The Bulletin 7 



6. Each inspector shall receive four dollars per day and actual expenses 

 while at work. 



7. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have prepared tax stamps of 

 such denominations and in such quantities as may be deemed necessary to 

 execute this act. The Secretary of the Board shall have charge of these 

 stamps and deliver to the Oil Clerk from time to time such amounts as 

 will be necessary to supply the demand, and shall make settlement quar- 

 terly of the amounts of tags disposed of. 



8. A barrel shall be estimated to contain fifty-two (52) gallons and a 

 26-cent stamp will be received as payment of tax on contents of same, un- 

 less it shall appear that barrels in excess of fifty-two gallons are generally 

 used by any dealer or company. In that case, tax for the total gallonage of 

 each barrel will be required. 



9. All kerosenes or other oils usually used for illuminating purposes offered 

 for sale or sold in this State for other use shall have plainly marked on the 

 container in letters at least two inches high, or plainly printed on a tag 

 attached thereto, "Not for Illuminating Purposes. Highly Inflammable." 

 Such oil is not subject to taxation. Using or selling it for illuminating 

 purposes shall be a violation of section 8 of this act. 



10. Shipment by car-load lots of oil in barrels, drums or other containers 

 shall be reported to the Commissioner, as is required for shipment in tank 

 cars or other large containers by section 3, chapter 554, Laws of 1909. 



11. No person shall offer to a common carrier for shipment empty contain- 

 ers used for illuminating oils upon which the tax stamps have not been 

 canceled. 



12. The flash test of illuminating oils shall not be less than 100 degrees 

 Fahrenheit, as tested by the Elliott method — closed cup — according to 

 directions prepared by the State Oil Chemist. Illuminating oils which flash 

 below 175° Fahrenheit in the Elliott closed cup shall not contain more than 

 6 per cent by weight of residue remaining undistilled at 570° Fahrenheit 

 when distilled according to directions prepared by the State Oil Chemist; 

 except that oils of not less than 47° Baume at 60° Fahrenheit shall not con- 

 tain more than 10 per cent of residue by weight. 



13.- The record of the tank-car book furnished by the railroad companies 

 as to the capacity of each tank car will be accepted by the Department. 



14. The State Oil Chemist shall analyze such samples as deemed neces- 

 sary to ascertain safety and objectionable substances, purity and luminosity, 

 and report to the Commissioner of Agriculture any standards he deems ad- 

 visable to be established in these particulars. 



15. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Police Committee, may 

 suspend or change any of these regulations until the ensuing meeting of 



the Board - W. A. Graham, 



Raleigh, N. C, August 1, 1913. Commissioner. 



ANALYSES OF KEROSENE. 



With proper care a kerosene lamp is a perfectly safe form of lighting 

 and gives a light of good quality. Most accidents are not due to explo- 

 sions within the lamp, but to dropping or breaking the lamp while it is 

 lighted, or to the use of gasoline instead of kerosene in the lamp by 

 mistake. 



The poor quality of light experienced by some users of kerosene lamps 

 may be due to several causes : To a poor quality of oil or a dirty and 

 clogged burner, a misfitting or poor wick, or a badly fitted chimney. 

 The inspection by the Department of Agriculture assures to the con- 

 sumer in this State a good quality of oil. 



In regard to the other conditions the following suggestions are offered : 



