The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

both such fine and imprisonment and any
person who shall Sell or in any way dispose
o. OIL any e. empty eask. barrel, or other pack
age bearing deputy Inspectors seal, brand
On stamp without hrst thoroughly canceling,
aeIaclng or removing such SEAL brand,
stamp, marx, or any combination thereof,
I'VE dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars, or to Imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding six months, or to both
such me and imprisonment
Section 1421f. No person shall know
lngiy 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
compustlble vapor at q temperature less
than one hundred and five degrees above the
zero point or Fahrenheit's thermometer,
open test; where tested as provided in sec
ton l421l. or will burn freely at a tenn
perature less than one hundred and twenty
hve degrees above the zero point of such
therein provided. Ne kerosene oil or fluid
/ whether composed wholly or In part Of
! petroleum or its products which will ignite
ana burn at temperature of less than
three hundred degrees Fahrenheit's Their
momerer. 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 Whicn passengers are carried, nor shall
the same be carried as freight In any pas
senger, baggage, mail, or express car on any
any 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 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
vided
Section 1421g. 1t shall be the duty OF
the superintendent Of public property TO
provide said supervisor ell the
necessary Instruments and apparatus for ex-
aiming 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
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
perature at which 1t will emit eombustble
yapor and burn freely and all gaso-
line, benzlne, or naphtha, or other like
products OF petroleum under whatever name
called, and IL 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 affix to the package,
cask, or barrel containing the same.
brand, stamp, seal, Or mark, or any re-
CURED combination thereof, con-
tanning the words approved for
Illuminating, heating. or power purposes"
and II gasoline, benzine, naphtha, and other
like products of petroleum, the numerals de-
noting It's actual gravity. with the name
and district and the day Of testing over bis
official signature upon such package, casR.
Or barrel, and Issue to the person for whom
inspected a certificate of inspection and ap-
proval, reciting the number OF barrels, or In
line. with number or said car. with tho
number of barrels contained, the CONNER
cial name of the oil Or gasoline, benzine,
naphtha, and other like products Of petro-
plosive quality and the actual gray
ity of gasoline, benzine, naphtha. and other
like products of petroleum and q 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 for llluminat-
Ing purposes with the date OF testing,
name of the district and his official sigma
ture, and issue q certificate to that effect;
and it shall be unlawful for any person to
sell such oil for Illuminating or heating
purposes Said brand and stamp for the ap-
prova Of ellis. gasoline, benZine, naphtha,
and other like products Of petroleum shall
further contain such numerals indicating
the degrees such oils test and Ii any
person shall sell or offer for sale any such
rejected oils. he shall be punished by fine
of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars, or by I'M
prlsonment In the county jail not more than
six months. or by both such fine and im-
prisonment.
Section 1421h It shall be lawful for the
supervisor or any deputy Inspector to enter
into or upon the premises Of any manufac-
tarer refner, Or vendor OF said Illuminating
oils, gasoline. benzine, naphtha- and other
like products OF petroleum. and Ii he shall
find or discover upon said premises any oil,
gasoline benzIne. naphtha, and other like
products of petroleum. which shall not
have been examined or tested and property
marked, stamped sealed, or branded, he
shall at once proceed to test aud 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
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 supery .sor Of inspectors OF
illuminate oils and his deputies free &C
cess to such books and records Tor the pur-
pose Of determining the amount OF oiisv
gasoline, benZine, naphfha and other like
products of petroleum shipped and received.
Any such agent Or employee OF any railroad
company or other transportation company,
comply with these provisions shall be guilty
OF a uljsdemeanor and shall De punished oy
a fine not to exceed hfty dollars or Dy
Imprisonment In the county jail not to ex-
coed sixty days. or by both such nne an0
Imprisonment.
Section l421i In all tests Of illumn-
ating oils and gasoline mace under this
- act the testers known as the Tagila-
bue open cup or commercia oil tester for IL
lumina ting oils and the Tag iahue 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 full
as Is practicable to ill It without causing
the oil to overflow In making the test, and
In using the tester the Oil shall not De
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. The taper
used In making test shall be such as snau
give clear flame as nearly uniform In size
as Ia practicable The method OF testing
gasoline, benzine, naphtha, and other Ike
products of petroleum will be with Taglia
bue Standard Registered Hydrometer
Beanme Scale calculated at sixty degrees
Fahrenheit the hydrometer to be Immersed
In the sample and the degree OF the heaume
Scale noted then the temperature should De
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
degrees noted on Fahrenheits Scale. deduct
one degree Of gravity from that registered
ON the Reaume 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
making the tests.
Section 142lt. 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 naphthe, and snch other
like products of petroleum or sample there
of ten CENTS for every single cask, barrel,
package, or sample be shall test and the