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280 OIL INSPECTION


deputies at each port; and the transportation company bringing petroleum, illuminating oils, gasolines, petroleum products, of less than one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, into the state, subject to the inspection as herein provided, shall stop and hold for inspection at points designated as ports of entry, all consignments of such goods, and a failure to do so will be a misdemeanor on the part of the transportation company and its representative in charge, and punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred and fifty (150) dollars, Or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days or both. Any person, firm or corporation or in dividual, bringing into the state such goods in the same manner are subject to the same regulations and penalties, except as to notification of ports of entry and deputies; and for their notification, notices shall be posted at every transportation company’s station in each port of entry.

§ 13. INSPECTION Fans] Each and every Inspector and Deputy Inspector who shall inspect any consignment of illuminating oils or gasoline or petroleum products of less than one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, as provided in this Article, shall charge the consignor or consignee of such goods the sum of Fifty gallons five (5) cents for testing a barrel or less quantity. shall constitute a barrel. Every such Inspector and Deputy Inspector, shall keep an accurate record of all such goods inspected, rejected, branded or certified to by him, which record shall state the date of such inspection, the number of packages, barrels, casks, or tanks approved, the number rejected, the name of the person for whom inspected, the name of the person to Whom consigned, with his address, the sum of money charged for such inspection, and such records shall be open to all persons interested. The State Inspector of Oils shall, in the month of January, in each year, make and deliver to the Governor a report of his acts, and those of his deputies, during the year preceding, together with remarks and suggestions for the benefit of the service, which shall include a copy and summary of the report submitted by said deputies as provided for in this Section.

§ 14. INSPECTION REPORTS] A record of all inspections shall a carbon copy book; one copy shall be retained at the port of entry where inspection is made; on the day of inspection one copy of the report shall be forwarded to the con signor or consignee, one copy to the State Inspector of Oils, and one

copy to the State Auditor, either on the date of inspection or on or before the fifth day of the succeeding month at the discretion of the State Inspector of Oils. On the first day of each month each deputy shall furnish to the State Inspector of Oils and State Auditor a summary of any and all inspections made by him during the preceding month, including the name and address of every con signor or consignee and the amount of inspection fees, due. One