Weights and Measures. [Ch. 31. No. 15.

Provided that nothing in this Ordinance shall require —

(a) any weight above one hundred and twelve
pounds or under one quarter of an ounce, or

(6) any measure of Jength greater than two yards or
less than six inches, or

(c) any measure of capacity greater than two
hundred and eighty-eight gallons or ‘less than one
quarter of a pint, to be stamped or marked.

29. Every weight exceeding one quarter of an ounce
avoirdupois shall have its denomination as one of the
weights specified in the Schedules hereto, or as a multiple
or part of one of such weights, expressed in legible figures
and Ietters on the top or side thereof.

30. Every counterpoise used with any weighing instru-
ment shall, unless the weight of which it purports to be the
equivalent is less than four ounces avoirdupois, have
conspicuously and legibly stamped or marked thereon the
letter C and the denomination of the weight of which it
purports to be the equivalent.

41. No weight or counterpoise made of lead or pewter or
any mixture thereof shall be used unless the same be wholly
and substantially cased with brass, copper, or iron, and
legibly stamped or marked “Cased ’’ Provided that this
section shall not prevent the insertion of such a plug of
lead or pewter into any weight or counterpoise as may be
required for the purpose of adjusting the same or affixing
thereon any stamp or mark required by this Ordinance.

32. very measure, whether of length or capacity, shall
have its denomination as one of the measures specified in
the appropriate Schedules hereto, or as a multiple or part
of one of such measures, expressed in legible figures and
letters thereon, and, in the case of a measure of capacity,
on the outside.

33. (1) A measure of capacity constructed as follows, that
is to say, having a portion, extending from the lower end,

sufficient to bear the stamps or marks required by this.

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Marks
required om
weights.

Marks
required

on counter~
poises.

Restriction
of use of
lead or
pewter

Marks
required om
measures.

Mode of
filling
measures of
capacity.