New Jersey Statutes 51:1-42. Department; composition
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-42
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- weights and measures: means a device, apparatus, or instrument designed or used to weigh, measure, count or time any physical property or determine value, and any auxiliary apparatus and accessories that indicate quantity or value, or records representative thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
The department of weights and measures, created and established by an act entitled “An act to establish a uniform standard of weights and measures in this state, to establish a department of weights and measures, and to provide penalties for the use of other than standard or legal weights and measures,” approved April twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (L.1911, c. 201, p. 414), is continued. It shall consist of a state superintendent, and assistant state superintendents, county superintendents, municipal superintendents and their respective assistant superintendents, each of whom shall, before entering upon his duties, take an oath of office as provided by law.