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Chapter 98

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98

Weights and Measures

1Definitions 2Relation of avoirdupois pound to troy pound 3State standards 4Additional state standards; replacement of weights 5Municipal standards 6Safe keeping and preservation of town standards; insurance 7Neglect to provide suitable place for keeping standards; loss or damage 8Vibrating steelyards 9State clinical standard thermometer; certification 10Office clinical standard thermometers; verification; comparisons 11Tolerances and specifications for clinical thermometers 12Inspection and testing of clinical thermometers; certification; fees 13Manufacture and sale of clinical thermometers 14Penalties for violation of Sec. 13 14AGlass bottle or jars for lubricating oil; quality; capacity; sealing; revocation of authority; false or insufficient measure; inspection of bottles or jars 15Glass bottles or jars for milk or cream; capacity; sealing; designating mark; false measure; revocation of authority 16Paper or fibre bottles and jars for milk or cream; capacity; sealing; stamping 17Re-use of paper or fibre bottles or jars for milk, cream or other liquids 18Markings on cans or containers for milk or cream; sealing; rules and regulations; revocation of authority; designating marks; false or insufficient measure; inspection 19Penalties for violation of Sec. 18 20Containers for sale of ice cream, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix; capacity; sealing; designating mark; false or insufficient measure 21Semi-annual inspection of ice cream, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix containers 22Paper or fibre cartons for sale of viscous or semi-solid commodities; capacity; shape; dimensions; markings 23Testing capacity of containers; seizure; complaint; revocation of authority 24Penalty for unauthorized marking 25Condemnation of weighing or measuring devices; marking; removal of notice 26Use or possession of false or condemned devices 27Use of unsealed weighing or measuring devices 28Recovery of market value of goods for use of unsealed devices 28ASealing and testing of meters for measuring liquefied petroleum gas; tolerances; revocation of authority 29Powers and duties of deputy director of standards 29ACivil citation for violation of weights and measures laws; appeal 31Use of seals; imitation or counterfeit seals 32Tests, inspections and adjustments of town standards and devices; complaints; enforcement 33Testing of weighing and measuring devices in state institutions; reports; appointment of special deputies 33ATesting of weighing and measuring devices in towns of 5,000 or less inhabitants 34Appointment of sealers and deputies in cities and large towns; powers and duties; interference with sealer; compensation; fees; certification 35Comprehensive weights and measures enforcement system in small towns; certification of sealers and deputies 36Appointment of district sealers; powers and duties; bond; compensation; records; fees; certification 36ADetermination that cities or towns have an inadequate weights and measures enforcement system; assumption of responsibilities 37Reports of municipalities; weighing and measuring devices 38Duplicate set of apothecaries' weights and liquid measures 39Receipt and accountability of town standards and seal 40Duplicate set of weights, measures and balances 41Annual testing and sealing of weights and measures; notice; record 42Failure to comply with notice; sealing on premises; interference with sealer; penalty 43Testing of weighing or measuring devices registering price 44Testing of devices for determining measurement of leather; rules and regulations 45Testing of taximeters; rules and regulations 46Testing of devices for standardizing production and determining wages, capacity of tanks or containers; sealing; condemnation; fee schedule; certificate; accuracy of automatic devices 46ABulk milk tanks; calibration and sealing 47Annual testing of apothecaries' weights and measures; sealing; graduated glass measures; approval; designating marks; revocation of authority 48Use of untested weights or measures 49Annual tests of hay and coal scales 50Tests of weighing or measuring devices upon request; results 51Sealing of glass milk and cream bottles or jars 52Testing incorrect weights or measuring devices upon complaint; entry; use of device 53Marking devices with stencil; certificate; notice forbidding use; removal of notice 54Seizure of weighing or measuring devices for evidence; disposition 55Seizure of devices not conforming to legal standards; destruction 56Fees of sealers and inspectors 56ALocation of scales for food sold at retail 56BComputing scales for prepackaged meat, poultry or fish; penalty for failure to provide 56CPlacement of cash register; observation of total by customer; penalty 56DExamination and testing of automated retail checkout systems 57Annual report of the acts of the division of standards 59Regulations relating to charging stations