Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

person questioning their powers duu
they are hereby empowered and au-
thorized to make arrests, with or with
out formal warrant of any person OF
persons violating the provisions OF any
statute relating to weights ana meas
ureS.
2. Whoever in any manner whatso-
ever impersonates or binders the state
superintendent of weights and meas
ures or any inspector or any sealer OF
weights and measures, in the perform
ance OF their official duties shall be
nor more than one hundred dollars
Section 4. Sections 1865 and 1866 OF
the statutes are amended to read read
any of the articles or commodities
mentioned in this section shall be sold
by the bushel, or fractional part there.
= weight thereof made shall be
made In writing, the measure thereof
shall be ascertained by avoirdupois
weight, and shall be computed as fol-
2. Sixty pounds for a bushe1 Of
wheat, peas. potatoes, clover seed, or
8. F'ifty-seven pounds for a bushel
of onions;
4. Fifty-six pounds for bushel Of
Indian, corn, rye, lima beans, wrinkled
5. Fifty-four pounds for bushel of
sweet potatoes;
6. Fifty pounds for a bushel of corn
meal, rape seed, millet seed, beets,
green cucumbers, apples, rye meal,
carrots, buckwheat. hickory nuts. or
Z. Forty eight pounds for bushel of
barley or Hungarian grass seed;
8. Fourteen pounds for a buShel of
blue grass seed or red top seed;
8. Forty-six pounds for bushel OF
cOStor beans;
10. Forty five pounds for bushe1 Of
timothy seed or rough rice;
II. Forty-four pounds for a bushel
of hemp seed, parSnipS, or sea island
cotton seed;
~. Forty-two pounds for bushel of
13. Thirty-five pounds for a bushel
Of cranberries;
| IA. Th1rty-fOur pounds for buShel
Of barley malt;
Is. Thirty three pounds for a bushel
Of dried neaches;
Is. Thtrty-tWo pounds for bushel
~ Thirty pounds for a busne1 Of up
land cotton seed;
IS. Twenty five pounds for bushel
Of dried apples;
10. Twenty pounds for bushel of
bran or shorts;
20. Seventy pounds for bushel of
coarse salt or lime;
FL. Eighty pounds for buShe1 of
| unSlacked lime;
.22; Eight pounds for bushel of
mastering hair;
pounds for a cord Of hemlock bark;
"a; For fractional part of bushel
| a like fractional part of the above
weights shall be required.
rs. All dry commodities not other
wise specified in this act shall be
bought or sold only by standard dry
measures, standard weight or numer-
zeal count except, whore parties other
wise agree in writing.
Section 1865. The bushel in
struck measure shall contain two
thousand one hundred fifty and forty
two hundredths cubic inches. The half
bushel and the parts thereof shall cor
respond In capacity to that Of the
bushel and shall be the standard meas
ure for fruits, vegetables, and other
dry commodities customarily sold by
heaped measure; and in measuring
other smaller measure shall be heaped
as high as may be without special eff
Section 5. There are added to the
Section 1864. |. Bottles, used for the
sale of milk and cream shall be of the
capacity Of half gallon, three pints, one
filed full to the bottom Of the lip. The
following, variations on individual bot
ties or jars may be allowed, but the
twenty five bottles selected at random
from at least four times the number
tested must not ne in error by more
than one3-quarter Of the tolerances: six
drains above and six drains below on
the half gallon; five drains above and
five drains below on the three pint;
four drains above and four drains, be-
low on the quart; three drains above
and three drains below on the pint; two
drains above and two drains below on
the half pint; two drains above and two
drains below on the gill. Bottles or
jars used for the sale Of milk shall
have clearly blown or otherwise per-
manentIy marked in the side Of the
the the W Word "seaIed' and in the Side COZ or
bottom Of the bottle the name, initials
or the trade mark of the manufactures
and designating number, which desig-
mating number shall be different for
each manufacturer and may be used
in identifying the bottles. The desig-
mating number shall be furnished by
the Stae superintendent Of weights and
measures upon application by the man
ufacturer, and upon fling by the man
ufacturer of @ bond In the sum Of one
thousand dollars with sureties to be
approved by the attorney general, con-
ditiOned upon their conformance with
the requirements Of this section. A
record of the bonds furnished, the des-
ignating number. and to whom fur
nished, shall be kept in the office Of
the superintendent of weights and
measures.
2 ANY manufacturer who sells milk
or cream bottles to be used in this
state that do not comply as to size and
markings with the provisions of this
section shall suffer the penalty Of five
hundred dollars, to be recovered by the
attorney general in an action against
the offenders bondsmen,, to be brought
| III IIlS udIuS Oh the people VI Inc state
Any dealer who uses, for the purpose
of selling milk or cream, jars or bot
ties purchased after this law takes eff
feet that do not comply with the re-
quirements OF this section as to mark
ings and capacity, shall be deemed
guilty Of using false or insufficient
| measure.
8. Sealers of weights and measures
are not required to seal bottles or jars
) for milk or cream marked as in this
section provided, but they shall from
time to time make tests on individual
, bottles used by the various firms In the
J territory over which they have juris-
diction. in order to ascertain whether
the above provisions are, being com
piled with. and they shall report vio-
lations found Immediately to the su-
perintendent of weights and measures
Section 1860. 1t shall be unlawful
to sell or offer to sell in this state any
coal, charcoal, or coke in any other
manner than by weight. No person.
firm. or corporation shall deliver any
} coal, charcoal or coke without each
such delivery being accompanied by a
} delivering ticket and a duplicate there
of, on each of which shall be in ink
or other indelible substance, distinctly
expressed in pounds, the gross weight
of the load, the tare of the delivery
} vehicle, and the quantity, or quantities
} Of coal, charcoal, or coke, contained in
the cart, wagon, or other vehicle used
| in wit ho nf