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OIL INSPECTION 281


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§ 15. INSPECTOR AND DEPUTIES SHALL NOT DEAL IN PETROLEM PRODUCTS.] It shall be unlawful for the State Inspector of Oils, or his Deputies, to directly or indirectly while in office, traffic in any of the illuminating oils, gasoline or other petroleum products which he has been appointed to inspect. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a penalty of not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars and be removed from office.

§ 16. STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL PROSECUTE IN CERTAIN CASES.] It shall be the duty of the State Inspector of Oils, or any of his Deputies, or any person having cognizance of any violation of the provisions of this Article, to forthwith make complaint to the State's Attorney for the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed, against the person or persons so offending, and it is hereby made the duty of such State's Attorney to represent and prosecute on behalf of the state all cases of offense arising under the provisions of this Article. Any Inspector or State's Attorney who willfully refuses or neglects to carry out the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be removed from office.

§ 17. FALSE BRAND. ADULTERATIONS. PENALTY.] It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, whether vendor, dealer or manufacturer, to have, use, sell, attempt to sell or deliver to any person in this state for illuminating purposes any of the illuminating oils hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have been inspected and approved, and branded, labeled, or certified, according to the provisions of this Act. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, whether vendor, dealer, or manufacturer, to have, use, sell, attempt to sell, or deliver to any person in this state any of the gasolines or petroleum products of less than one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, until the same shall have been inspected and branded, labeled or certified, according to the provisions of this Act. It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely brand and label any package, barrel or cask, or falsely certify to the contents of any tank car, tank or Tank wagon containing said illuminating oils or said gasoline or said petroleum products of less than one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, or to deliver therefrom, for the purpose of deceiving the purchaser thereof in any manner, as to the contents of the same. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any empty barrel, cask or package that has once been used for said illuminating oils or gasolines or petroleum products of less than one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, and has been branded or labeled in accordance with this Act, before, thoroughly canceling, removing or effacing the inspection brand of the same. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to adulterate with paraffin or other substances, for the purpose of sale

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