224 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



wise provided, in the manner mentioned in the first section, 

 and which shall be used only as such, the following beams, 

 weights, and measures, to wit : one bushel, one half bushel, 

 one peck, one half peck, one ale quart, one wine gallon, one 

 wine half gallon, one wine quart, one wine pint, one wine half 

 pint, and one wine gill ; said measures to be made of copper 

 or pewter, conformable as to contents to said standard meas- 

 ures ; and the diameter of the bushel shall not be less than 

 eighteen inches and a half, containing thirty-two Winchester 

 quarts ; of the half bushel, not less than thirteen inches and 

 three-quarters, containing sixteen Winchester quarts ; of the 

 peck, not less than ten inches and three-quarters, containing 

 eight Winchester quarts ; and of the half peck, not less than 

 nine inches, containing four Winchester quarts ; the admeas- 

 urement to be made in each instance in the inside ; also one 

 ell, one yard ; one set ol^ brass Aveights, to four pounds, com- 

 puted at sixteen ounces to the pound, with fit scales and steel 

 beam ; also a good beam and scales, and a nest of troy weights, 

 from one hundred and twenty -eight ounces, down to the least 

 denomination, with the weight of each weight, and the length 

 of each measure, marked or stamped thereon, and sealed with 

 a seal, to be procured and kept by the treasurer aforesaid; 

 and also one fifty-six pound Aveight, one twenty-eight pound 

 weight, one fourteen pound weight, and one seven pound 

 weight, made of iron. 



Sec. 3. The treasurer of each county, at the expense 

 thereof, shall have one complete set of beams, and of brass, 

 copper, pewter, and iron weights, and of the measures before 

 mentioned, except the bushel measure, proved and sealed by 

 the state standards, and conformable thereto in breadth and 

 contents ; and preserve them for the use of such county only 

 as standards ; and once in every ten years, commencing July 

 first, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, he shall haA^e them 

 compared, proved, and sealed by the state standards ; and 

 for each neglect of his duty aforesaid, he shall forfeit two 

 hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt in the 

 name of the state. 



