Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-05-07
OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No 66.l AN ACT


To prevent and punish fraudulent transactions in tares
and weights and other abuses herein enumerated
SECTION L. BE IL enacted By the General Assembly
Of the State Of ORS0, That any person, agent or CLERK
who shall put up or shall order or procure any other
lse<son to put up or pack sugar, rice, tobacco, SOAP,
starch. candles, or any goods or articles sold by
weight. and not subject to inspection by law, packed IN
kegs, barrels, tierces. casks, boxes, hogsheads, or any
case whatever, shall, in every instance, first weighthe
entire box or cask, or whatever il may be. and-plainly
cut or mark upon the head or most convenient part
thereof, the exact number and fractions of pounds 1t
weighs, and when packed or filled shall again ascertain
the whole weight and place the same immediately
above the cut or marked tare weights, ana suhs.ract
the one from the other, showing the net Nelgn. OF .hI
contents, which calculations shall not DC oollterated
while the bulk remains tlbrOken.
SECTION >. Any brand, mark or stamp put upon ahy
keg, barrel. box. cask. hogshead or case " the manu-
fac,urer. indicating the article. its quality, quantity
or the manufacturers name. or either ot them' shaiipe
considered the manufacturers certified brani, stamp
or mark, and shall he put thereon in such manner as
to be identified by the manufacturer or ms authorized
az Mt, which shah he sGljectto no erasure or OBJ terra
ton; neither shall box lids. keg, barrel, hosshelGs,
fierce or ca>k heads. ne transferred from one 70 the
other, Tor the pGrpose Of taking the advantage OF SAID
brands. stamps or marks. TO sell an interior art'cie' OF
repacking take place, putting an inferior article inioa
superior branded keg, barrel, cas-. hogshead, box or
case, TO accomplish the same design; or to mark ORE
mark. any thing containing pound bnik, So as to mae
from view the original manufacturer 5 marx stamp or
brand.
SECTION ,. Any person, directly or indirectly, trans
crossing any Of the provisions herein enuneratei'
shall. on conviction thereof, in all cases pay to the
party aggrieyei double the value Of the difference be-
tween the ac.ual quantity contained IN such keg, har-
rel. cask, terce, box, hogsheid' or IN MhiteNer the
same may he contained, and the net quantity or weight
for which the same may have been sold, and Tor the
first offence. be subject to Il fine not less than twenty
nor more than sixty dollars, or Imprisonment in the
county iail not less than thirty nor more than sixty
DAYS: and for the second offence he shall be subject to
a fac not less t.an fifty or more than two hundred
dollars. or IMPRISONMENT in the county Jail not less
than thirty or more than ninety days. or both. at the
discretion of the court; and for the third offence he
shall be subject to a fine not less than two 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,
to pay all expenses. prosecutions, and costs Of court :;
lso all damages whatever sustained by the aggrleyed
parties, who shall prosecute for the same.
". IL. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
THOMAS ii. FORD.
President of the Senate.