REPORT DEPUTY STATE SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES. 85 



The sealers in some towns who have not attended to their 

 duties give as a reason the fact that they found everything 

 all right last year and did not think it necessary to do the work 

 of testing again this year. Now the law says very plainly 

 (Chapter 48, Section 13-15, Revised Statutes of 1916) that the 

 scales, etc., must be tested annually. 



In many cases I find the local sealers do not have a com- 

 plete outfit and are unable to adjust weights if they find them 

 light. Every sealer should be furnished with a proper outfit 

 by the town officers. 



Our experience is that a great many weights are light when 

 the scales are all right. Now, an error of one-sixteenth of 

 an ounce at the counterpoise means an error of six and one- 

 fourth ounces on the platform, as the leverage of most scales 

 is 100 to I and some dormant scales 200 to i. The weights are 

 readily adjusted if there is a portable drill, punches, etc., in 

 the outfit. 



I have visited the following state institutions for the pur- 

 pose of inspecting, weighing and measuring devices : 



The State Hospital, Augusta. 



The State Hospital, Bangor. 



The State School for the Blind, Portland. 



The Maine Experiment Station, Orono. 



The State Prison, Thomaston. 



The State School for Girls, Hallowell, 



Central Maine Sanatorium, Fairfield. 



Maine School for Feeble Minded, Pownal. 



At the Augusta State Hospital they have installed in the 

 boiler room a set of track scales of 10,000 pounds capacity 

 for checking in their coal. This has been tested and sealed. 

 The wagon scales for weighing farm products were rebuilt in 

 May and are now practically as good as new. These scales, as 

 well as all other scales in this institution, have been tested by 

 the local sealer and are correct. 



At the Bangor State Hospital all the scales have been tested 

 and sealed, except the old Howe scales in the storeroom. This 

 has been replaced by a new Fairbanks of the same capacity. 

 The steward is now able to check all supplies accurately. 



