§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Relation of avoirdupois pound to troy pound
§ 3 State standards
§ 4 Additional state standards; replacement of weights
§ 5 Municipal standards
§ 6 Safe keeping and preservation of town standards; insurance
§ 7 Neglect to provide suitable place for keeping standards; loss or damage
§ 8 Vibrating steelyards
§ 9 State clinical standard thermometer; certification
§ 10 Office clinical standard thermometers; verification; comparisons
§ 11 Tolerances and specifications for clinical thermometers
§ 12 Inspection and testing of clinical thermometers; certification; fees
§ 13 Manufacture and sale of clinical thermometers
§ 14 Penalties for violation of Sec. 13
§ 14A Glass bottle or jars for lubricating oil; quality; capacity; sealing; revocation of authority; false or insufficient measure; inspection of bottles or jars
§ 15 Glass bottles or jars for milk or cream; capacity; sealing; designating mark; false measure; revocation of authority
§ 16 Paper or fibre bottles and jars for milk or cream; capacity; sealing; stamping
§ 17 Re-use of paper or fibre bottles or jars for milk, cream or other liquids
§ 18 Markings on cans or containers for milk or cream; sealing; rules and regulations; revocation of authority; designating marks; false or insufficient measure; inspection
§ 19 Penalties for violation of Sec. 18
§ 20 Containers for sale of ice cream, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix; capacity; sealing; designating mark; false or insufficient measure
§ 21 Semi-annual inspection of ice cream, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix containers
§ 22 Paper or fibre cartons for sale of viscous or semi-solid commodities; capacity; shape; dimensions; markings
§ 23 Testing capacity of containers; seizure; complaint; revocation of authority
§ 24 Penalty for unauthorized marking
§ 25 Condemnation of weighing or measuring devices; marking; removal of notice
§ 26 Use or possession of false or condemned devices
§ 27 Use of unsealed weighing or measuring devices
§ 28 Recovery of market value of goods for use of unsealed devices
§ 28A Sealing and testing of meters for measuring liquefied petroleum gas; tolerances; revocation of authority
§ 29 Powers and duties of deputy director of standards
§ 29A Civil citation for violation of weights and measures laws; appeal
§ 31 Use of seals; imitation or counterfeit seals
§ 32 Tests, inspections and adjustments of town standards and devices; complaints; enforcement
§ 33 Testing of weighing and measuring devices in state institutions; reports; appointment of special deputies
§ 33A Testing of weighing and measuring devices in towns of 5,000 or less inhabitants
§ 34 Appointment of sealers and deputies in cities and large towns; powers and duties; interference with sealer; compensation; fees; certification
§ 35 Comprehensive weights and measures enforcement system in small towns; certification of sealers and deputies
§ 36 Appointment of district sealers; powers and duties; bond; compensation; records; fees; certification
§ 36A Determination that cities or towns have an inadequate weights and measures enforcement system; assumption of responsibilities
§ 37 Reports of municipalities; weighing and measuring devices
§ 38 Duplicate set of apothecaries’ weights and liquid measures
§ 39 Receipt and accountability of town standards and seal
§ 40 Duplicate set of weights, measures and balances
§ 41 Annual testing and sealing of weights and measures; notice; record
§ 42 Failure to comply with notice; sealing on premises; interference with sealer; penalty
§ 43 Testing of weighing or measuring devices registering price
§ 44 Testing of devices for determining measurement of leather; rules and regulations
§ 45 Testing of taximeters; rules and regulations
§ 46 Testing of devices for standardizing production and determining wages, capacity of tanks or containers; sealing; condemnation; fee schedule; certificate; accuracy of automatic devices
§ 46A Bulk milk tanks; calibration and sealing
§ 47 Annual testing of apothecaries’ weights and measures; sealing; graduated glass measures; approval; designating marks; revocation of authority
§ 48 Use of untested weights or measures
§ 49 Annual tests of hay and coal scales
§ 50 Tests of weighing or measuring devices upon request; results
§ 51 Sealing of glass milk and cream bottles or jars
§ 52 Testing incorrect weights or measuring devices upon complaint; entry; use of device
§ 53 Marking devices with stencil; certificate; notice forbidding use; removal of notice
§ 54 Seizure of weighing or measuring devices for evidence; disposition
§ 55 Seizure of devices not conforming to legal standards; destruction
§ 56 Fees of sealers and inspectors
§ 56A Location of scales for food sold at retail
§ 56B Computing scales for prepackaged meat, poultry or fish; penalty for failure to provide
§ 56C Placement of cash register; observation of total by customer; penalty
§ 56D Examination and testing of automated retail checkout systems
§ 57 Annual report of the acts of the division of standards
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 98 - Weights and Measures

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