REPORT DEPUTY STATE SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES. II5 



REPORT OF DEPUTY STATE SEALER OF WEIGHTS 



AND MEASURES. 



'd'o the Hon. J. A. Roberts, Commissioner of Agriculture: 



I respectfully present my first annual report as Deputy 

 State Sealer of Weights and Measures of the work done by 

 this Department. 



Up to 191 1, the State Treasurer was the State Sealer. The 

 law at that time was changed making the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture the State Sealer and a set of standards was pur- 

 chased. As no provision for money was made to enforce the 

 weights and measures law, very little was done in the matter 

 until the year 19 13, when the law was changed, allowing two 

 or more cities or towns to combine to purchase a sealer's out- 

 fit and an appropriation of $2,500 a year was made by the 

 state for the years 19 13 and 1914. 



When we started on this work, March i, 19 13, there were 

 not a dozen cities or towns in the state equipped so a sealer 

 could properly perform his duties. At the present time, we 

 have some four hundred cities, towns and plantations — out of 

 five hundred and twenty — that have the proper equipment to 

 carry on this work. 



The greatest difficulty we have to meet is the changing of 

 sealers every year, which, I think, is all wrong. After a sealer 

 has had one year's experience, he is better qualified to perform 

 his duties and every succeeding year makes him more capable. 

 Therefore, I think it would be better if all the sealers in the 

 state were put under civil service and held office during their 

 efficiency. 



I would also recommend a law governing the weight of bread. 

 A loaf of bread for sale should weigh two pounds. One-half 

 loaf should weigh one pound. 



