INSPECTION OF ILLUMINATING OILS AND FLUIDS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Division of Oil Inspection of the North Carolina Department 

 of Agriculture was organized by the Board of Agriculture in June, 

 1909, for the purpose of carrying out an act of the General Assembly 

 providing for the inspection of illuminating oils and fluids. The 

 act (ch. 554, Laws of 1909) is as follows: 



AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE INSPECTION OF ILLUMINATING 



OILS AND FLUIDS. 



The General Assemhly of Nortlt. Carolina do enact: 



Section 1. That all kerosene or other illumiuating oils sold or offered for 

 sale in this State for illuminating purposes shall be subject to inspection and 

 test to determine the safety and value for illuminating purposes. All mami- 

 facturei-s, wholesalers and jobbers, before selling or offering for sale in this 

 State any kerosene or other oil for illuminating purposes, shall file with the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture a statement that they desire to do business in the 

 State, and furnish the name or brand of the oil or oils which it is desired to 

 sell, with the name and address of the manufacturer, and that the oil or oils 

 will comply with the requirements of this act. The Department of Agriculture 

 shall have'power at all times and at all places to have collected samples of any 

 illuminating oils offered for sale, and have the same analyzed. The inspection 

 of oils, as authorized in this act, shall be under the direction of the Board of 

 Agriculture, which is authorized to make all necessary rules and regulations 

 for the inspection of such oils and to adopt standards as to safety, purity or 

 absence from objectionable substances and luminosity when not in contlict with 

 the provisions of this act and which they may deem necessary to provide the 

 people of the State with satisfactory illuminating oil. 



Sec. 2. The Board of Agriculture shall appoint such number of oil inspectors 

 as will be necessary, not exceeding one for each congressional district, whose 

 compensation shall" be fixed by the Board of Agriculture, not to exceed one 

 thousand dollars and expenses each per annum. Each inspector, before enter- 

 ing upon his duties, shall take an oath of office before some person authorized 

 to administer oaths. The inspector shall have power to examine all barrels, 

 tanks or other vessels containing kerosene or other illuminating oils, to see 

 that they are properly tagged as required in this act, and they shall, as 

 directed, collect and test samples of oil offered for sale in different sections of 

 the State, and when instructed collect and send samples to the Department of 

 Agriculture for examination. 



Sec. 3. For the purpose of defraying expenses connected with the inspection, 

 testing and analyzing oils in this State, there shall be paid to the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture a charge of one-half cent per gallon, which payment shall 

 be made before delivery to agents, dealers or consumers in this State. Each 

 barrel, tank, tank car or other container of oil shall have attached thereto a 

 tag or stamp stating that all charges specified in this section have been paid ; 

 and the Commissioner of Agriculture, with the advice and consent of the board, 

 is hereby empowered to prescribe a form for such tags: Provided, that they 

 shall be such as to meet the requirements of the trade in oils, and to adopt 

 such rules and regulations as will insure the enforcement of this law. Where 

 oil is shipped in tank cars or other larger containers, the manufacturer or job- 

 ber shall give notice to the Commissioner of Agriculture of every shipment, 

 with the name and address of the person, company or corporation to whom 

 it is sent, and the number of gallons, on the day the shipment is made. 



Sec. 4. All moneys received under the provisions of this act shall be paid 

 into the State Treasury and kept as a distinct fund, to.be styled "the oil insiiec- 



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