The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-14
Fred Babcock, New Oil In
spector, Notifies Dealers
that Laws Are Plain.
MUST EXACT ALL PENALTIES
Dealers Are Warned that Provisions in
Regard to Colored Cans for Various
Kinds of Oils Must Be Strictly OBJ
served in Kenosaa and in County.

A new broom usually sweeps clean
and Fred c. Babcock, recently named
as deputy inspector of Illuminating
oils for this county has started real
crusade against abuses of the law and
he promises wholesale arrests if the
state law is not observed to the let
ter. He is now attempting to enforce
a portion of the state law that deals
particularly with the individual con-
sumers of gasoline and kerosene.
All day Friday he was busy notifying
dealers in oils in the city that the
laws in regard to painted cans must
be observed to the letter Z He has
shown dealers that in cases of acct
dents and deaths resulting from their
failure to- properly observe these laws
they may be arrested on charge Of
manslaughter in the third degree and
he has also shown them that the oil
Inspector himself is liable to- heavy
penalty if he fails to bring prosecu-
tions for violations of the law.
Here is the law that he has order
ed them to enforce to the letter:
cred cans for gasoline; labels 4;
kerosene containers; penalty. Sec
tion l421o. Every person dealing at
retail or wholesale in gasoline, benzine
or naphtha and other like products OF
petroleum in this state, shall deliver
the same to the purchaser only in bar
rels, casks, jugs, packages or cans,
painted vermillion red and having the
word gasoline, benzine,'' and
the name of such other like products
of petroleum, plainly stenciled in Eng
lish thereon. No such dealer shall de-
liver kerosene in a barrel cask, jug,
package or can painted or stenciled
as hereinbefore provided. Every per-
son purchasing gasoline, benzine,
naphtha or other like products of
petroleum for use or sale shall procure
and keep the same only in barrels,
casks, jugs, packages or cans painted
and stenciled as hereinbefore provided.
No person keeping for use or using
kerosene shall put or keep the same
in any barrel, cask, jug, package or
can painted or stenciled as hereinbe-
fore provided. Provided however,
that in case of gasoline, benzine and
naphtha or other like products Of
petroleum being sold in bottles, cans
or packages, or any product that con-
tains gasoline, benzine or naphtha or
other like products Of petroleum as a
constituent part thereof, of not more
than one quart for cleaning and similar
purposes, it shall be deemed sufficient
if the contents of such bottles, cans
or packages are so designated by a
label securely pasted or attched there
TO with the words "gasoline,'' ben.
zine,'' or "naphtha,'' ''unsafe when
exposed to heat or fire. printed in
bright red ink in letters not less than
one-fourth inch in size. Any person
violating any of the provisions Of this
section shall be punished by fine of
not less than five nor more than fifty
dollars or by Imprisonment / in the
county Jail not to exceed three months,
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment. 1t shall be the duty of the
state supervisor of inspectors and bis
deputies to enforce the provisions of
sections 1421e to 1421p. inclusive.
Violations; manslaugnter. Section
1421-l. 1t shall be the duty of every
Inspector who shall know of the viola
ton of any provision Of this chapter
to notify the district attorney of the
county in which the same shall occur
and to make complaint before srv
court of competent jurisdiction and it
shall be the duty of all district at
torneys to prosecute within their re-
spective counties all cases of offense
arising under this chapter. And any
inspector who shall have knowledge Of
any such violation and fail to enter
a complaint against the person so of
Tending shall be liable to "a fine not
exceeding fifty dollars and shall be re-
moved from his office; and in case the
death of any person shall result from
the explosion Of a lamp or other vessel
containing Illuminating oil sold. used
or furnished for use in violation of any
of the provisions of this chapter the
person selling or furnishing said oil
for use shall be deemed guilty of man
slaughter in the third degree. All
oil manufactured or re-
fined in this state shall be inspected.
examined and tested as herein proyid
ed before being removed from the
premises Of the manufacturer or re-
finer