The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-27
new WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES LAW

OF the legislature will go into effect
June l. Following is substantially
the full text of the law:
Section /. The standard weights
and measures as have been adopted
by the government of the United
States OF America, and such weights.
measures, balances and measuring de-
vices as heretofore have been, or here
after may be furnished this state by
the United States, as standard
weights, measures, balances and meas
uring devices, shall be the legal stand
ard of weights and measures through
out the state of Nevada. This section
shall not prevent the use of the
weights and measures of the metric
system, authorized by congress of the
United States, as it appears in the re-
vised statutes of the United States.
Section 2. The unit of standard
measure of length and surface, from
which all other measures of extension.
whether lineal, superficial or solid,
shall be derived and ascertained, is the
standard yard, adopted by the govern.
ment of the United States The yard
shall be divided into three equal parts,
called feet, and each foot into twelve
equal parts, called inches For the
measure of cloth and other commodi-
ties commonly sold by the yard, it may
be divided into halves, quarters.
eights and sixteenths.
Section 3. The rod, pole or perch
shall contain five and one half stand
ard yards, and the mile. one thousand
seven hundred and sixty such yards.
The chain for measuring land shall be
twenty-five stardard yards long, and
be divided into one hundred equal
parts, called links.
Section 4. The acre for land meas
ure shall be measured horizontally, and
contain ten square chains, and be
equivalent in area to reetangle six
ten rods in length and ten rods in
breadth. Six hundred and forty acres
shall be contained in a square mile.
Section 5. The perch of mason work
or stone shall consist of twenty five
cubic feet
Section 6. The units Of standards of
weights from which all other weights
shall be derived and ascertained shall
be the standard avoirdupois and troy
weights adopted by the government of
the United States.
Section Z. The avoirdupois pound
which bears to the troy pound the ratio
of seven thousand to five thousand
seven hundred and sixty, shall be
divided into sixteen equal parts called
ounces. The hundredweight, except of
pig iron and iron ore shall consist of
one hundred avoirdupois pounds, and
twenty hundredweight shall constitute
ton. The troy ounce shall be equal
to the twelfth part of troy pound.
Whenever hereafter in this act the
word pound is used it shall mean the
avoirdupois pound unless otherwise
distinctly specified.
Section 8. The unit of standard
measure of capacity for liquids from
which all other measures of liquid
shall be derived and ascertained shall
be the standard gallon, adopted by the
government of the United States. The
half gallon, quart, pint, half pint and
gill measures for measuring liquids
shall be derived from the gallon by
dividing it and each successive meas
ure by two.
Section 9. The barrel shall contain
thirty-one and one-half gallons and two
barrels shall constitute hogshead.
Section 10. The unit of standard
measure of capacity for commodities
other than liquids, from which all 9th
er measures of such commodities shall
he derived and ascertained, shall be
the standard bushel measure adopted
by the government of the United
States. The halfbushel, peck, half
peck, quarter-peek, quart and pint
measures for measuring commodities
other than liquids shall be derived
from the bushel by dividing it and
each successive measure by two.
Section IL. Whenever any of the
following articles shall be contracted
for, or sold, or delivered, and no spec
ial contract or agreement shall be
made to the contrary, such sale and
computations for payment or settle
ment thereof shall be by weight The
net weight per barrel or bushel, or
divisible merchantable quantities of a
barrel or bushel, shall be as follows:
Wheat flour, per barrel, one hundred
and ninety-six pounds; per half barrel,
ninety-eight pounds; per quarter-bar-
rel sack, fortynine pounds; per one
eighth barrel sack twelve pounds; corn
meal per bushel sack, As pounds; per
half bushel sack, twenty-four pounds;
per quarter-bushel sack, twelve
pounds; and the following com
modities per bushel; wheat, sixty
pounds; rye, hfty-slx pounds; inuiah
corn on the ear, seventy pounds; kaffir
corn, ffty-six pounds; rice corn, fifty
six pounds; corn, shelled, fifty-six
pounds; sorghum seed, fifty pounds;
buckwheat, fifty pounds; barley, forty
eight pounds; malt, thirty-two pounds;
bran, twenty pounds; beans, SIXTY
lish blue grass seed, twenty pounds
Hungarian and millet seed, nifty
pounds; potatoes, sixty pounds; sweet
potatoes, fifty pounds; turnips, fifty
six pounds; flax seed fiftysix pounds;
onions, fifty-seven pounds; salt, 50
pounds; castor beans, forty-six pounds;
hemp seed, forty-eight pounds; native
blue grass seed, fourteen pounds; Eng
lish blu grass seed, twnty-two pounds;
timothy seed, forty-fve pounds; dried
peaches, thirty-three pounds; dried ap-
pies, twenty pounds; green APP