396 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

1878, ch. 120.

327. The mayor and city council of Baltimore are authorized
to provide for the inspection of oils or fluids made from petroleum
or its products, used for illuminating purposes, offered for sale in
the city of Baltimore, and for the appointment of inspectors for
that purpose.

Ibid.

328. The mayor and city council shall have full authority to

pass all ordinances necessary to carry into effect the powers granted
by the preceding section, and to impose by said ordinances such
fines and penalties as they may deem necessary and proper for the

enforcement thereof.

1874, ch. 504.

329. 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.

Ibid.

330. Every person manufacturing or selling illuminating oils

or fluids, manufactured 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."

Ibid.

331. Whoever manufactures for illuminating purposes, or
sells in quantities not less than a barrel, oils or fluids made from
petroleum or its products, which does not sustain the fire-test
provided for in section 329, 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. Who-
ever sells in quantities less than a barrel, for illuminating pur-
poses, oils or fluids made from petroleum or its products, which
does not sustain the fire-test provided for in section 329, shall