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MA Gen L ch 94 § 222 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 222 - Certificate of Sale by Cental

Section 222. If any wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, cracked corn, ground corn or corn meal, ground rye or rye meal, or feed, or any other meal, is sold by the cental or hundred weight, the weigher or his deputy, on request of either party to the contract, shall ascertain the weight thereof and shall give a certificate of the number of centals or hundredweight of the same; and whoever sells and delivers a quantity of either of said articles exceeding one cental or hundredweight, if it has not been weighed by such weigher or his deputy, shall forfeit to the purchaser ten dollars for each lot purporting to be a cental or hundredweight which contains less than one hundred pounds.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 224 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 224 - False Weights, Scales, etc.; False and Fraudulent Certificate; Collusion

Section 224. If a weigher or deputy weigher uses, or has in his possession with intent to use, for the purposes provided in sections two hundred and nineteen to two hundred and twenty-two, inclusive, any false weight, scale, balance or other instrument for weighing, or colludes with the purchaser or seller with intent to defraud the other party, or makes and utters a false and fraudulent certificate under sections two hundred and nineteen to two hundred and twenty-two, inclusive, he may be removed from office by the aldermen or selectmen, and shall also on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 236 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 236 - Weighers of Hay

Section 236. If a town or the city council of a city accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the mayor or selectmen may from time to time appoint, for a term not exceeding one year, and may at any time remove, weighers of hay, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duty and who shall have the superintendence of the hay scales belonging to such city or town, and shall weigh hay offered for sale therein and any other article offered to be weighed. Cities and towns may establish ordinances and by-laws for the regulation of hay scales and of the compensation of weighers of hay. Whoever, not having been so appointed, sets up hay scales in a city or town for the purpose of weighing hay or other articles offered to be weighed shall forfeit to the use of such city or town twenty dollars a month, so long as such scales are maintained.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 237 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 237 - Sale and Delivery of Timothy or Herdsgrass Seed; Avoirdupois Weight

Section 237. Except as otherwise provided in chapter ninety-nine, all contracts for the sale and delivery of timothy or herdsgrass seed shall be made by avoirdupois weight. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 238 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 238 - Weighers of Coal

Section 238. The mayor or selectmen shall annually appoint, and may remove, weighers of coal, one of whom at least shall not be engaged in the business of selling coal, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duty, and by whom all coal shall be weighed. No person shall be ineligible for appointment in a town because of the fact that he is not a resident thereof, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in any city charter. Women shall be eligible for appointment as weighers of coal.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 239a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 239a - Standard Sizes for Anthracite Coal; Variances or Tolerances

Section 239A. The director of standards shall from time to time by rule or regulation establish standard sizes for anthracite coal offered for sale within the commonwealth, with variances or tolerances not to exceed five per cent determined by weight.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 240 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 240 - Sale of Coal, Coke and Charcoal by Weight

Section 240. Coal shall be sold by weight, and, except when sold by cargo, two thousand pounds avoirdupois shall be the standard for the ton. Coke and charcoal in any quantities shall be sold only by weight or measure.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 241 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 241 - Sale of Coal, Coke and Charcoal in Bags, Sacks or Baskets; Marking

Section 241. Coal in quantities of one hundred pounds or less shall be sold by weight, and coke and charcoal in quantities of one hundred pounds or less shall be sold by weight or measure, in bags, sacks or baskets, and until delivered shall be kept in the same bags, sacks or baskets in which they were weighed or measured; and coal, coke and charcoal thus sold shall be exempt from section two hundred and forty-four. When sold by weight, such bags, sacks or baskets shall be plainly marked with the name and business address of the person who puts up the same, and with the weight of the coal, coke or charcoal therein in letters and numerals, respectively, of bold uncondensed type at least one inch in height. Coal that is packaged in any manner in advance of sale at retail shall be plainly and conspicuously marked with the name and business address of the person who puts up same, a statement of the net weight of the coal contained therein, a classification of such coal whether anthracite, semi-anthracite, bituminous containing less than twenty-three per cent volatile matter or bituminous containing more than twenty-three per cent volatile matter, and the size of the coal contained therein.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 242 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 242 - Sale of Coal, Coke and Charcoal in Baskets or Receptacles; Requisites

Section 242. Baskets or similar receptacles used in selling coke, charcoal or unpacked kindling wood by measure shall be of one bushel or multiple thereof, Massachusetts standard dry measure, shall have their capacity plainly marked thereon, shall be sealed by a sealer of weights and measures of the town or district where the vendor resides or conducts his business, and shall be filled at least level full when well shaken.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 243 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 243 - Sale of Coke and Charcoal in Paper Bags or Sacks; Specifications; Measure; Marking

Section 243. Paper bags or sacks used or intended to be used in the sale of coke, charcoal or kindling wood by measure shall be not less than twenty-five inches in height, not less than thirteen and one half inches in width, and the bottoms shall not be less than four and three quarters inches wide. They shall be filled to a point not more than six inches from the upper end. Bags of unpacked kindling wood or of coke or charcoal sold or offered for sale by measure shall contain, and shall be sold as containing, one half bushel, Massachusetts standard dry measure. Bags and sacks shall be plainly marked with the name and business address of the person putting up the same, and the words ''one half bushel'' in bold, uncondensed, capital letters at least one inch in height. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent or as the servant or agent of another sells or offers for sale a paper bag or sack to be used in the sale of coke, charcoal or kindling wood by measure which does not conform in every particular to the requirements of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 244 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 244 - Certificate of Weight of Coke, Charcoal or Coal or Material for Road Construction; Contents; Examination

Section 244. Whoever, except as provided in section two hundred and forty-one, sells coke, charcoal or coal by weight, or whoever sells material for road construction by weight, shall without cost to the purchaser cause the goods or material to be weighed by a sworn weigher of the town where they are weighed, and shall cause to be signed by the weigher a certificate stating the name and place of business of the seller, and either the identifying number, of which a permanent record shall be kept, or the name of the person taking charge of the goods or material after the weighing as given to the weigher on his request, the tare weight, and the quantity of the goods or material. Such certificate shall be given to said person and shall be given by him only to the owner of the goods or material or his agent when he unloads the same; and each such person, on request and without charge therefor, shall permit the director of standards, or any inspector of standards in any town, or any sealer of weights and measures of any town, to examine the certificate and to make a copy thereof.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 245 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 245 - Direction That Goods Be Weighed; Powers of Director of Standards, etc., and Sealer

Section 245. The director of standards or any inspector of standards in any town, or a sealer of weights and measures within his town, wherein any quantity of coke, charcoal or coal or material for road construction in the course of delivery is found may direct the person in charge of the goods or material to convey the same without delay or charge to scales designated by such director, inspector or sealer, who shall there determine the quantity of the goods or material, and, except in the case of coke, charcoal or coal in baskets or bags as required by section two hundred and forty-one, shall determine their weight together with the tare weight, and shall direct said person to return to such scales immediately after unloading the goods or material; and upon such return, the director, inspector or sealer shall determine the tare weight. The scales designated by the director, inspector or sealer as aforesaid may be the public scales of the town or any other scales therein which have been duly tested and sealed and shall be such scales as in his judgment are most convenient.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 246 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 246 - Record of Weights and Measures of Coke, Charcoal or Coal or Material Used for Road Construction; Keeping

Section 246. Each sealer of weights and measures of a town and each sworn weigher shall keep in a book used by him solely for that purpose a record of all baskets sealed by him as aforesaid, and of all weighings and determinations of quantities of coke, charcoal or coal or material used for road construction made by him as aforesaid. Such record shall be made at the time of measuring or weighing, and shall state the day and hour of the measuring or weighing, the name and place of business of the vendor, the name of the owner of the baskets or of the purchaser of the goods or material as given to him on his request by the person taking charge of the baskets or of the goods or material after weighing or measuring, the capacity of the baskets measured or quantity of the goods or material determined, and the name of said person; and, in the case of a reweighing as provided in section two hundred and forty-five, shall state the weight as given in the certificate and as determined by him. No charge shall be made by any such sealer for anything done under this section and sections two hundred and forty-four and two hundred and forty-five.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 247 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 247 - Sale of Edgings and Kindling Wood

Section 247. Edgings or kindling wood shall not be sold in bundles unless the same are closely packed and are not less than twenty-seven inches in circumference. Kindling wood may be sold in bulk by the load; but if unpacked shall not be sold unless by measure and, if exceeding six inches in length, shall not be sold in bags or sacks.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 248 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 248 - Penalties; Enforcement of Law

Section 248. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and forty to two hundred and forty-seven, inclusive, if no other penalty is provided therein, or of a rule or regulation made under section two hundred and thirty-nine A, or fails to comply with any request for information or direction made under authority of sections two hundred and forty, two hundred and forty-one, and two hundred and forty-four to two hundred and forty-six, inclusive, or gives a false answer to any such request, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; and whoever is guilty of fraud or deceit as to the weighing, selling or delivering of coke, charcoal or coal, or the measuring, selling or delivering of fuel oil or range oil, or whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, sells or delivers or attempts to sell or deliver coal or coke which is short in weight or coal which contains an unreasonable amount of shale, slate, rock or other foreign substance or which produces an excessive amount of non-combustible residue, including ash, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. The director of standards and local sealers of weights and measures shall cause sections two hundred and forty-two to two hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, and rules and regulations made under section two hundred and thirty-nine A, to be enforced.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249 - Possession of Illegal Measures by Vendor of Coal, Coke, Charcoal or Kindling Wood; Penalty

Section 249. A vendor of coal, coke, charcoal or kindling wood, who has in his possession a basket, bag, sack or other measure which does not conform in every particular to the requirements respecting such measure, with intent to use or permit it to be used in measuring coal, coke, charcoal or kindling wood sold or offered for sale, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars, and such basket, bag, sack or measure shall be destroyed.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249a - Inspection of Coal; Analysis of Samples; Condemnation

Section 249A. The department of public health, local boards of health, the director of standards and local sealers of weights and measures, by themselves or by their authorized agents, may enter each place where coal is stored or kept for sale and each railroad train or car or any vehicle used for its conveyance and may inspect said coal or take therefrom samples for analysis or inspection. Said department or board shall cause each sample taken to be analyzed, inspected or otherwise satisfactorily tested and shall record and preserve as evidence the results thereof. If, in the opinion of said department or board, upon inspection, analysis or other satisfactory test, said coal is unfit for ordinary use, said department, or said board with the approval of said department, may condemn, seize and cause the same to be destroyed forthwith or disposed of otherwise than for ordinary use. All money received by said department or board for coal disposed of as aforesaid, after deducting the expenses of said seizure and disposal, shall be paid to the owner of such coal.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249b - Interference With Officials; Penalty

Section 249B. Any person who hinders, obstructs or interferes with the department of public health, local boards of health, the director of standards, local sealers of weights and measures, or their authorized agents, in the performance of their duties under section two hundred and forty-nine A, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249c - Sale of Condemned Coal

Section 249C. Whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, sells, exposes or offers for sale, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, coal condemned under the provisions of section two hundred and forty-nine A shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249d - Sale of Unfit Coal

Section 249D. Whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, sells, exposes or offers for sale, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, coal unfit for ordinary use shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249e - Placing Foreign Substances in Coal Receptacles; Sale

Section 249E. Whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, in placing or packing coal in any basket, bag, sack or other receptacle, places or causes to be placed therein any foreign substance, or sells, or exposes or offers for sale, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, coal placed or packed in a basket, bag, or sack or other receptacle containing an unreasonable amount of any foreign substance or producing an excessive amount of non-combustible residue, including ash, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249e1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249e1/2 - Presumption of Excessiveness of Non-Combustible Residue

Section 249E1/2. It shall be presumed in a prosecution under section two hundred and forty-eight or section two hundred and forty-nine E that the noncombustible residue, including ash, is excessive if a test, as determined by the current standard method of tests for sampling and analysis for coal and coke as published by the American Society for Testing Materials and designated as D 271, with the year of publication, produces non-combustible residue, including ash, in excess of the following percentages:
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249f - Enforcement of Secs. 249a to 249e1/2

Section 249F. The department of public health, local boards of health, the director of standards and local sealers of weights and measures shall cause sections two hundred and forty-nine A to two hundred and forty-nine E1/2, inclusive, to be enforced.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 249h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 249h - Heating Oil Standards; Rules and Regulations; Samples; Entry and Inspection; Violations; Penalties

Section 249H. The director of standards shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards for the various grades of heating oils, requiring manufacturers or distributors to furnish samples of the same, and providing for the entry and inspection of the premises of such manufacturers or distributors, and the inspection of heating oils stored thereon. Whoever violates any rule or regulation promulgated under the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 262 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 262 - Inspectors of Lime

Section 262. The mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town where lime is manufactured, or into which it is imported, may annually appoint one or more inspectors of lime, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duty and shall inspect all lime manufactured in such city or town at the time when a cask is filled at the kiln, and all lime imported or sold in such city or town.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 263 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 263 - Branding Casks of Lime

Section 263. Each cask of lime so inspected shall be branded with the word ''inspected'', with the name of the inspector and with the name of the town where it is manufactured.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 264 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 264 - Fees of Inspectors of Lime

Section 264. An inspector of lime shall receive four cents for the inspection and branding of each cask of such manufactured lime, which shall be paid by the manufacturer or owner; and the same amount for the inspection of each cask of lime so imported or sold, which shall be paid by the purchaser.