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The Maryland Code, Public General Laws, 1888
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ART. 48.] INSPECTIONS—ILLUMINATING OILS. 845

40. How lawful tobacco must be
packed.
41. When warehouses become full.
42. Charges upon tobacco the growth
of this State for warehouse rent
43. Charges upon the same after sale,
and upon tobacco grown in
other States.
44. Wharfage.

45. Name of owner to be marked on.
hogshead.
46. Return of bundles other than,
samples; penalty for violation.
47. Inspector's own tobacco.
48. Sale without inspection, compul-
sory inspection abolished.
49. Storage without inspection.
50. Inspector to have copy of pro-
visions of this article.

Illuminating Oils.

1870, ch. 266. 1872, ch. 135. 1874, ch. 504, sec. 2.

1. All oils or fluids manufactured from petroleum or its.
products, used for illuminating purposes in this State, which shall
be manufactured or kept for sale therein, shall be required to
stand a fire-test of one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit before
it shall burn, to be ascertained by Tagliabue's coal oil tester, or
some other instrument constructed upon the same principle.

1874, ch. 504, sec. 3.

2. Every person manufacturing or selling illuminating oils or
fluids, manufactured from petroleum or his 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, to-
gether with the words, "warranted to stand a fire-test of one
hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit before it shall burn."

Ibid. sec. 4.

3. Whoever manufactures for illuminating purposes, or sells in
quantities not less than a barrel, oils or fluids made from petro-
leum or its products, which does not sustain the fire-test provided
for in section 1 of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the jail or penitentiary 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 or its products, which does not
sustain the fire-test provided for in section 1 of this article, shall
forfeit said oil, and be fined not less than five nor more than

 

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