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VOTING 1 AYE NAY
Green
Newman.
I move t ,-at rill To. 65, for an ordinance
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amending Sections 187 and 1".8, relative to inspection
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of oils and providin,; fees for sane, be filed and the
Mr.Chairman
accompe.nyinp suhatiiute ordinance taken up for con-
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Passed h the Board of Commisisoners of Salt Lake City,Utah,_._ - - ,191
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VOTING AYE NAY Salt Lake City,Utah, July 16-, ,191...7
Green
I move that the ordinance be passed.
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Result AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance amending Sections 187 and 188 of Chapter 6 of
the Revised Ordinances of Salt bake City of 1913, and adding to
said chapter seven sections to be known as Sections 186x, 186x1,
186x2, 190x, 190x1, 190x2 and 190x3.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake
City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Sections 187 and 188 of Chapter 5 of the
Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, be, and the same
are hereby amended so as to read as follows:
SECTION 187. DUTY OF INSPECTOR OF OILD. It shall be
the duty of the Inspector of Oils and Sealer of Weights and
Measures tokinspect all oils. Said officer shall record eaoh
inspection within twenty-four hours after inspection, in a
book prepared for the purpose, which book shall be open for
inspection to all persons interested.
SECTION 188. INSPECTION FEES. For inspecting oils as
in this ordinance provided, the City License Assessor and
Collector shall collect ffi yearly in advance, from all
dealers selling at retail and carrying a stock of more than
ten gallons of gasoline or motor spirits, the sum of $25.00,
and from all dealers selling at wholesale the sum of $250.00.
SECTION 2. That seven new sections to be known as Sections
186x, 186x1, 186x2, 190x, 190x1, 190x2 and 190x3 are hereby created
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in Chapter 5 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913,
and are to read as follows:
SECTION 186x. KEROSENE. The color of kerosene shall be
"water white", but a slight bluish opalescence shall be permis-
sible. It shall contain no water or tar-like substance. It
shall not contain more than a trace of any sulphur compound.
It shall not flash below 110° Fahrenheit, upon test, ae-burdluay All oils that will emit any combustible
vapor at a temperature of less than 110° Fahrenheit shall be
rejected for illuminating purposes.
SECTION 186x1. GASOLINE, ETC. The Inspector of Oils
shall determine the gravity (Beaume scale) at 60° Fahrenheit
of each sample of gasoline, naphtha or other motor spirits,
and shall place a record of the same on certificate of Inspec-
tion. No material, fluid or substance shall be sold or offered
for sale, or labeled "Gasoline" which contains more than five
per cent of solid matter.
All dealers in any product of petroleum to be used or
sold for power purposes shall furnish all customers demanding
same a label or tag upon which the Beaume gravity is plainly
stamped or written. A variation of not more than two degrees
shall be permitted.
SECTION 186x2. COLORING MATTER. No coloring matter shall
be added to any petroleum oils used for illuminating purposes.
SECTION 190x. SUBSTITUTES. IMPROVERS. All materials,
fluids or substances offered or exposed for sale purporting to
be substitutes for or improvements of gasoline, naphtha, motor
spirits, or any product of petroleum to be used for power,
heating or illuminating purposes, must, before being sold, or
exposed or offered for sale, be submitted to the Inspector of
Oils for examination and inspection, and shall only be sold or
offered for sale when properly labeled with a label the form
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and terms of which have been approved by the Inspector of Oils,
in writing, and which said label must have printed or stamped
upon it, in type no smaller than twelve-point Gothic, a state-
ment of all the ingredients in such material, fluid or other
substance thus offered for sale.
SECTION 190x1. CONTAINERS. STORAGE TANKS. It shall be
the duty of the Inspector of Oils to inspect all containers and
storage tanks from which products of petroleum are retailed to
be used for illuminating or power purposes, and when such con-
tainers or storage tanks are found to be in an unsafe position,
or to contain water or foreign matter, the Inspector of Oils
shall make a written order to have the same properly cleaned
or removed, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of such
containers or storage tanks to fail to comply with said order
within ten days of the date thereof, and the Inspector of Oils
may forbid the sale of oil from said containers or tanks until
the same have been cleaned.
SECTION 190x2. EMPTY BARRELS AND CONTAINERS. It shall
be the duty of the Inspector of Oils to notify the owner, or
person having them in his possession, of empty oil barrels and
other oil containers which are stored or placed in such position
as to be dangerous to property, to remove the same to a place
of safety. It shall be unlawful for any person thus notified
to fail to remove such barrels or containers within ten days
of the date of such notice.
SECTION 190x3. LABELS. It shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or offer for sale any gasoline, kerosene,
naphtha, lubricating oil or grease, or any materials, fluids
or substances the labels upon which, or the invoices for which
contain any untrue or misleading statement; and it shall be
unlawful for any person to substitute any oil or grease for
any other kind or brand without notice.
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty-one days
after its passage.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,
July , 1917.
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