANY such agent or employee Of any railroad
company or other transportation company,
or any oil dealer refusing or negleeting TO
| comply with these provisions shall be guilty
| of q nisdemeanor and shall be punished py
| a fine not to exceed fifty dollars or by
| imprisonment in the county Jail not to ex-
coed sixty days, or by both such tine and
Imprisonment: ,,,,
| ating oils and gasoline made under this
- act the testers known as the Iagla-
| bue open cup or commercial Oil tester lor II
| Illuminating oils, and the Tagliabue Stand
| ard Registered Hydrometer Beaume Scale
| for gasoline shall be used; the oil cup
| shall be filled to within one-fourth of an
| inch of the top thereof or as nearly rull
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 Fahrenheit
per minute up to one hundred degrees, nor
more than two degrees Fahrenheit per min
| ute above one hundred degrees. Inc taper
| used in making test shall be such as shall
give clear flame as nearly uniform In size
| as Is practicable. The method or testing
gasoline, benzine, naphtha, ana other IKE
| bue Standard Registered Hydrometer
Beaume Scale, calculated at sixty degrees
| Fahrenheit the hydrometer to be Immersed
| in the sample and the degree or the Beaume
| Scale noted then the temperature should pc
| noted, and for every ten degrees below sixty
| degrees of Fahrenheit's Scale, add one de-
! gree of gravity to that noted on the Beaume
Scale and for every ten degrees ABOVE sixty
| 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 metnoos Oh
| Section 1921. 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-
| line benzine. or naphtha, and such other
like products of petroleum or sample there
| of ten cents for every single cask, barrel,
! package or sample he shall test, ana tne
| said fees shall constitute lien on the
| products so inspected. Each deputy may
| inspect and test Illuminating or heating oil
/ and gasoline benzine, or naphtha and such
| other like products of petroleum, In tank
| or railroad tank car, SO calie6 Wnen stana-
1 ing upon a railroad track. and such
/ nrodrc+s shall not be transferred into ware