S46 INSPECTIONS—ILLUMINATING OILS. [ART. 48.

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.

1874, ch. 504, sec. 5.

4. Any purchaser of oils or fluids made of petroleum or its
product, for illuminating purposes, bearing the stamp required in
section 2 of this article, and which does not stand the fire-test re-
quired in section 1, may recover from the seller in an action of

debt an amount equal to double the purchase money of said oil.

Ibid. sec. 6.

5. 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.

Ibid. sec. 7.

6. In case of seizure or confiscation of oils or fluids manufac-
tured from petroleum or its products, as provided in section 1 of
this article, the vendor or vendors of such oils or fluids shall have
the privilege of referring the same to some commissioned inspector,
recognized by the oil trade of Baltimore, whose decision shall be
prima facie evidence of the quality of said oil or fluid.

Ibid, sec 8.

7. If any inspector of oils shall be convicted in a court of com-
petent jurisdiction of furnishing a false report of the fire-test of
any oil submitted 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.

Ibid. sec. 9.

8. The provisions of the seven preceding sections shall not
apply to oils or fluids manufactured from petroleum or its pro-

ducts, for the purpose of exportation or for use in street lamps.