The Bulletin. 7 



REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CON- 

 CERNING ILLUMINATING OILS AND FLUIDS. 



[Chapter 554, Laws of 1909.) 



1. The statement required of manufacturers and others desiring to sell oil 

 in this State, in section 1 of this act, shall be in substance as follows : 



COMMISSIONEB OF AGRICLTLTURE, 



Raleigh, N. C. 



The desires to sell in North Carolina the following brands 



of illuminating oils : 



(1) (Name) 



(2) (Name) 



Manufactured or sold by , whose address 



is P. O And it is stipulated that 



said oils shall comply with the requirements of chapter 554, Laws of 1909, 

 and the regulations of the Board of Agriculture made by authority of said act. 



(Signature) 



2. There shall be placed upon each tank car before the same is emptied, and 

 upon all other original packages, tax stamps as required in section 3 of chap- 

 ter 554, Laws of 1909 ; also the name under which the oil is sold, the name of 

 the manufacturer or wholesale dealer and the date of filling. No tax stamps 

 shall be required upon a vessel filled from a container upon which the tax has 

 been paid, but same must show the amount of oil it contains, the location of 

 the tax-paid container from which it was filled, and the date of filling. 



Where wagons are filled from stationary tanks they must have attached the 

 location of such tanks, and all invoices for oil to retail dealers delivered from 

 such wagons shall show the name of station from which operated and number 

 of gallons sold. 



3. Where oil is brought into this State in wagons, each wagon must have 

 stamps attached to cover the amount of oil it contains, and with each and 

 every sale in this State from such wagons there must be given a statement, 

 invoice or tag, showing the name of the company operating the wagon, number 

 of the wagon, quantity of oil sold and date of sale. 



Where oil is brought into this State in wagons which also contain oil for 

 sale in other States, a separate compartment must be provided in such wagons 

 for oil sold or offered for sale in North Carolina, and stamps must be attached 

 to said compartment to cover the amount of oil it contains ; and with each and 

 every sale in this State from such compartment there must be given a state- 

 ment, invoice or tag, showing the name of the company operating the wagon, 

 number of the wagon, quantity of oil sold and date of sale. Unless this sepa- 

 rate compartment is provided, oil companies will have to pay the tax on all oil 

 brought into this State in wagons. 



4. By authority of section 2 of said act, there shall be appointed ten 

 inspectors. 



5. Each inspector shall examine all tank cars, barrels, drums, cans or other 

 containei-s found in his district, and in other districts when directed by the 



