Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-31
In the Oil Fields
NEW OKLAHOMA INSPECTION
LAW PROVIDES HIGH FEES,
Sin Cents Barrel, rs Per Cent OF
Which Goes 10 Inspector; Other
States Abandon Law.

The new oil inspection law intro
duced by Chase of Nowata and
Davidson of Tulsa, is herewith repro
duced:
Section /. That Section 1882, Re
vlsed Laws of the State of Oklahoma
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1892 Oils to be Inspected
All oils and liquids, the product OF
coal, petroleum or other bituminous
substances or into which the product
of petroleum enters. by whatever
name called, which may or can be
used for Illuminating or heating pur-
poses, manufactured in this state, or
brought into it. shall be inspected by
an authorized inspector OF this state
before the same are consumed, used,
sold or offered to be sold, or disposed
of to merchants, consumers, or other
persons within this state.
Section 2. That Section 4335, Re-
vised Laws of the State of Oklahoma
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4335: Deputies - Duties
Duties and Fees: The State Inspector
shall be ex-officio gauger Of liquids
used as burning fluids and oils, and
he shall appoint and assign for duty
deputy oil inspectors at any point
where there are located tank stations
deputy shall not be agent or employee
for any oil company, nor in any man
ner interested in the sale Of oil. Each
such deputy inspector may retain
rs per cent of the fees collected by
him, and all balance thereof shall be
remitted by him to the state oil in
spector, with a full statement of the
number of gallons of oils and fluids
inspected, the amount of fees collect
ed, the amount retained and the
amount RENTED Herewith: Provided
that in no case shall such fees so re-
tanned exceed SIS for inspection in
any one month.
Power OF Deputies.
Such deputies are empowered to
perform the duties of the inspector
and shall be liable to the same pen
Rltics and to the same extent civilly
US the state inspector for work per-
formed by them. The state inspector
shall have the power to remove any
or all of said deputies at will and ap
point others instead: Provided, that
the. state inspector shall be liable
Civilly for the acts of his deputies.
The various deputies provided for
herein shall, at their own expense,
provide themselves with proper in
struments, stencils, letters and brands
necessary Tor them TO use in the per-
formance of their duties. Every per-
Ton appointed state inspector or
deputy shall. before he enters upon
the duties of his office, take the con-
stitutional oath of office.
Section 3. That Section 4342, Re
vised Laws of the State of Oklahoma
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Fees Allowed.
Section 4342: Fees for Inspection.
The inspector and his deputies shall
charge and receive for inspecting oils
in quantities In bulk, six cents per
barrel, and so gallons shall constitute
a barrel. II Inspected in barrels, the
inspector shall charge and receive
five cents per barrel for inspecting in
lots of so barrels or more, and ten
cents per barrel for inspecting in lots
Of less than 80 barrels at one time
which shall be paid by the party own
ing said oil or having the same in his
possession at the time OF the inspec-