JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 827
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That every person man-
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Have stamped
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ufacturing or selling illuminating oils or fluids, man-
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upon the head.
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ufactured from petroleum or its products, by the
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barrel, shall be required to have stamped upon
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the head of the barrel the name of the manufacturer
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thereof and his place of business, together with the
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words, " warranted to stand a fire-test of one hundred
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and ten degrees Fahrenheit before it shall burn. "
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That whoever manu-
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Does not sus-
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factures for illuminating purposes, or sells in quan-
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tain fire-teat.
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tities not less than a barrel, oils or fluids made from
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petroleum or its products, which does not sustain the
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ire-test provided for in section two of this act, shall
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be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
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viction thereof, shall be fined not more than one
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thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the jail or peni-
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tentiary not more than two years, in the discretion
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of the court; whoever sells in quantities less than a
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barrel for illuminating purposes, oils or fluids made
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from petroleum Of its products, which does not sus-
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Fined.
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tain the fire-test provided for in section two of this
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act, shall forfeit said oil, and be fined not less than
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five nor more than twenty dollars ; said fine to be
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collected as other fines are now collected; one-half
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to go to the informer, the other to be paid into the
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Treasury of the State.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any puchaser of oils
or fluids made of petroleums or its product for
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Purchaser may
recover.
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illuminating purposes, bearing the stamp required
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in section three of this act, and which does not stand
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the fire-test required in section two, may recover
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from the seller in an action for debt an amount
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equal to double the purchase money of said oil.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any accident by
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An accident
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reason of explosion, occuring with any oil or fluid
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by explosion.
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manufactured from petroleum or its products, shall
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subject the seller thereof to prosecution for a misde-
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meanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of
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competent jurisdiction, to a fiue not exceeding one
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thousand dollars nor less than tive hundred dollars;
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one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer and
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the other half to the State.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That in case of seizure
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Seizure or con-
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or confiscation of oils or fluids manufacted from
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fiscation.
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