Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-03-31

" iENEAo the Troy Weights uied
by the lreafurer Of this Commonwealth
Is State Standards have, by long ule, d.
ioinihed and undergone an alteration in
their proportions
Sec. I. BE it therefore enai7sd, by tie
senats md HUE Of ReprsJ:ntafivs5, in
Gsnerai Conrt agsu1led, and By The autbori-
~ of fbs jan,g, That for correcting the
alproportions and repairing the dinlinu.
ton asureiaid, the Treaiurer be, and he
hsre5y is authorized and directed to add,
cc caaie to be added, TO the laid, Troy
Weights respectively, as follows, viz
10 the weight of one hundred and twenty
eight ounces, the further weight of swen-
ty-iersn grains to the weight of iix,y-
four ounces, the further weight of fifteen
grains to the weight Of thirty-two oun-
ces, -lhs further weight Of fix grains to
the weight OF Gxteen ounces, the further
weight OF ieyen grains to the weight Of
eight ounces, the further weight OF four
aud an half grains to the weight Of four
ounces, the further weight Of two and an
halt grains; to the weight of two ounces,
the further weight Of two and an half
grains; to the weight of one ounce, the
further weight Of two grains to the
weight OF half an ounce, the further
weight of one quarter of grain or pro-
cure new weights of the fame denomina-
ton, and coatormable to the faid State
Standards, with the additions aforefaid
respectively which weights, 70 corrected
thall be the Standard of Troy Weight for
this Commonwealth.
Sec. 2. And be it further enat7ed, That
the Directors of the fevera! Banks, which
are or ball be incorporated in this Com
mon~ealth, fhall annually in the month of
June, at the expence Of faid banks have
all the weights uled in their REFLECTIVE
banks compared, proved and fealed, by
the trea{urer, or by fome Perlon fpecially
authorized by him for that purpofe, which
ilall lupercede, 70 far as relpeSfs fuch
banks, the falling of troy weights by the
town or diltriet iealer, as required by the
aa to which this is in addition and no ten
der of gold by any bank in this Common
wealth, weighed with weights other than
thofe compared, proved, and lealcd afore-
Iaid, ihall be legal. And to prevent the
unavoidable imperfeetion OF 1cale beams
from operating uneqnally in payments Of
gold, the payer or receiver may require
that the gold hall be weighed in each
Icale, 70 that the inequality of the different
ends of the beam, if any may be alcertain-
ed, and the mean weight refulting there
from ihal be conhdered as the true weight
of the parcel Of gold 70 to be paid or re-
ceived.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
ii fhall be the duty of the feveral county
trealurers, at, the expence of their reipec-
tive counties, before the firit day of July
next, and once in every ten years after
wards, to have their county itandards of
troy weight compared, proved and fealed
bv the treaiurer of the Commonwealth,
or fome perion by him thereto fpecially
authorized and it ihall be the duty Of
the treafurers of the feveral towns and dit.
trtts, at the expence of their REFLECTIVE
towns and diariGs, within one year after
the firt day of July next, and once every
ten years afterwards, to have their town
and ditri6 ltandards oftroy weights COM
pared, proved aud fsaled by the the treat.
urer of the commonwealth, or of the
county wherein fach town or diliricf i,all
BE-, OF tosne perfor thereto tpccially au-
ihoyized by iaid fate or county treatureY.
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