6 The Bulletin. 



tion fund." All checks or orders in payment for tags or stamps shall be made 

 payable to the State Treasurer. The Commissioner of Agriculture is author- 

 ized to draw out of said fund, upon his warrants, such sums as may be neces- 

 sary to pay all expenses incurred in connection with this act, including salary 

 of oil chemist or chemists, cost of Inspection, tags, blanks, etc. 



Sec. 5. The State Treasurer shall, on the first day of June and December 

 each year, turn into the general fund of the State all moneys of the oil fund 

 in his hands in excess of the amount drawn out by the Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture for expenses. 



Sec 6. The Commissioner of Agi-iculture shall include in his report to the 

 General Assembly an account of the operations and expenses under this act. 



Sec. 7. Whenever a complaint is made to the Department of Agriculture in 

 regard to the illuminating qualities of any oil sold in this State the commis- 

 sioner shall cause a sample of said oil or oils complained of to be procured and 

 have the same thoroughly aualyzetl and tested as to safety and illuminating 

 qualities. If such analysis or other tests shall show that the oil is either 

 unsafe or of inferior illuminating quality, its sale shall be forbidden and report 

 of the result or results be sent to the party making the complaint and to the 

 manufacturer of said oil. 



Sec. 8. Every person who shall fraudulently brand or stamp any package or 

 barrel or other vessel, or use a stamp a second time, or keep any kerosene or 

 other illuminating oil not marked and branded in accordance with the regula- 

 tions of the Board of Agriculture, or violate any other provision of this act or 

 any regulation adopted by the Board of Agriculture for its enforcement, shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200) 

 for each offense nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). 



Sec. 9. If any person, manufacturer or dealer shall sell or offer for sale in 

 this State any of said illuminating oils and fluids before first having the same 

 labeled and tagged as required by the regulations adopted by the Board of 

 Agriculture, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction be fined 

 not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300), and the said oils and fluids be 

 forfeited and sold, and the proceeds thei'eof go to the common school fund of 

 the State. If any manufacturer or dealer of said illuminating oils or fluids 

 shall, with intent to deceive or defraud, alter or erase the label or tag to indi- 

 cate a different flash test, gravity or quantity than is indicated by the label or 

 stamp attached to the vessel, he shall on conviction be fined not exceeding fifty 

 dollars ($50) for every such offense. 



Sec. 10. Any inspector who, while in oflSce, shall be interested, directly or 

 indirectly, in the manufacture or vending of any of the illuminating oils, shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than three 

 hundred dollars ($300). 



Sec. 11. All prosecutions for fines and penalties under the provisions of this 

 act shall be by indictment in a court of competent jurisdiction. 



Sec 12. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the retail dealer in oils 

 unless such retail dealer shall sell or offer to sell oils of a manufacturer, whole- 

 saler or jobber who refuses to comply with the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 13. This act shall be in force from and after July first, one thousand 

 nine hundred and nine. 



Ratified this the 8th day of March, A. D. 1909. 



By virtue of the authority conferred upon the Board of Agricul- 

 ture by the act, regulations governing the work of inspection were 

 dra-\vn up by the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Oil Committee 

 of the Board. Representatives of the oil companies doing business 

 in the State were invited to be present at the meeting of the Board 

 in June and at subsequent meetings of the Oil Committee in order 

 that the regulations for putting the act into effect might be so ad- 

 justed as to give as little trouble as possible to all concerned. The 

 regulations now in force are as follows: 



