New Weights and Measures. 
thereat ve divisions and multiples, to 
bé tnade and verified under the direction of 
theLbrds of the’ ‘Treasury, and deposited 
in thé’ office of the Chamberlain of the Ex- 
ah uet at Westminster, and sent to the 
Lord Mayor ‘of London, and the chief ma- 
gistrate of Edinburgh and of Dublin, and of 
such other Cities and places in the British 
dominions, or elsewhere, as the Lord High 
Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Trea- 
suty, inay from time to time direct, _ 
_ Zhe twelfth; clause. renders it imperative 
on the magistrates; of the respective coun- 
ties of, the, United Kingdom, and. of! every 
towm or place being a county of itself, to 
provide a.verified model.or copy of each of 
the aforesaid standards, and of cach of their 
respective divisions and multiples, for the 
use Of their respective counties ; and by the 
thirteenth clause the expense of providing 
the same jis to be defrayed out of the re- 
spective county rates. | A subsequent part 
of the twelfth clause’ further directs, that 
such. verified copies, shall be deposited by 
the respective magistrates with proper per- 
sons, for custody and. inspection, and that 
the same shall be produced by such keepers, 
on reasonable notice in writing, by any 
person requiring the same, and paying the 
reasonable charges for such, production. 
. The fourteenth clause directs, that in all 
eases of dispute respecting the correctness 
of any measure of capacity, arising in any 
place: where recourse cannot be conyeni- 
ently had to any of the verified copies or 
models of the standard measures of capa- 
city, the truth of any given measure shall 
be ascertained and determined by the ma- 
gistrate haying jurisdiction in the. place 
where the dispute arises, by filling the dis- 
puted measure with pure or rain water, at 
the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit’s 
thermometer, and if it holds 10 lbs. avoir- 
dupois weight of such water, it is to be 
deemed a correct measure; the standard 
gallon ascertained by this act being, as be- 
fore stated, equal in bull 277 cubic inches 
and 274 decimal parts. Consequently the 
correctness of the proportions of the divi- 
sions or multiples of the gallons is readily 
ascertained by the same rule. ; 
e fifteenth clause, which is among the 
impo rfant provisions of the statute, 
le tpn bargains, sales, 
alings for any work to be done, or 
y goods, wares, merchandise, or other 
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in. such. agreement, or otherwise such agree- 
ment;shall: be null and yoid. ;, NC 
_ The, sixteenth allows.the use \of..the’ 
weights and measures which. were in, exist- 
ence prior to the operation of this act, pro- 
vided they are. marked. or painted with, the 
ratio or proportion which they bear to the 
new standards; Dut the. clause. expressly 
prohibits the manufacture of, any, new 
weights or measures after the period of the 
act’s coming into operation, except in con- 
formity to the standard weights ‘and mea- 
sures established by this act. 
The seventeenth clause relates. to. the 
adjusting of ‘rents or tolls payable in, Eng- 
land or Ireland, in grain, malt, or in| any 
other commodity or thing, according to the 
new weights and measures, and directs the 
same to be determined by inquisitions 
taken at the quarter sessions; and. that 
such inquisitions, when. taken,, shall be 
transmitted into the Courts of Exchequer at 
Westminster and Dublin respectively, there 
to be enrolled, and that the amount so to: 
be ascertained shall be the rule of payment 
in all time coming ; and. that the expense of 
the inquisition shall be defrayed out of the 
county rate. . The eighteenth clause directs 
that.the adjustment of allistipends,feu-duties, 
rents, tolls, customs, casualties,: and other 
demands whatever, payable in grain, malt, 
or meal, in Scotland, shall be determined 
by inquisition as aforesaid, taken by the 
Sheriff-depute or Sherifl-substitute, and) 
transmitted in like manner, and for the like 
purpose, to the Court of Exchequer at 
Edinburgh. And the nineteenth clause 
directs, that as soon as conyenient after the 
enrolment of such inquisitions, accurate 
tables shall be prepared and published un- 
der the authority of the Commissioners. of 
the Treasury, adjusting the proportions’ be- 
tween the old and the new weights and 
measures, with such other conversions: of 
weights and measures as they may deem 
necessary. b yi 
The twentieth clause directs, that tables 
of adjustment shall be made and published 
under the direction of the aforesaid com- 
missioners, of the proportionate increased 
rates and duties of customs and excise, pay- 
able in consequence of the increased size of 
the weights and measures. _ 
The twenty-first and twenty-second 
clauses continue in force all the powers, 
rules and regulations, contained. in» the 
several acts now in force (viz- 29 Geo. II. 
c. 25—31 Geo. IL. ¢. 17-35 Geo. III. ce 
102—37 Geo. Ill.—and. 55 Geo. III. c. 
43, for Great Britain; and4 Ann—Li Geo. 
II.—25 Geo. II.—27 Geo. I11.—and 28 
Geo. III. for Ireland) for the» ascertain- 
ing, examining, seizing, breaking, and de- 
stroying any weights, balances, or mea- 
sures,’ not. conformable. to the standard 
weights and measures ascertained ‘and: au- 
thorized by this,act; and: for the::punish- 
ment of persons’ having in their possession 
and use defective weights and measures. 
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