Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-12
Nebraska
GASOLINE LA Wis DEFECTIVE
a q e,sns<S s-a., .sfx,s-A-. - -.
No Penalty for Using for Power
Flui Below Standard.
INSPECTOR MAKES DISCOVERY
Douglas County Need Not Care for
Dependents Sought to he Sent
Back from Crowded Insti-
tetions of the state.
(From a staff correspOndentO

VTOu' Stdll ~oEESSDOnuSnt.l
LINCOLN, Jan. li.-(Speeiall- 1.-THE
state oil Inspector has run up against a
snag. Some tImo ago he was puzzled to
know whether the law prohibited bringing
into the state for sac and use gasoline
which did not come up to the required
gravity test OF g.. when such gasoline was
used for power purposes. An examina-
ton fthe law in the attorney generals
office cellars up that point and indicates
clearly that the bringing into the state
for any purpose of gasoline below the
specified standard is prohibited by law.
y further reading Of the law also dis
closes that If parties persist in bringing
1t in no matter for what purpose, the
oil inspector and other state officers are
helpless for the reason that the gasoline
section OF the law contains no penalty
for the violation of its provisions. The
inspector can inspect and refuse to ap-
prove, bat thehe ne must stop. This
condition arises from peculiar eonstruc-
ton OF this statute. Unlike most laws
which have a penal section independent
o fthe others and which applies to all sec
TORS OF the law, the oil inspection law
has the penalty provision inserted in each
section and in working it over the leg
stature omitted that portion from the
gasoline provision.
Fire Marshafs Report.
State Fire Marshall Randall is prepar-
ing his annual report and expects TO have
1t ready for the printer within a few days.
1t shows there were many more fires in
1911 than in 1910, but that the total fire
loss was about $4,000 less.
bridges In Merritt County.
ID. ID. Price. state engineer, returned
today from Morrill, county. where he went
to consult the county commissioners re-
garding bridges which II is proposed to
construct with state aid at Bridgeport
and Bayard over the North Platte river.
The engineer recommended concrete con-
struction and this was approved by ;hc
II the bridges are built
they will be the first OF this character
of considerable size In the state. Appn-
cation has also been made for state aid
for bridge over the Loup river at LoGp
City.
New Articles Are Filed.
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph
today filed amended articles OF
with the secretary OF state.
The capital stock is raised to 81, 10000 to
conform with the order OF the railway
permitting the purchase of
the Bell properties In the South Platte
country.
Herman Butcher Pleads.
The food commissioners office has re-
ceived word that John VIII. a butcher
OF Herman had pleaded guilty to SELL
ing unhealthy meat and had been fined
go. The fine was the result Of the activ-
tiles OF Mrs. Harriet McMurphy deputy
inspector. f... ...r...... t..t ,.. r.
= Beatrice Epidemic at End.
The board Of public lands and build
lngs is confident the epidemic Of typhoid
fever at the Institute for the Feeble
Minded at Beatrice has been eradicated.
Tho board has rejected the claim OF
Or. Thomas for personal expenses TO
himself and family due to the disease for
the reason there is no fund from which
the bill can be allowed. The members
think he should be reimbursed. how
ever, and will make such a recommended
ton to the legislature.
Many Want Extensions.
The board OF public lands and build
Ings is receiving an unusually large num-
Der Of requests for extensions In pay
ments on school lands under lease and
for some under sale contract. A ma
jority Of them come from the southwest |
ern part Of the state where the crops
were largely a failure last year. The
board Is Inclined TO grant such requests |
Requisition for snyder.
A requisition from the governor Of Okla !
homa was granted today for the return TO
that state of w. o. Snyder. wanted in
Usage county on forgery charge. He
Is in custody In Omaha.
To Relieve Congestion.
The Board Of Public Lands and Build !
ngs some time ago thought TO relieve |
The congestion at the Lincoln asylum |
for the insane by sending back to Doug |
las county some Of tibet harmless patients |
from that county to be cared for locally. |