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Section
51:1-1
Municipal power not impaired
Section
51:1-2
Definitions
Section
51:1-3
Use of both systems
Section
51:1-4
Yard
Section
51:1-5
Chain for measurement of land
Section
51:1-6
Test of measuring devices
Section
51:1-7
Standard ton
Section
51:1-8
Pound; avoirdupois; troy
Section
51:1-9
Gallon; quart
Section
51:1-10
Sale of milk or cream
Section
51:1-11
Labeling or tagging milk cans
Section
51:1-12
Penalties; disposition
Section
51:1-13
Branding butter and cheese packages; penalty
Section
51:1-14
Use of unbranded package; defacing or altering brand; penalty
Section
51:1-15
Liquids only to be sold by liquid measure
Section
51:1-16
Bushel
Section
51:1-17
Foods sold only by weight or numerical count; exceptions
Section
51:1-18
Bread to be sold by weight; specification of weight to purchaser
Section
51:1-25
Peach basket; marking, etc.; penalty
Section
51:1-26
Sale of fruits or vegetables in nonstandard containers forbidden
Section
51:1-27
Marking of containers
Section
51:1-27.1
Penalty for violations of section 51:1-26 or section 51:1-27
Section
51:1-28
Marking of containers; packer's name; penalty
Section
51:1-29
Commodity package labeling; slack filling
Section
51:1-29.1
Hydrate of sodium tetraborate
Section
51:1-29.2
Net weight standards pertaining to flour; adopted
Section
51:1-31.1
Terms defined
Section
51:1-31.4
Weight
Section
51:1-31.10
Tolerances or variations as to quantity
Section
51:1-33
Definitions
Section
51:1-34
Tested scales
Section
51:1-35
Delivery tickets; marking; alteration prohibited
Section
51:1-35.1
Penalties for violations of section 51:1-34 or section 51:1-35
Section
51:1-42
Department; composition
Section
51:1-43
Appointment of superintendents; record of appointment of municipal superintendents
Section
51:1-44
Assistant state superintendents; clerical assistants
Section
51:1-45
Assistant county and municipal superintendents; number; deputy superintendents; powers
Section
51:1-46
Persons employed to give full time
Section
51:1-47
No other person to engage as superintendent, etc.
Section
51:1-48
Superintendents and assistants; qualifications
Section
51:1-49
State superintendent and assistants; salaries
Section
51:1-50
County and municipal superintendents and assistants; salaries
Section
51:1-51
County superintendents; expenses
Section
51:1-52
County and municipal superintendents; under civil service
Section
51:1-53
County and municipal superintendents; assistants and secretaries; tenure of office; hearing prior to discharge, etc.
Section
51:1-54
State superintendent as administrator
Section
51:1-54.1
Issuance of subpenas
Section
51:1-54.2
Weighing and measuring devices; registration; fees
Section
51:1-54.3
Fees; amounts, schedule; use
Section
51:1-54.4
Weights and Measures Fund
Section
51:1-55
Standards
Section
51:1-56
Establish containers for farm products
Section
51:1-58
Seals and certificates
Section
51:1-59
Annual tests in state departments
Section
51:1-60
Records
Section
51:1-61
Regulations
Section
51:1-62
Disseminate information
Section
51:1-63
Superintendents and assistants; enforcement of laws; power to weigh commodities
Section
51:1-64
Identification device
Section
51:1-65
County and municipal superintendents; custodians of standards; annual inspections of weights and measures
Section
51:1-66
Exclusive use of standards
Section
51:1-67
Standards or copies to be furnished to assistants
Section
51:1-68
County and municipal superintendents; jurisdiction; special designations by state superintendent
Section
51:1-69
State superintendent may send assistants into any county
Section
51:1-70
Superintendents to keep records; monthly reports
Section
51:1-71
Superintendents; annual reports
Section
51:1-72
Annual report
Section
51:1-73
Definitions; public weighmaster; private weighmaster
Section
51:1-74
Term; certificate of appointment; fee; use
Section
51:1-75
Oath of office; no compensation from state; duties
Section
51:1-76
Seal
Section
51:1-77
Certificate of weight and measure; contents; prima facie evidence
Section
51:1-77.1
Certification of tare weight by weighmaster
Section
51:1-78
Reweighing on complaint
Section
51:1-79
Records of public weighings
Section
51:1-80
Penalties; requesting false weighing; false certificate or other violation by weighmaster
Section
51:1-80.1
Weighing on scales outside state authorized
Section
51:1-81
Weighing of live stock, hay and grain; report to owner; record
Section
51:1-82
Fraudulent report of weight; penalties; imprisonment; double damages; interstate carriers, inapplicable to
Section
51:1-82.1
State-owned scales; weighmasters
Section
51:1-83
Only sealed weights and measures to be used; violations resulting in injury voids contract
Section
51:1-84
Testing and sealing of all weights and measures; fee collection
Section
51:1-85
Tests made at request of owner; defective weights or measures; penalty
Section
51:1-86
Tests; defective weights, etc.; additional penalty.
Section
51:1-87
Refusal to seal weight, etc., easily arranged to defraud; review
Section
51:1-88
Examination mandated
Section
51:1-89
General penalty
Section
51:1-90
Hindering official; penalty
Section
51:1-91
Changing weight or measure prohibited
Section
51:1-93
Legal standard
Section
51:1-94
Retention of false weights, etc.; misdemeanor
Section
51:1-95
Marking of short weights and tares; misdemeanor
Section
51:1-96
Penalties for using false weights
Section
51:1-97
Illegal weighing activities; penalties
Section
51:1-98
Deviations; scale of penalties
Section
51:1-99.1
Prior violations not included
Section
51:1-100
Separate violations
Section
51:1-101
Presence of weights, etc., presumptive evidence of use
Section
51:1-102
Certificate
Section
51:1-103
Jurisdiction for action
Section
51:1-103.1
Injunctions
Section
51:1-105
Penalty enforcement
Section
51:1-106
Arrest; confiscation
Section
51:1-107
Appeal; no bond or deposit required when State appeals
Section
51:1-109
Disposition of penalties
Section
51:1-110
Costs to prevailing party in Superior or municipal court; provision in budgets
Section
51:1-111
City attorney or county prosecutor to aid in prosecution
Section
51:1-113
Definitions
Section
51:1-114
License and registration to engage in business
Section
51:1-115
Application for license and registration; verification under oath
Section
51:1-116
Examination and inquiry; issuance of license and registration
Section
51:1-117
Conduct of examinations
Section
51:1-118
Rules and regulations
Section
51:1-119
License to repair limited classes or kinds of devices
Section
51:1-120
Issuance of licenses to repair devices
Section
51:1-121
Licenses and registrations; term; renewal; contents
Section
51:1-122
Revocation or suspension of license; grounds; hearing; notice
Section
51:1-123
Report of repair work done by licensee
Section
51:1-124
Notice and statement to state department or county or municipal superintendent of weights and measures
Section
51:1-125
Condemned weighing or measuring devices
Section
51:1-126
Comparison and calibration of testing equipment
Section
51:1-127
Record or register
Section
51:1-128
Fees; use
Section
51:1-129
Administration of Act; rules and regulations
Section
51:1-130
Enforcement of Act
Section
51:1-131
Penalties for violations of Act
Section
51:1-132
Recovery of penalties, procedure
Section
51:1-133
Exceptions to application of Act
Section
51:3-1
Pillars showing true meridian; verification of meridian line
Section
51:3-2
Custody of pillars and inclosure; free access thereto
Section
51:3-3
Injuring pillars; misdemeanor
Section
51:3-4
Variation of compass; testing; certificate; filing; fees
Section
51:3-5
Penalty for violation; recovery
Section
51:3-6
Salem and Cumberland counties
Section
51:3-7
Official survey base established; plane co-ordinates
Section
51:3-8
Connecting property surveys with system of co-ordinates
Section
51:3-9
Indorsement of surveys
Section
51:3-10
Reliance wholly on system not required
Section
51:4-1
Deception in sale of liquid fuels and oils prohibited; certain marks allowed
Section
51:4-2
Violations; punishment
Section
51:4-3
Inflammable fluids to be sold by true names; marking of containers
Section
51:4-4
Flash or fire test for certain fluids; misdemeanor
Section
51:4-5
Sale of kerosene, etc., for illumination; marking containers
Section
51:4-6
State department of health to determine character of illuminating oils
Section
51:4-7
Test of illuminating oils; notice prohibiting sale
Section
51:4-8
Sales within state; presumption
Section
51:4-9
Violations; punishment
Section
51:4-9.1
Sale or offer to sell of kerosene of grade 2K or with 0.04% or greater sulfur content; warning; posting; violations; penalties; inspections
Section
51:4-9.2
Rules and regulations
Section
51:4-10
Adulterated turpentine or spirits of turpentine to be so labeled
Section
51:4-11
Linseed oil must be commercially pure linseed or flaxseed products
Section
51:4-12
Boiled linseed oil
Section
51:4-13
Adulterated linseed oil to be labeled
Section
51:4-14
Purchaser of adulterated turpentine or linseed oil to be informed
Section
51:4-15
Penalties
Section
51:4-16
Enforcement; inspection; recovery of penalties
Section
51:4-23
Definitions.
Section
51:4-24
Compliance with act required for lawful sale
Section
51:4-25
License.
Section
51:4-26
License; application, fee, expiration.
Section
51:4-27
Grading, measuring and labeling
Section
51:4-28
Delivery ticket, form and content; filing of voided tickets.
Section
51:4-29
Misrepresentation, mislabeling or misbranding; misdemeanor
Section
51:4-30
Sale or purchase in compliance with superintendent's standards, rules or regulations
Section
51:4-31
Rules, regulations or orders
Section
51:4-32
Administration and enforcement by superintendent; power and authority of weights and measures officials.
Section
51:4-33
Stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, or confiscating orders; liability of consumers.
Section
51:4-34
Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license; hearing
Section
51:4-35
Employment of specialists and experts
Section
51:4-36
Legal proceedings or processes
Section
51:4-37
Authority to issue subpoenas; court action
Section
51:4-38
Violations; penalties; collection and enforcement; process.
Section
51:5-1
Manufacture or sale of gold articles with false quality marks
Section
51:5-2
Tests and standards for determining fineness of gold
Section
51:5-3
Manufacture or sale of articles made of silver, with marks of "sterling" , "coin" , etc., where articles less than certain fineness
Section
51:5-4
Tests for determining fineness of silver; additional standards
Section
51:5-5
Manufacture or sale of gold plated articles without indicating they are plated
Section
51:5-6
Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling" or "coin" thereon
Section
51:5-7
Penalty for violations
Section
51:6-1
Definitions
Section
51:6-2
Quality mark not to apply to mechanism and other enumerated things
Section
51:6-3
Trade-marks on articles
Section
51:6-4
Quality marks described; marks refer to weight
Section
51:6-5
Marking contents and quality of pure platinum and platinum combined with other metals
Section
51:6-6
Abbreviations permissible
Section
51:6-7
Penalty
Section
51:6-8
Articles manufactured prior to July 4, 1929, not affected
Section
51:6-9
Presumption as to when article was manufactured
Section
51:6-10
Certificate of federal assay office as prima facie proof of weight or fineness
Section
51:6A-1
Buyer on basis of bulk value; duties; serialized receipts; digital photographs.
Section
51:6A-2
Registration of buyer; transient buyer; additional requirements; violation; penalty
Section
51:6A-3
Penalties.
Section
51:6A-4
Arrest without warrant
Section
51:6A-5
Definitions
Section
51:6A-6
Inapplicability of act to government agencies, banks, or commodity markets
Section
51:6A-7
Right of municipalities to enact more restrictive ordinances or resolutions
Section
51:6A-8
Severability
Section
51:6A-9
Certification of weight or measure used by precious metals buyer.
Section
51:7-1
Definitions
Section
51:7-2
Transporting anthracite into state over highways by motor vehicle; certificate of origin required; signatures
Section
51:7-3
Contents of certificate of origin
Section
51:7-4
Issuance of certificates; nontransferable; false certificate
Section
51:7-5
Duplicate certificate filed with weighmaster
Section
51:7-6
Revoking license to sell solid fuel; voiding certificate of origin
Section
51:7-7
Enforcement of chapter
Section
51:7-8
Penalty for violations
Section
51:7-9
Procedure for recovery of penalties; jurisdiction
Section
51:8-1
Definitions
Section
51:8-2
Sale, etc., not in accordance with chapter unlawful
Section
51:8-3
Enforcement; jurisdiction over inspectors
Section
51:8-4
General supervision by superintendent; rules and regulations
Section
51:8-5
License to sell or deliver solid fuel; certificates of license; license plates; issuance; terms; fees; display; emergency plates; expiration; revocation or refusal to issue; names on vehicles
Section
51:8-6
Sale by weight only; pounds to the ton; weighmaster to weigh
Section
51:8-7
Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on scales of equipped dealer
Section
51:8-8
Weighing fuel of unequipped dealer on approved scales; procedure
Section
51:8-9
Weight certificates; necessity of; contents; delivery tickets; exceptions
Section
51:8-10
Substituting name of another person in weight certificate
Section
51:8-11
Weighing fuel in process of delivery
Section
51:8-12
Who may issue weight certificates; certificate of designation as weighmaster; application; period; revocation; substitution of weighmaster
Section
51:8-13
Disposition of license fees; payments to counties and municipalities of moneys collected
Section
51:8-14
Violations; penalties
Section
51:8-15
Procedure for recovery of penalties
Section
51:8-16
Arrest without warrant
Section
51:8-19
Disposition of penalties
Section
51:9-1
Definitions
Section
51:9-2
Only approved measuring devices to be used; certificate of approval
Section
51:9-3
Sale by volume; unit of volume
Section
51:9-4
Calculating volume by weight; tables for conversion of weight to volume and temperature corrections
Section
51:9-5
Measuring quantities between 50 and 10,000 gallons; exceptions
Section
51:9-6
Measuring quantities over 10,000 gallons
Section
51:9-7
Delivery tickets; duplicates; contents
Section
51:9-8
Adjustment, repair or alteration of measuring device; removing meter from tank
Section
51:9-9
Delivery measured by approved device; misrepresenting quantity
Section
51:9-9.1
Residential oil fill pipe, regulations, violations, fees
Section
51:9-10
Rules and regulations
Section
51:9-11
Penalties; amount; disposition; municipal attorney to assist in prosecution
Section
51:9-12
Summons or warrant to issue
Section
51:9-16
Request to Attorney-General to attend
Section
51:9-17
Entitling proceedings
Section
51:9-18
Arrest without warrant
Section
51:9-20
Summons or warrant valid throughout State; arrest in county other than where violation occurred; procedure
Section
51:10-1
Terms defined
Section
51:10-2
Liquefied petroleum gas; units of measurement
Section
51:10-3
Package weight; liquefied petroleum gas; variations
Section
51:10-4
Markings on containers or labels; tare weight
Section
51:10-5
Removal of container from premises; weighing liquefied petroleum gas remaining
Section
51:10-6
Delivery tickets and duplicates
Section
51:10-7
Meter and pertinent equipment
Section
51:10-8
Artificial heat to expand liquefied petroleum gas being delivered prohibited
Section
51:10-9
Sealing of new meters; regulations
Section
51:10-10
Types and designs of scales and meters
Section
51:10-11
Rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances
Section
51:10-12
Exemptions from provisions of act
Section
51:10-13
Violations; penalties
Section
51:10-14
Recovery of penalty, jurisdiction
Section
51:10-15
Supervision of administration and enforcement of act
Section
51:10-16
Disposition of penalties
Section
51:10-17
Effective date
Section
51:10-18
Discontinuance or curtailment of supply to residential dwellings; advance notice
Section
51:10-19
Violations; penalties; enforcement; disposition; discontinuance not violation; conditions
Section
51:11-1
Definitions
Section
51:11-2
Sale by standard dry measure or avoirdupois net weight; exception
Section
51:11-3
Sale in package form; marking
Section
51:11-4
Delivery in bulk lots exceeding 100 pounds; sale in liquid or gaseous form; delivery ticket
Section
51:11-5
Sale in bulk amounts of 100 pounds or less; receipt; contents; exception
Section
51:11-6
Sale or delivery of less than quantity represented
Section
51:11-7
License to sell from vehicle
Section
51:11-8
Applications; renewals; forms
Section
51:11-9
Fee
Section
51:11-10
Term of license; contents
Section
51:11-11
License tags and identification cards
Section
51:11-12
Estimates of amount required by consumer; regulation by superintendent
Section
51:11-13
Receipt showing amount delivered; retention by licensee for three years
Section
51:11-14
Display of signs on vehicles
Section
51:11-15
Portion of licensing fee returned to county or municipality
Section
51:11-16
Enforcement of act
Section
51:11-17
Rules and regulations
Section
51:11-18
Administration and enforcement of act; powers of weights and measures officials
Section
51:11-19
Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license
Section
51:11-20
Legal proceedings or processes
Section
51:11-21
Subpoenas; oaths
Section
51:11-22
Violations; penalties
Section
51:11-23
Double penalties for certain violations
Section
51:11-24
Separate violations for different days and places
Section
51:11-25
Jurisdiction; enforcement of penalties; arrest without warrant
Section
51:11-26
Application of chapter
Section
51:11-27
Prosecutions
Section
51:11-28
Partial invalidity
Section
51:12-1
Definitions
Section
51:12-2
Label for safety glazing material
Section
51:12-3
Installation of glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in hazardous locations; prohibition
Section
51:12-4
Transparent glass doors or adjacent fixed glass panels; marking
Section
51:12-5
Rules and regulations
Section
51:12-6
Penalties
Section
51:12-7
Inapplicability of act to buildings and structures regulated by other acts
Section
51:12-8
Nonliability of workmen who are employees of person responsible for compliance with act
Section
51:12-9
Nonsupersedure of municipal ordinances; requirements; enforcement of act
Section
51:13-1
Lighters, certain, sales, etc. prohibited; definitions
Section
51:13-2
Violations, fines
Section
51:13-3
Rules, regulations