322 Laws relative to the 



" 19. Nothing contained in the present title shall prevent the 

 sale of liquors and v/ines, paying duties to the government of the 

 United States, by the measure of capacity used in its custom- 

 houses, while in the original casks or other vessels in which the 

 same were imported. 



" 20. The original standards, which shall be made in conformity 

 to the provisions of this title, shall be deposited in the office of the 

 State Sealer in a chest, under three locks, whereof the keys 

 shall be kept by the chancellor, the chief justice, and the State 

 Sealer for the time being ; which chest shall only be opened in 

 the presence of two of such officers for the sole purpose of com- 

 paring such standards with the copies hereinafter described ; unless 

 by a joint resolution of the two houses of the legislature, or on the 

 call of either house for information, or by order of the governor 

 for scientific purposes. 



" 21. Copies of the said original standards, to be made of such 

 materials as the State Sealer shall direct, shall be deposited by 

 him in the offices of the clerks of the Supreme Court at New York, 

 Albany and Utica, in chests under two locks, whereof the keys 

 shall be kept by a judge, and the clerk of the court ; which chests 

 shall only be opened in the presence of such judge, for the purpose 

 of comparing such copies with the copies hereinafter directed to 

 be deposited with the county clerks for general use ; unless by a 

 joint resolution of the two houses of the legislature, or on the call 

 of either house for information, or by order of the governor for 

 scientific purposes. 



" 22. Copies of such original standards for general use, to be made 

 of such materials as the State Sealer shall direct, shall be deposited 

 by him, in the offices of the Assistant State Sealers, the Sealers of 

 the city and county of New York, and the several County Sealers, 

 who shall severally be responsible for the preservation of the copies 

 respectively delivered to them, and shall cause them to be com- 

 pared, once every five years, with the copies existing in the offices 

 of the clerks of the Supreme Court. 



" 23. Like copies of such original standards shall be transmitted 

 by the State Sealer, to the several County Sealers, to be fur- 

 nished by them to the Town Sealers, in their respective counties, at 

 the expense of the towns. 



** 24. The State Sealer shall cause to be impressed on each of 

 the copies of such original standards, the letters N. Y., and such 

 other additional device, as he shall direct for the particular county ; 

 which device shall be recorded in the secretary*s office, and a copy 

 thereof delivered to the respective County Sealers. 



" 25. The several County Sealers of weights and measures, 

 except in the city and county of New York, shall furnish the 



