Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-05-06
LA WS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.


mo &c. AN ACT,
To prevent and punish fraudulent lrnnsac-
lions in tares and weights and other abuses
herein lennmerniad. l5s4f &;rss "a
( SRcTioNs 3e Il enacis7 hufks General
dtss1.Alg Ii la Slqte Ii 0,|o, IIia. IS
person, agent 81 clefli Wis shall hi ul. 81
shall order or procure any other person 70
put up or pack sugar, iice. tobacco, soap,
starch, candles, or any goods or articles sold
by weight, and rot subject to inspection bv
law, packed In kegs, barrels, tierces, casks,
boxes, hogsheuds, or any case Whatever,
shall, in every install, g, first weigh the en-
tire box or cask, or whatever il may be, and
plainly cut or mark upon The head or most
convenient part thereof, the exac, number
and fractions Of pounds it VT ighs, and when
packed or filled shall again ascertain tho
whole weight, and place The same immed.
atey above The cut or marked ,are weighs,
and subslracl the one from the other, show.
ing the net weigh, oil the contents, which
calculation shall not be o5lilerat.d while
the bulk remains unbroken.
Section 2. Any brand, mark, or stamp.
put upon any keg, barrel, box, cask, hogs.
head or case, by the manufacturer, indicu-
ing the article, lis quantity, quality, or The
manu- aclurar's name, or either Of them,
shall be considered the manufacturers Ger.
l6ed brand, stamp. or mark, and shall be
nit thereon in such manner as 10 be ideEli-
fled by the manufacturer or his authorized
agent, which shall be s"biec, 10 no erasure
or oblilera,ion; neither shall box lids, keg'
barrel, hogsheadS, fierce, or cask heads, be
transferred from one 10 the other, for the
purpose Of ,akirg the advantage o. said
brands, stamps. or marks, TO sell an inferior
article, or repacking take place, pullug an
inferior article lnlo superior branded keg,
barrel, cask, hogshead, box, or case. TO &C.
complish the same design, or 10 mark or re.
mark any thing containing pound bulk, so
as to hide lIom view The original manufac.
iurer's :na,k, stamp, or brand.
Section 8. Any person, directly or indi'
recllY transgressing any Of the provisions
herein enumerated, shall, on conviction
thereof, in all cases paw 10 the party ug'
grieve5 double she value OF The difference
between the actual quantity contained in
such keg, barrel, cask, fierce, box hogshead
or in whatever the same may be contaiLed
and the mel quantity or weight for which the
same may have been sold, and for the first
oifense, be- subjec! 10 fine noI less Than
than twenty nor more than sixty dollars. OF
imprisonment in the county jail not less
ihun thirty nor more than sixty days; anJ
for the second eifanse he shall be subject lc
TO a fine rot less that 6ily nor more than
TWO hundred dollars, or Imprisonment in the
county jail not less than thirty nor more
than ninety days, or both, at The discretion
oil the court; and for the third offense he
shall be subject 10 fine not less Than ,wc
hundred nor more than five hundred dollars
or imprisonment in the county Jail not less
than ninety days nor more Than six months
The offending parties, in every instance, 'C
pay all The expenses, prosecutions, and costs
of court; also all damages whatever sustain
ed by the aggdeved parties, who shall pros
ecale for the same.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker OF The House Ct Representatives
THOMAS Fl, FORD,
President oil the Senate,