468 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 



4,000 pounds up to and including 21,000 pounds capacity, $3.00 

 each; scales over 21,000 pounds capacity not including railroad 

 track scales $5.00 each ; railroad track scales $10.00 each ; all 

 hopper or Automatic scales $2.00 each. 



The revenue received by the state for scale licenses is 

 $6,048.00. Of the number of scales inspected 356 have been 

 condemned for repairs; more than 280 were adjusted or their 

 operators were instructed to make changes that would render 

 them accurate. 



The revenue received by the state for gasoline pump 

 licenses from July 1, 1921, at which time the law became efifect- 

 ive, up to November 1, 1921, is $13,500.00. 



All fees collected under this act, as listed above, are im- 

 mediately turned over to the State Treasurer and credited to 

 the general fund of the state. This department is operated by a 

 direct appropriation of the Legislature and cannot use any of 

 the fees collected. 



Honest weight and measure can only be secured through 

 the vigilance of the purchaser. 



The housewife should buy only by weight and she should 

 have a pair of scales and make a check of the various purchases 

 from time to time to determine whether she is getting correct 

 weight. Just recently we received a call from a lady who had 

 purchased five one pound packages of nuts and she stated she 

 was one ounce short on each package, as she said she had a 

 scale and weighed them. Upon investigation we found the 

 merchant's scale was off one ounce on one pound. She received 

 her five ounces of nuts for which she had paid fifty cents (50c) 

 per pound. It is also necessary that the purchaser have a knowl- 

 edge of the number of pounds he should receive for a bushel or 

 fractional part thereof. 



Following is a list of the articles or commodities which 

 must be sold by avoirdupois weight. 



