85 of 1917 - Substitute for Bill No. 69-Duties of Oil Inspector ROLL CALL
VOTING— - Utah, August 2 AYE .NAY Salt Lake City, gy T
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Green
I move that the ordinance be passed.
Newman. ._
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Mr.Chairman
Result AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance amending Sections 187 and 188 of Chapter 5 of
the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake Bity 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 OILS. It shall be
the duty of the Inspector of Oils and Sealer of Leights and
Measures to inspect all oils, gasoline and motor spirits
offered for sale or kept for the purpose of sale within
Salt Lake City. Such inspections shall be as frequent as
practicable and necessary.
SECTION 188. INSPECTION FEES. For inspecting oils as
in this ordinance provided, the City License Assessor and
Collector shall collect 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, 106x2, 190x, 190x1, 190x2 and 190x3 are hereby created
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in Chapter 5 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of
11913, and are to read as follows:
SECTION 186x. KEROSENE. The color of kerosene shall; •
be "water white", but a slight bluish opalescence shall be
permissible. 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 by Foster or Tagliabue closed cup. All oils
that will emit any combustible vapor at a temperature of
less than 110° Fahrenheit shall be rejected for illuminati4g
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purposes.
SECTION 186x1. GASOLINE, ETC. The standards adopted,
by the United States Government through the Bureau of Mines
for determining the quality of gasoline, naphtha and other ;
motor spirits shall be the standards for such purpose in
Salt Lake City. No material, fluid or substance shall be
• sold or offered for sale as gasoline which does not con- 1
form to the standard as fixed by the United States Bureau
of mines, or which contains more than one per cent of solid
matter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any gaso-
line which has been adulterated by the addition or mixture ;
of naphtha or any distillate or other substance, without
written notice to the purchaser,of such adulteration.
SECTION 186x2. COLORING MATTER. No coloring matter •
shall be added to any petroleum oils used for illuminating ;
or heating purposes.
SECTION 190x. SUBSTITUTES. IMPROVERS. All material0,
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fluids or substances offered or exposed for sale purporting
to be substitutes for or improvements of gasoline, naphtha,]
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motor spirits, or any product of petroleum to be used for
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power, heating or illuminating purposes, must, before bding
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 /1 the form and terms of which have been ap-
proved by the Inspector of Oils, in writing, and which sai4
label must have printed or stamped upon it, in type no
smaller than twelve-point Gothic, a statement 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 con- 1
tainers and storage tanks from which produots of petroleums
are retailed to be used for illuminating or power purposes
and when suoh containers or storage tanks are found to be
in an unsafe position, or to contain water or foreigh 1
matter, the Inspector of Oils shall make a written order tq
have the same properly cleaned or removed, and it shall be
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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 j
oil barrels and other oil containers which are stored or
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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 barrel
or containers within ten days of the date of such notice.
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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 invoice$
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.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah, August 2nd , 1917. •
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