Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1879 — WATCH FOR 120. [ARTICLE]

WATCH FOR 120.

Under the act passed by the last General Assembly, approved March 31, and taking effect on the 3d of the present month, it is provided that no oil or other substance which, by the test prescribed, flashes at any temperature below 120° Fahrenheit, shall be allowed to be sold, or offered for sale, or consumed for illuminating purposes, in this State. 'The penalty for violating this law is a fine of not less than $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for twenty days, or both. Dealers are also made responsible for any damage to persons from uninspected oils. Section seven of the act above alluded to also provides that “any person selling or illuminating oils, produced from petroleum, who shall sell or dispose of any empty barrel, cask or package, which has been branded by an inspector or his deputies, before thoroughly canceling, removing and effacing the inspection brand, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall pay a fine of $50 for each barrel, cask or package thus sold or disposed of.” As will be seen, this new law is binding.--[lndianapolis Journal.