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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1874
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JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 827

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That every person man-

Have stamped

ufacturing or selling illuminating oils or fluids, man-

upon the head.

ufactured from petroleum or its products, by the

 

barrel, shall be required to have stamped upon

 

the head of the barrel the name of the manufacturer

 

thereof and his place of business, together with the

 

words, " warranted to stand a fire-test of one hundred

 

and ten degrees Fahrenheit before it shall burn. "

 

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That whoever manu-

Does not sus-

factures for illuminating purposes, or sells in quan-

tain fire-teat.

tities not less than a barrel, oils or fluids made from

 

petroleum or its products, which does not sustain the

 

ire-test provided for in section two of this act, shall

 

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-

 

viction thereof, shall be fined not more than one

 

thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the jail or peni-

 

tentiary not more than two years, in the discretion

 

of the court; whoever sells in quantities less than a

 

barrel for illuminating purposes, oils or fluids made

 

from petroleum Of its products, which does not sus-

Fined.

tain the fire-test provided for in section two of this

 

act, shall forfeit said oil, and be fined not less than

 

five nor more than twenty dollars ; said fine to be

 

collected as other fines are now collected; one-half

 

to go to the informer, the other to be paid into the

 

Treasury of the State.

 

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any puchaser of oils
or fluids made of petroleums or its product for

Purchaser may
recover.

illuminating purposes, bearing the stamp required

 

in section three of this act, and which does not stand

 

the fire-test required in section two, may recover

 

from the seller in an action for debt an amount

 

equal to double the purchase money of said oil.

 

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any accident by

An accident

reason of explosion, occuring with any oil or fluid

by explosion.

manufactured from petroleum or its products, shall

 

subject the seller thereof to prosecution for a misde-

 

meanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of

 

competent jurisdiction, to a fiue not exceeding one

 

thousand dollars nor less than tive hundred dollars;

 

one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer and

 

the other half to the State.

 

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That in case of seizure

Seizure or con-

or confiscation of oils or fluids manufacted from

fiscation.



 

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