General Laws

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Section 1Definitions
Section 2Relation of avoirdupois pound to troy pound
Section 3State standards
Section 4Additional state standards; replacement of weights
Section 5Municipal standards
Section 6Safe keeping and preservation of town standards; insurance
Section 7Neglect to provide suitable place for keeping standards; loss or damage
Section 8Vibrating steelyards
Section 9State clinical standard thermometer; certification
Section 10Office clinical standard thermometers; verification; comparisons
Section 11Tolerances and specifications for clinical thermometers
Section 12Inspection and testing of clinical thermometers; certification; fees
Section 13Manufacture and sale of clinical thermometers
Section 14Penalties for violation of Sec. 13
Section 14AGlass bottle or jars for lubricating oil; quality; capacity; sealing; revocation of authority; false or insufficient measure; inspection of bottles or jars
Section 15Glass bottles or jars for milk or cream; capacity; sealing; designating mark; false measure; revocation of authority
Section 16Paper or fibre bottles and jars for milk; capacity; sealing; stamping
Section 17Re-use of paper or fibre bottles or jars for milk
Section 18Markings on cans or containers for milk; sealing; rules and regulations; revocation of authority; designating marks; false or insufficient measure; inspection
Section 19Penalties for violation of Sec. 18
Section 20Containers for sale of ice cream; capacity; sealing; designating mark; false or insufficient measure
Section 21Semi-annual inspection of ice cream containers
Section 22Paper or fibre cartons for sale of viscous or semi-solid commodities; capacity; shape; dimensions; markings
Section 23Testing capacity of containers; seizure; complaint; revocation of authority
Section 24Penalty for unauthorized marking
Section 25Condemnation of weighing or measuring devices; marking; removal of notice
Section 26Use or possession of false or condemned devices
Section 27Use of unsealed weighing or measuring devices
Section 28Recovery of market value of goods for use of unsealed devices
Section 28ASealing and testing of meters for measuring liquefied petroleum gas; tolerances; revocation of authority
Section 29Powers and duties of deputy director of standards
Section 29ACivil citation for violation of weights and measures laws; appeal
Section 30Repealed, 1935, 60, Sec. 2
Section 31Use of seals; imitation or counterfeit seals
Section 32Tests, inspections and adjustments of town standards and devices; complaints; enforcement
Section 33Testing of weighing and measuring devices in state institutions; reports; appointment of special deputies
Section 33ATesting of weighing and measuring devices in towns of 5,000 or less inhabitants
Section 34Appointment of sealers and deputies in cities and large towns; powers and duties; interference with sealer; compensation; fees; certification
Section 35Comprehensive weights and measures enforcement system in small towns; certification of sealers and deputies
Section 36Appointment of district sealers; powers and duties; bond; compensation; records; fees; certification
Section 36ADetermination that cities or towns have an inadequate weights and measures enforcement system; assumption of responsibilities
Section 37Reports of municipalities; weighing and measuring devices
Section 38Duplicate set of apothecaries' weights and liquid measures
Section 39Receipt and accountability of town standards and seal
Section 40Duplicate set of weights, measures and balances
Section 41Annual testing and sealing of weights and measures; notice; record
Section 42Failure to comply with notice; sealing on premises; interference with sealer; penalty
Section 43Testing of weighing or measuring devices registering price
Section 44Testing of devices for determining measurement of leather; rules and regulations
Section 45Testing of taximeters; rules and regulations
Section 46Testing of devices for standardizing production and determining wages, capacity of tanks or containers; sealing; condemnation; fee schedule; certificate; accuracy of automatic devices
Section 46ABulk milk tanks; calibration and sealing
Section 47Annual testing of apothecaries' weights and measures; sealing; graduated glass measures; approval; designating marks; revocation of authority
Section 48Use of untested weights or measures
Section 49Annual tests of hay and coal scales
Section 50Tests of weighing or measuring devices upon request; results
Section 51Sealing of glass milk and cream bottles or jars
Section 52Testing incorrect weights or measuring devices upon complaint; entry; use of device
Section 53Marking devices with stencil; certificate; notice forbidding use; removal of notice
Section 54Seizure of weighing or measuring devices for evidence; disposition
Section 55Seizure of devices not conforming to legal standards; destruction
Section 56Fees of sealers
Section 56ALocation of scales for food sold at retail
Section 56BComputing scales for prepackaged meat, poultry or fish; penalty for failure to provide
Section 56CPlacement of cash register; observation of total by customer; penalty
Section 56DExamination and testing of automated retail checkout systems
Section 57Report
Section 58Repealed, 1922, 355, Sec. 8