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and which does not stand the fire test required in Section 449, may re-
cover from the seller in an action for debt an amount equal to double the
purchase money of said oil.

1874, ch. 504. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 333.

453. Any accident by reason of explosion, occurring with any oil or
fluid manufactured from petroleum or its products, shall subject the seller
thereof to prosecution for a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in
a court of competent jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, nor less than five hundred dollars; one-half of said fine to be paid
to the informer and the other half to the State.

1874, ch. 504. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 334.

454. Iu case of seizure or confiscation of oils or fluids manufactured
from petroleum or its products, as provided in Section 451, the party who
has sold such oils or fluids shall have the privilege of referring the same to
some commissioned inspector recognized by the oil trade of Baltimore,
whose decisions shall be prima facie evidence of the quality of said oil or
fluid.

1874, ch. 504. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 335.

455. If any inspector of oils shall be convicted in a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction of furnishing a false report of the fire-test of any oil sub-
mitted to his inspection, he shall be liable to a fine of not less than five
hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, at the discretion of
the court; said fine to be paid into the treasury of the State.

1874, ch. 504. P. L. L. (1888). Art. 4, sec. 336.

456. The provisions of the seven preceding sections shall not apply
to oils or fluids manufactured from petroleum or its products for the
purpose of exportation or for use in street lamps.

457. Repealed by Act of 1916, Chapter 388.

GAS COMPANIES.

458. 459 and 460. Repealed by Act of 1910, Chapter 56.

1888, ch. 322. P. L. L. (1888). Art. 4, sec. 341. 1900, ch. 180.

461. No corporation or person shall charge for illuminating gas in
Baltimore City a sum to exceed one dollar and ten cents per thousand
cubic feet.

1888. ch. 322. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 342,

462. The illuminating gas furnished by any such corporation or person
shall have an illuminating power not less than twenty sperm candles of six
to the pound, and burning at the rate of one hundred and twenty grains of