Weights and Measures

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Section
1

Definitions

Section
2

Relation of Avoirdupois Pound to Troy Pound

Section
3

State Standards

Section
4

Additional State Standards; Replacement of Weights

Section
5

Municipal Standards

Section
6

Safe Keeping and Preservation of Town Standards; Insurance

Section
7

Neglect to Provide Suitable Place for Keeping Standards; Loss or Damage

Section
8

Vibrating Steelyards

Section
9

State Clinical Standard Thermometer; Certification

Section
10

Office Clinical Standard Thermometers; Verification; Comparisons

Section
11

Tolerances and Specifications for Clinical Thermometers

Section
12

Inspection and Testing of Clinical Thermometers; Certification; Fees

Section
13

Manufacture and Sale of Clinical Thermometers

Section
14

Penalties for Violation of Sec. 13

Section
14a

Glass Bottle or Jars for Lubricating Oil; Quality; Capacity; Sealing; Revocation of Authority; False or Insufficient Measure; Inspection of Bottles or Jars

Section
15

Glass Bottles or Jars for Milk or Cream; Capacity; Sealing; Designating Mark; False Measure; Revocation of Authority

Section
16

Paper or Fibre Bottles and Jars for Milk; Capacity; Sealing; Stamping

Section
17

Re-Use of Paper or Fibre Bottles or Jars for Milk

Section
18

Markings on Cans or Containers for Milk; Sealing; Rules and Regulations; Revocation of Authority; Designating Marks; False or Insufficient Measure; Inspection

Section
19

Penalties for Violation of Sec. 18

Section
20

Containers for Sale of Ice Cream; Capacity; Sealing; Designating Mark; False or Insufficient Measure

Section
21

Semi-Annual Inspection of Ice Cream Containers

Section
22

Paper or Fibre Cartons for Sale of Viscous or Semi-Solid Commodities; Capacity; Shape; Dimensions; Markings

Section
23

Testing Capacity of Containers; Seizure; Complaint; Revocation of Authority

Section
24

Penalty for Unauthorized Marking

Section
25

Condemnation of Weighing or Measuring Devices; Marking; Removal of Notice

Section
26

Use or Possession of False or Condemned Devices

Section
27

Use of Unsealed Weighing or Measuring Devices

Section
28

Recovery of Market Value of Goods for Use of Unsealed Devices

Section
28a

Sealing and Testing of Meters for Measuring Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Tolerances; Revocation of Authority

Section
29

Powers and Duties of Deputy Director of Standards

Section
29a

Civil Citation for Violation of Weights and Measures Laws; Appeal

Section
30

Repealed, 1935, 60, Sec. 2

Section
31

Use of Seals; Imitation or Counterfeit Seals

Section
32

Tests, Inspections and Adjustments of Town Standards and Devices; Complaints; Enforcement

Section
33

Testing of Weighing and Measuring Devices in State Institutions; Reports; Appointment of Special Deputies

Section
33a

Testing of Weighing and Measuring Devices in Towns of 5,000 or Less Inhabitants

Section
34

Appointment of Sealers and Deputies in Cities and Large Towns; Powers and Duties; Interference With Sealer; Compensation; Fees; Certification

Section
35

Comprehensive Weights and Measures Enforcement System in Small Towns; Certification of Sealers and Deputies

Section
36

Appointment of District Sealers; Powers and Duties; Bond; Compensation; Records; Fees; Certification

Section
36a

Determination That Cities or Towns Have an Inadequate Weights and Measures Enforcement System; Assumption of Responsibilities

Section
37

Reports of Municipalities; Weighing and Measuring Devices

Section
38

Duplicate Set of Apothecaries' Weights and Liquid Measures

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39

Receipt and Accountability of Town Standards and Seal

Section
40

Duplicate Set of Weights, Measures and Balances

Section
41

Annual Testing and Sealing of Weights and Measures; Notice; Record

Section
42

Failure to Comply With Notice; Sealing on Premises; Interference With Sealer; Penalty

Section
43

Testing of Weighing or Measuring Devices Registering Price

Section
44

Testing of Devices for Determining Measurement of Leather; Rules and Regulations

Section
45

Testing of Taximeters; Rules and Regulations

Section
46

Testing of Devices for Standardizing Production and Determining Wages, Capacity of Tanks or Containers; Sealing; Condemnation; Fee Schedule; Certificate; Accuracy of Automatic Devices

Section
46a

Bulk Milk Tanks; Calibration and Sealing

Section
47

Annual Testing of Apothecaries' Weights and Measures; Sealing; Graduated Glass Measures; Approval; Designating Marks; Revocation of Authority

Section
48

Use of Untested Weights or Measures

Section
49

Annual Tests of Hay and Coal Scales

Section
50

Tests of Weighing or Measuring Devices Upon Request; Results

Section
51

Sealing of Glass Milk and Cream Bottles or Jars

Section
52

Testing Incorrect Weights or Measuring Devices Upon Complaint; Entry; Use of Device

Section
53

Marking Devices With Stencil; Certificate; Notice Forbidding Use; Removal of Notice

Section
54

Seizure of Weighing or Measuring Devices for Evidence; Disposition

Section
55

Seizure of Devices Not Conforming to Legal Standards; Destruction

Section
56

Fees of Sealers

Section
56a

Location of Scales for Food Sold at Retail

Section
56b

Computing Scales for Prepackaged Meat, Poultry or Fish; Penalty for Failure to Provide

Section
56c

Placement of Cash Register; Observation of Total by Customer; Penalty

Section
56d

Examination and Testing of Automated Retail Checkout Systems

Section
57

Report

Section
58

Repealed, 1922, 355, Sec. 8