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of hay shall purchase more hay than is necessary for his own 

 use. ^ 



Sec. 54. If the master of any vessel takes on board pressed 

 hay not branded as aforesaid, he shall forfeit two dolhirs for 

 each bundle so received, to be recovered to the uses men- 

 tioned in section fifty-two. 



MEASURERS OF SALT, CORN AND GRAIN. 

 Kevised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 38. 

 Sec. 55. The municipal officers of towns are authorized 

 annually to appoint measurers of salt, corn and grain therein, 

 who shall be duly sworn, and receive such fees from the pur- 

 chaser, as said officers establish ; and in every contract made 

 in this state for the sale of salt by the hogshead, such hogs- 

 head shall consist of eight bushels ; and, when the buyer or 

 seller requests, salt, corn, or grain in places where such 

 measurers live, shall be measured by them. 



WEIGHT or CORN, AND GRAIN, MEAL, VEGETABLES, AND HAIR. 

 Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 38. 

 Sec. 56. The standard weight of a bushel of potatoes in 

 good order and fit for shipping shall be sixty pounds ; of 

 wheat, sixty pounds ; of corn, fifty-six pounds ; of barley 

 and buckwheat, forty-eight pounds ; of carrots, fifty pounds ; 

 of onions in good order and fit for shipping, fifty-two pounds ; 

 of ruta baga, sugar beets, mangel wurzel, and turnip beets in 

 like condition, sixty pounds ; of English turnips in like con- 

 dition, fifty pounds ; of beans, sixty-four pounds ; of peas, 

 sixty pounds ; of rye and Indian meal, fifty pounds ; of oats, 

 thirty pounds, or strike measure ; and of hair used in masonry, 

 well dried and cleansed, eleven pounds ; and the measure of 

 each of these articles shall be determined as aforesaid at the 

 request of the vender or vendee ; and if either party refuses 

 so to do, he shall forfeit twenty cents for each bushel, to the 

 person prosecuting therefor within thirty days. 



