STATE PAPERS. 



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avoirdupois, which is equal to the 

 weight of 27.648 cubical inches of 

 pure water, of the temperature of 

 561"; that the 16th part of the 

 said pound should be an ounce, 

 and the 16th part of such ounce 

 should be a dram ; that the third 

 part of the dram should be a scru- 

 ple, and the 10th part of the 

 scruple one grain ; and that all 

 other weights should be taken 

 from parts, multiples, or propor- 

 tional parts of this pound. 



11. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that all contracts, bar- 

 gains, sales, and dealings, ought to 

 be taken and adjudged to be ac- 

 cording to the standards aforesaid, 

 and that no person should recover 

 the price of goods sold, or the 

 goods themselves, or any damages 

 on account of any contracts, bar- 

 gains, sales or dealings, but ac- 

 cording to the said standards. 



12. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that it ought to be 

 penal for any person to have in his 

 possession any measure or weight 

 that is not agreeable to the afore- 

 said standards. 



13. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that it ought to be 

 made highly penal for any person 

 to make or sell any measure or 

 weight that is not agreeable to the 

 aforesaid standards. 



14. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that for enforcing an 

 uniformity in the weghts and 

 measures to be used for the future, 

 no person should be permitted to 

 make weij^hts and measures, with- 

 out having first obtained a proper 

 licence for that purpose, on pay- 

 ment of a certain sura. 



15. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that all weights, and 

 measures to Vje hereafter made, 



ought to be marked with the name 

 of the maker ; and after a proper 

 examination of the weight or 

 measure, the same to be stamped 

 with the initials of the name of 

 the person who has examined it. 



16. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that all weights ex- 

 ceeding one pound, should be 

 made of brass, copper, bell-metal, 

 or cast iron ; and that all weights 

 of one pound or under, should be 

 of gold, silver, brass, copper, or 

 bell metal. 



17. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that the standard yard 

 mentioned in the 2nd Resolution, 

 and a pound avoirdupois, made 

 according to the directions before 

 mentioned in this Report, together 

 with models or patterns of the 

 measures of capacity before men- 

 tioned, ought to be deposited in 

 the Court of the Receipt of the 

 Exchequer, and there safely kept 

 under the seals of the Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer, and of the Chief 

 Baron, and the seal of office of the 

 Chamberlains of the Exchequer, 

 and not to be opened but by the 

 order of the Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer, and Chief Baron for 

 the time being. 



IS. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that models or patterns 

 of the said standard yard, gallon 

 and pound avoirdupois, and of the 

 parts and multiples thereof, before 

 mentioned, should be distributed 

 in each county, city or corporate 

 town, being a county within itself, 

 in such manner as to be readily 

 used as evidence, in all cases 

 where measures and weights shall 

 be questioned before the Justices 

 of the Peace for each county or 

 city, and for adjusting the same in 

 a proper manner. 



