, 1884-03-28
LAWS OF WYOMING,
Passed by the
EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
90.
Weights and Measures.

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their use n this Territory, approved March 10th, 1882
Beat enacted By he Council and House Of Representatives
! Of the Territory of Wyoming:
SECTION /. The weights, measures and balances as
adopted by the United States government, and as at pres
ent in use by said government, or as may be changed and
altered at any time hereafter by said government, are
hereby adopted and established as the legal public stand
ard weights, measures and balances of this Territory,
and when received from the United States government
shall be turned over to the Territorial librarian of this
Territory, who shall be authorized to act as superintend-
et of weights, measures and balances for this Territory,
and who shall receive out of the Territorial treasury, out
of any of the moneys not otherwise appropriated, an
annual compensation of one hundred dollars per annum as
payment for said services, and the auditor of the Territory
is hereby directed to pay the freight on said standard
balances, weights and measures from Washington, d. e.,
to Cheyenne, Wyo, out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 2. The Territorial librarian of the Territory
shall be authorized and is hereby directed to contract for
and have manufactured a sufficient number of sets of
balances, weights and measures (the measures to be of
tin, cast iron, brass or compositions) as will be necessary
to supply each county within the Territory the said
balances, weights and measures to be delivered by the
contractor at the Office of the Territorial librarian of the
Territory as they may be required by said Territorial
librarian of the Territory, and they shall be paid for on
the order of said Territorial librarian, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. g.. Upon the application Of the county commits
sioners of any county within the Territory, the Terrific
rial librarian of the Territory shall furnish said county
with such balances, weights and measures as said com
missioners shall designate as required, but before receiv-
ing the same the said county shall pay into the public
treasury the amount paid by the Territory for the same:
ProUided, That nothing herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to authorize the Territorial librarian of the
Territory to have manufactured, at public expense, a
larger number of sets of balances, weights and meas
ures than may be necessary to fill the call of the county
commissioners upon him as above mentioned.
SEC. 4. The county commissioners of every county
shall constantly keep for the use and at the cost of such
county the following weights, measures and balances,
lconformable to said standards and seals, and sealed by
said Territorial librarian of the Territory. That is to
say: Of dry measure, one-half bushel, one peck and one
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pint and one gill one set of brass weights up to four
pounds, computed at sixteen ounces to the pound, with
suitable scales and steel beam; one set of iron weights
from one pound to fifty pounds; also, of long measure,
ore yard, and a set of troy weights from the lowest
denomination to eight ounces. Each of said measures,
weights and balances shall be verified by the superintend-
ent and sealed by him in a durable manner, according to
its true weight, capacity or length.
SEC. 5 The weights, balances and measures provided
for each county shall be in the keeping of the county
assessor, and shall be kept in such place as the county
commissioners may determine, and said county assessor
shall be sealer of weights and measures for the county
Of which he is the assessor.
SEC. g.. Once in every two years from the time at
which they are first sealed, the said sealer of weights and
measures shall cause them to be tried and proved by the
said public standards, under the direction of the Terri
torial librarian of the Territory, and sealed by him anew,
and if any sealer of weights and measures shall fail so
to do he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, fined in a sum not exceeding
fifty dollars.
Sec. Z. Every sealer of weights and measures shall,
at least once in every year, advertise in some convenient
newspaper, or put up notifications in different parts of
the county, of the times and places when and where he
will attend for the purpose of trying and proving such
balances aud weights and measures as may be brought
TO him for that purpose. Those which may be found or
can be made to agree with the standards shall be sealed
by him accordingly, and he shall deface or destroy all
such rs do not and cannot be made to agree herewith.
SEC. 8. The said sealer of balances and weights and
measures for each county shall, once in two years, go to
the houses, stores or shops of every person within the
county lin which he is elected assessor), who uses bal
ances, steelyards, platform scales or balances, weights or
measures, for the purpose of buying and selling, and has
failed for two years to bring or send them in at the times
or places notified and advertised by him, and also to all
hay scales and platform balances kept for the public use,
and there try and prove such scales, balances, steelyards,
weights and measures and seal or deiace and destroy them
as may be proper. In the cases mentioned in this sec
ton the sealer of weights and measures shall have double
the amount of his regular fees.
SEC. 9. The seals and other things necessary to ena-
Bile them to perform their duty shall be procured by the
said Territorial librarian of the Territory and sealers.
The cost of such rs are procured by the Territorial libra
rtorial librarian out of any Territorial funds not otherwise
appropriated, and q sum sufficient for that purpose is here
Iby appropriated, and the cost of such rs are procured by a
seaef of weights and measures shall be a charge on and
be paid by the county in which he was elected assessor.
SEC. 10. Each saaler of weights and measures is
sealing and marking every beam, twenty-five cents; for
sealing and marking measures of extension, Mt the rate
of ten cents per yard, not to exceed twenty-five cents on
any one measure for sealing and marking every weight,
five cents for sealing and marking liquid and dry meas
ures, II the same be one gallon or more, twenty-five
charge a reasonable compensation for time actually and
necessarily employed in fixing, altering or repairing
defective balances, weights or measures, so us to make
them conform to the standard, such compensation in no
case to sYeeed, the rate of fifty cents per hour for time
actually employed, and that he shall make no charge
when time amployed il lass than fifteen minutes Such