The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-06-21
Weights and Measures.

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w.,rb,. and Measures.
The los, Jeoislature nas.ed .., act IN re.u,ate
u;oh,s aud me..uras and IN renea, an act entitled
.an act rem,atno weights and measures, annroved
March ed 1851 II comnrises IL sections: the act of
,ses =, s.o,;ons The I.o;s,.ture of ,s7s n,ssed
San act defining the weight of aax seed and castor
he,,s b,r,ev and sueetnot.toes- The first section
reads ..that bereafter the weight of castor beans
.h,T ho four ,,,,,d. as weipbel bv tho orna.
scales in usc in this State and that the weight of
a.,-sce5 shan be 6fu. fovr nouuds that the wei,ht
ofh.r,. sh,I, he tify nounds. t,e wright of sweet,
nota,oes shall be 60y nound,-
The seco,d section ia .a,l laws and narts of laws
| in conflict with this act are hereby repcaled.r
III. t,;r5 se.ou .tb;s act IN take effect and he in
force from and after ;ts nubcation in the statute
book- II was approyed March 2d, 1876 The act of
1863 nroxided that n bushel of castor beans should
consist of fortvs;x nounds. n bushrf of axseed fif
tvsr noupds: bnshel of barley fifty pounds and
| a h,sh.y of swee, notatoes ff,v.f;ve nounds
The act of 1877 saws in absence Of anv spec;a, con-
tract or acreemsnt the xeipbt per busbel shall he
for castor be.ns a nounds. aa..secd 81 nounds
| harley AZ noupds. sweet-notatoes 50 pounds
IftIere he any worth in the old adape that SHE
world ia governed too much.- and that ..tbat .ov
eminent is host which GOVERNS the least- the anpli
o.,;or noss;hlv MIGHT ann,v here Jsoatipg the act
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