Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14

: vi any empty eask. barrel. or other pack
age bearing deputy inspectors seal. brand.
or stamp without first thoroughly canceling,
3 ocfaeing. or removing sUcn seal. brand.
( stamp. marx, or any eOHb.Satlrn thereof,
. shall be liable 70 a tine CT nvt .css than
J uve collars nor more than i've hundred
dollars. OF to imprisonment In the county
jail not exceeding six months, or to both
such hne and Imprisonment
Section l42lf No person shall know
| ingly sell or o6er for sale. or knowingly
/ use any coal or kerosene oil or any precinct
1 ef petroleum for illuminating or hea' ing
| purposes. which by reason Of being adU ser
ated or Tor any other reason viii emit
comsusttbie vapor at temperature less
/ than one hundred and 1--WE degrees above the
1 zero point Of Fnhrenheit's thermometer,
/ opea test, where tested as provided In see
ton 1921. or VIA bern freely AT TEN
I peFature less fSal one hundred and twenty
nve degrees abf se the zero point or such
I Thermometer. open test. where tested
therein provided. No kerosene oil or huid,
( whether con posed wholly in part Of
I petroleum or its products which viii ignite
I and burn at 8 temperature OF less than
three hundred degrees Fahrenhcits Their
/ nometer. open test shall be burned in any
lamp or vessel or used for Illuminating
/ purposes Ia 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
provisions OF this section shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than
/ one Thousand dollars. and be liable for ell
damages resulting thcrefrom ANY oil which
/ shall fail TO stand the test above described
| shalt be deemed unfit for Illuminating or
/ heating purposes and the barrel, cass, tank,
1 OF other package containing the same shall
be. marked rejected as hereinafter pro
vided
Section 1929 II shall be the duty Of
| the superintendent OF public property to
provide said supervisor. all the
necessary instruments and apparatus for ex-
! aiming and testing illuminating oils and
! gasoline, together with the necessary
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: ports and record books required By the nro-
visions Of this act, and all necessary Office
! equipment and supplies, which said appars-
tps. 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 142ld be insufficient therefor, be
I paid cut 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 10 the tenn
| perature at which 1t will emit combustiee
| vapor and burn rs ely and all gaso'
line, ben2lne or naphtha. or other Ike
| products Of petroleum under whatever name
called and II upon examination or test any
| such oil, or gasoline, benEine. 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-
tanning the words approved for
| Illuminating heating. or power purposes"
| and IL gasoline. benElne, naphtha. aud 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 a certificate OF inspection and APP
| prevail, reeiting the number Of barrels, or In
/ case of tank cars, the name o. the tank ear
{ line with number of said with the
number OF barrels contained, the CONNER
| cial name of the oil or gasoline benElne,
nsphtha, and other like products of petro-
/ lenm with the test found as 10 ex-
plosive quality and the actual gray
ity OF gasoline benzine, naphtha, and other
ike products Of petroleum ana ~ the gate te
tested shall not meet the requirements specl-
fed In this chapter, he shall mark In plain
letters. by stencil. brand stamp, or seal as
required the words rejected for illuminat-
ing purposes" with the date OF testing,
name of the district, aud his official sigma
ture, and issue q certificate to that eject
and II shall be unlawful for any person to
sell such oil for Illuminating or heating
purposes, Said brand and stamp for the APP
proval of oils, gasoline, benzine, naphtba,
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 anF such
| rejected oils. he shall be punished by fine
! Of not less than one hundred dollal. nor
more than one thousand dollars, or by I'm
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six months, or by both such Hne and I'm
Section I42Ih II shall be lawful for the
! supervisor or any deputy inspector TO enter
into or upon the premises of any manufac-
! turer reiner, or vendor of said Illuminating
oils. gasoline, benzlne, naphtha, and other
like products of petroleum, and III he snail
find or discover upon said premises any OIL.
gasoline, benzine, Daphtha, and other ike
products of petroleum, which snail NOT
have been examined or tested ana Properly
marked. stamped, sealed, or braided he
shall at once proceed to test and thereafter
properly mark, stamp, seal, OF 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
and permit the supervisor Of inspectors OF
Illuminating oils and his deputies free ac-
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 neglecting TO
comply with these provisions shall be guilty
of a msdemeanor and shall be punished by
hne not to exceed fifty dollars or by
imprisonment In the county jail not to ex,
coed sixty days, OF by both such fine and
imprisonment
Section 1921. In all tests Of iIlunin-
ating oils and gasoline made under this
y
bue open cup or commercial oil tester for IL
Eliminating oils, and the Tagliahue stand
| ard Registered Hydrometer BeGufne 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
| "a IL practicable 70 nj u without causing
the oil to overflow Ia making the test. ana
in using the tester the oil shall not be
heated faster than three degrees Fahrenheit
Der minute up to one hundred degrees, nor
I more than two degrees Fahrenheit per min
/ ute above one hundred degrees. The taper
used in making test shall be such as shall
give clear fame an nearly uniform 10 size
! as Is practicable The method Of testing
gasoline benzine, naphtha, and other Ike
| products OF petroleum will be with TagiIa-
| bue STANDARD Registered Hydrometer
Beaume Scale calculated at sixty degrees
/ Fahrel. belt the hydrometer TO be immersed
IN the sample and the degree Of the Beaume
I Scale noted then the temperature should be
( noted and for every ten degrees below sixty
| degrees Of Fahrenheit'g Scale. add one de-
( gree Of gravity 10 that noted on the Beanme
I Scale and for every ten degrees above sixty
! degrees noted on Fabrenbeits Scale, deduct
| one degree of gravity from that registered
/ on the Beaume Scale. The state supervisor
I shall give such Instructions 10 the deputy
| inspectors as In his Judgment shall De Deees.
sary TO secure uniformity In the methods Of
| making the tests.
Section 1921 Every deputy inspector
| shall demand and receive from the owner
/ or other person for whom or AZ whose re-
/ n,est he shall examine or test any oil. gaso-
line benzine. or usphtha, and such other
IKE products OF petroleum or sample there
/ Of ten cents for every single cask, barrel,
/ uaoknge. or simple he shall test, and the
! said fees ghaii constitute a lien on the
/ products 20 inspected. Each deputy may
Inspect ana test Illuminating Or heating OIL
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