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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1870
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ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 467

198. All disputes which may arise between the
owner of any swine and the persona so impound-
ing it or them, shall be determined by a Justice
of the Peace for said county, who may summon
witnesses and decide the matter in controversy.

Dispute to be
determined.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after July the thirty-first,
eighteen hundred and seventy,

Approved April 4, 2870.

Take effect.

CHAPTER 266.

 

AN ACT to regulate the manufacture and sale of
Oils for illuminating purposes.

 

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That all oils or fluids manufactured
from Petroleum or its products, used for illumi-
nating purposes in this State, which shall be man-
ufactured or kept for sale therein, shall be required
to stand a first test of one hundred and ten degrees
fahrenheit, before it shall burn, to be ascertained
by the instrument adopted by the Petroleum Board
of Trade.

Test of illu-
mitiating oils.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That any one manufac-
turing or selling illuminating oils or fluids manu-
factured from Petroleum or its products, by the
barrel, shall be required to have stamped upon the
head of the barrel the name of the mauuf'acturer
and seller thereof, and his place of business, to-
gether with the words, "warranted to stand a fire
test of one hundred and ten degrees, fahrenheit,
before it shall burn," and any manufacturer or
seller disposing of five gallons or more, shall

Name of seller
stamped on

furnish a certificate of test, as above; provided,
that the fire test herein provided shall not apply to
the manufacture, sale or use of the illuminating
fluid known as Gasoline.

Proviso.

Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That whoever manufac-
tures or keeps for sale, for illuminating purposes,
oils or fluids made from Petroleum or its products,
and which does not sustain the fire test provided
for in section one, of this Act, or who shall sell
the same to others for such purposes, shall forfeit

Forfeit oil.

 

 

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