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Part I - Administration of ...
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Title XV - Regulation of Trade
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Chapter 98 - Weights and Measures
Chapter 98 - Weights and Measures
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 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
Section 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