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19. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that the provisions of 

 the Acts of the 35 Geo. III. Cap. 

 lOi and the 37 Geo. III. cap. 

 143, should be extended, so as to 

 empower Justices of the Peace to 

 search for and destroy false mea- 

 sures as well as false weijihts, and 



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to hear and determine, and put in 

 execution the law with regard to 

 weights and measures, and to in- 

 flict or mitigate such penalties as 

 shall be thought proper, and to 

 have such other authorities as shall 

 be necessary for compelling the 

 use of weights and measures 

 agreeable to the aforesaid stand- 

 ards. 



20. That it is the opinion of this 

 Committee, that the Sheriff of 

 each county ought to be directed 

 to summon a jury of 12 suflicient 

 men living within the county, to 

 return a verdict, on the compa- 

 rison to be made before them of 

 the proportions which the new 

 standards bear to those formerly in 

 use in each county respectively ; 

 and according to the verdict then 

 returned, tables of equalization 

 should be made, and copies of the 

 same should be distributed through 

 each county ; and that all existing 

 contracts or rents payable in corn 

 should be calculated according to 

 these tables of equalization. 



PUBLIC 



