Daily globe., 1879-04-11
GRADING WHEAT.
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AN ACT to regulate tho grading and Weighing q
BE it enacted by the Legislature Of tho State Of Mn
nesota:
ard for determining tho grade Of wheat in this stsss
which shall be the legal half bushel measure, and
measured bushel by the same when required shall AZ
the grade Of wheat in the number Of pounds oonsa-
tutng the general grades of wheat ~ may be from
time to time fixed or established by the farmers'
board Of trade Of this state hereinafter provided
tablished under the provisions Of this act shall be
legal tender in payment In fulfilling any contract
STIMULATING to pay or deliver Ike grade Of wheatin
SEQ. 8. Any person, association OF corporation, or
any representative thereof who shall knowingly cheat
Ducts in the weight of the grade Of wheat, or Who
shall use any other measure or device in determining
the grade Of wheat as purchaser or weigher Of the
force under the provisions Of this act shall be deemed
guilty Of , misdemeanor, and ON conviction thereof
befors any court Of competent Jurisdiction shall b
more than one hundred dollars for each onenc, and
tho cost Of prosecution, Or by imprdsonment in the
county jan not less than nifty days, nor 1ors than
Sec. l. Il the parties to the sale Of any whsa.
shall consent, It may be lawful to use two quar-
provided ssd s1o quas es .ns
be sealed as hereinafter provided, and
20 arranged as to easily demonstrate that IL is truly
balanced with any means Of weighing the same, and
that such measure Is filed in such manner and by
such methods and device as may be prescribed and
approved by the farmers board Of trade Of the
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of the farmers board
Of trade Of the State to designate what shall be the
the provision Of this act in testing the grade Of
wheat, and to prescribe such methods % shall best
secure uniformity IN determining the grades Of
wheat and they shall require that all measures used
and means Of weighing employed in grading wheat
to be sealed and stamped by the lawful sealer Of
weights and measures. Said board Of trade shall nx
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force each year, after their annual meeting in Sep.
tember, and to cause to be published circular for
rules and regulations to be observed in the grades Of
wheat and testing the same and naming such meth
os and devices therein to bs used in the manner OF
It'd use shaI be authorized under the provisions OF
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seo. & Il ahan be the duty Of the county attorney
Ghau como 70 his knowledge by the afadavit Of the
party complaining or otherwise thst any person, ~
sodaaon Or corporation has volsted in said county
ceedtnss within ten days after receiving such aida-
NJ OF other Information against the party offend
ing IN the nane Of the State Of Minneso and III the
costs Of such prosecution shall be paid out Of ths
funds Of said county by the board Of county com
sec. :. An 6nes recovered under this aot shan b
paid into the county treasury and applied to the es
ecsl expense Of the county.
Sec. 8. It Il hereby nsde tho duty Of the Governor
TO appoint three men IN this State, who are, vel
skilled In agriculture and who not directly or In
directly interested In tho business Of buying and sa
ing Of wheat; and II shah be the duty Of said par
conferred upon said board Of trade, and 10 carry
the provisions Of this act - herein prescribed, untn
such times = the farmers board Of trade shall have
organized to carry out the provisions Of this act
for the term Of two (O years. II said board Of rads
sha1 fail % organise Aforesaid, provided, that Ne
royaly shan b charged to the psople Of the spts Of
,Minnesota.
Sec. Q. Tnis oct shan take effect and b IN foees
from and altar it, passage.
Approved March II, 1879.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
O1FIeE OF SEcRErARY OF STATE,
ST.. PAUL, March 20, 1879.
hereby certify that the foregoing laws have been
carefully compared with the originals on file In this
Office, and that the same true and correct copies
thegeOf. =.
& sA- Witness my hand and the great
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