Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-15
WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES

Boise, Sept. s-With a sealing out
fit verified by the federal bureau of
standards in Washington, portable
balances, porta lie inspection sets,
and all sorts of liquid and dry meas
ures, State Dairy, Food and Sanitary
Commissioner, James I'll. Wallis. has
started vigorous campaign of test
ing all weights and measures used
for the selling of food stuffs in Idaho.
He and his three deputies, J. b. Wall
lis, M. S. Parker and DIR. NJ. w.
Smith, will cover the entire state, a
certain sec tion being allotted to each
and every, city, town, village and
hamlet will be inspected.
4 The commissioner has issued a
Ilpnblic warning that dealers must see
| to it that their weights and measures
IIconform to the standards, and viola
lltions of the law will be prosecuted
every instance where the discrepancy
runs above the official variance al
lowed by the state board of health.
| Weights and measures that are
| found to be accurate or within the
lawful variance, will be stamped with
the letter s'I'' by the official seal.
| Section 1914 of the law says: ANY
person, persons, firm or corporation
who shall use any scales, beam,
weight or measure falsely, or who
Hshall mark or stamp false weight or
measure on any container, package
or cask, or who shall sell, offer for
sale, or have in his possession for sale,
any article which does not conform
| to the United States standard or the
standards designated in this chapter,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined not to
exceed 5000, nor less than $25, for each
i0ffense, or imprisoned in the county
jail not exceeding 80 days nor less
than 30 days
The commissioner also will strictly
enforce the following section; I'm
all sales of coal, hay and other COM
modities usually sold by the ton OF
fractional part thereof, the seller
must give to the purchaser full
weight, at the rate of 1000 pounds to
the ton; and In all sales of articles
which are sold in commerce by avoir-
dupois weight, the seller must give
the purchaser full weight, at the rate
of is ounces to the pound. Any per.
son violating this section is guilty Of
n misdemeanor."
i On inspection of any weights ol
measures, if such are fonnd to be in.
accurate, the inspector will attach Q
tag which it is unlawful to remove
: stating that the weight or measure
/ has been tested and found to be in
correct; that its use Is hereby forbid
, den uutil it has been made toconforn
to the authorized standard, and Ii
1 large black letters il stamped "con-
demned until adjusted and sealed
One of the features of Mr.. Wallis
outfit is set Of steel test .grii
weights, covered with bright nickle
. plate, with grip handle screwed Ii
' so that they may be carried. The,
= are adjusted to the de gree of precision
lrequired by the United States gov
ernment and run from to 25 pound
each.
The commissioner is equipped witt
a special table with which he can in
stantly determine the Volume Of an,
lcylindrical measure by merely find
i ing its diameter'and depth.
!. Having determined the contents
4 the allowable error, or tolerance.
then found, and II the measure doe
not come up TO the standard, th
q measure will bo condemned and III
sr dealer will be prosecuted.
ID Commissioner Wallis says thl
N liquid measures must meet the 70
low n@ tardsrds:
One ga |, n, 2i.i cubic inches.