Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22
No. 80, Al Published May %, 1918.
CHAPTER Bill LAWS OF 1913

No. 80, Al Unpublished May %, 1913.
statutes, regulating the manufacture.
storage, sale and distribution Of
matches and providing a. penalty for
the violation Of such regulations.
represented in Senate and Assembly.
do enact as follows:
Section L. There is added to the stat
utes a new section to read: Section
poration shall manufacture. store, offer
for sale, sell. or otherwise dispose Of or
distribute. white phosphorus, single
dipped, strike-anywhere matches Of the
type popularity known as "parlor
matches;'' nor manufacture, store, sell,
offer for SALE or otherwise dispose Of or
distribute white phosphorus, double
dipped, strike anywhere matches, or
other type Of double dipped matches. I'M
less the bulb or first dip Of such match
| is composed Of so-called safety or In
ert composition. nonignitible on an
store, sell or offer for sale, or otherwise
dispose Of or distribute matches which,
when packed in a carton Of five hundred
approximate capacity and placed in an
oven main tanned at a constant tempera-
ture of 200 degrees F., will ignite in
eight hours; nor manufacture store, Of
fer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose. Of
or distribute Blazer, or so-called wind
matches, whether of the so-called safety
or strike-anywhere type.
g. No person, association or corpora
ton shall offer for sale, sell or otherwise
dispose of or distribute any matches.
unless the package or container In which
such matches are packed bears plainly
marked on the outside thereof the name
of the manufacturer and the brand or
trademark under which such matches
are sold, disposed of or distributed; nor
shall more than one case Of each brand
Of matches Of any type or manufacture
be opened at any one time in the retail
wise disposed Of nor shall loose boxes
or paper wrapped packages of matches
be kept on shelves or stored in such
retail stores at a height exceeding five
feet from the floor; all matches, when
stored in warehouses, excepting manu-
facturers warehouses at place Of manu-
facture, when such warehouses con-
| tain automatic sprinkler equipment,
| cases, and not piled to height exceed
ing ten feet from the floor; nor be
stored within horizontal distance Of
ten feet from any boiler, furnace, stove
or other like heating apparatus, nor
within a horizontal distance of twenty
five feet from any explosive material
kept or stored on the same floor; all
| matches shall be packed in boxes or
suitable packages, containing not more
than seven hundred matches in any one
box or package; provided, however, that
when more than three hundred matches
are packed In any one box or package,
the said matches shall be arranged in
two nearly equal portions, the heads of
the matches in the two portions shall
be placed in opposite directions, and all
boxes containing three hundred and
fifty or more matches shall have placed
over the matches a center holding or
protecting strip, made of cupboard, not
| less than than one and one-quarter
inches wide; said strip shall be Hanged
down to hold the matches In position
when the box Is nested into the shuck or
withdrawn from it.
8. All match boxes or packages shall
be packed in strong shipping containers
or cases; maximum number of match
boxes or packages contained In any one
shipping container or case, shall not ex-
coed the following number: