Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-03-06


shall be impressed and payment required
for doing The 50 mo only on such MS have
not been stamped, or such rs having once
been els mp6d, are found So defective MS 10
require to be aaain regulated with the stan.
datd.
Sire. o. BE II further enaetSd S.c.;
That the Inspectors Only shall 2Hvs The
power 10 stump weights mud measures.
md upon said stamp shall he the initials Of
the Inspectors mime.
SEe. 10 BeH further cHacted &c; That
no person shall boy 0f sell any comm dify
whatsoever by weight Or measure which
do not correspond With the aforesaid sia nd.
ard or are not stamped after the SAID par
isles have procured the standard Of weights
and measures as aforesaid. nor shall keep
any such wsi9hts Or measures, for The pur.
pose Of buying OF selling thereby, under
p%snaity or fine Of fifty dollars, tor each Of
fsnes besides, tbs fDfleitufs Of The weights
and measures found 10 be Galse, and If Il
fine 0f ten dollars when the weights and
inca sufes shall he found to be Just, though
| not stamped said fines to BIO recovered be-
fore any tribunal D. Gonpetent Jurisdiction,
ono half to tbe benefit Of lhs informer,
and the other half 10 the patigh in which
the offender resides oil weights aid inca.
sur6s seized shall be 6rfeit6d, for tho ben.
eft Of the sfamper, Who shall not return
them into circulation until he has made
them coufermable 10 the standard.
SE6. IL he it 5niher fnoclea kr,.
That whoever shall make, or cause 10 he
made Use 81, Or who shall utter f9lss
stamps or scales, shall on conviction before
the District Court where tbs offence was
committed, be subject to al. ths paihs anti
penalties Of Drgsfy, under The laws Of this
State.
$50. ~. DC II further eHacted &c.t
That IL IL forbidden to sell, Or cause 10 be-
sold, measures end weights, unless they
havs been tried and stamped by persons
appointed for that purpose, aeresably 10
The provisions Of this present net, under
the penalties imposed by tho tend section
Of this net against aIl pc sons who shall
have used false weights aud measures.
$50. IA. BE II further eu4cfed &c;
That there shall be III ibis State. j div
measure, 10 be known Under the name of
barrel, which shall contain three and a
quarter Bushels, con0rnaLle n The Anne
fiCan Standard, md shall DO divided into
half and quarter bbfsFIs.
sso. 10. De ii further enucted, Gr.!
That COIL shall be sold by the barrel Or
btishal moasnrs. grain sha ! be sold by bar.
rel, or weight The legal weight Of n bush.
81 Of VIII NJ shall be sixty pounds, of n
| bushel 6f corn fGy.siz pounds, Of u busbeI
Of oats thifty~two pounds, If u bushel Of
barley t%hirty4wo pounds, and Of a bushgl
Of ry6 thirty two pounds.
SEC. ls. BE II further enncled, Ac.,
That Ill Laws and parts If laws, both gltIo
and Municipal, be tetofDre enacted with
respect to weights and tnDasnr.2, of tho
Inspectors and dealers thereof, ate hereby
repealed from and after The PRONUNCIATION
Of THE net.
(SiRned1 DAVID A. RANDALL,
Speaker Of the tfoase N Representatives,
(signed) THAstNOND LANDRY,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of tho
Senate.
Approved, jane Jet, 1916.
(SikHGd) ISAAC JOHNSON,
Governor Of tte State of- T1pis.arra
NEWS FROM MEYTCOl
V. Hebert has Just received a fine assert
merit Of the following articles.
10 nil. Pananas a. IeOhoru
CoIored Jaconats, bat for gsftSmon.
la ses musliDs, TIE - Brogans. ~lSysfinv'
Ball Dresses, Caters Cafr SegeSl
Worsted Bsfr6ge. BfogaHs N Pa9sut
d. 1914 Linen u Leather ditto.
Cot. Shooting
march. &. No. +. 1877
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