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water therein contained, as well as by the number of cubical 

 inches. 



7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that all 

 measures of the same denomination, whether of liquids or of 

 diy goods, ought to contain the same weight of water, and the 

 same number of cubical inches. 



8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that 

 the gallon ought to contain 10 pounds of pure water, or 276'48 

 cubical inches ; that the quart, or fourth part of the gallon, ought 

 to contain 40 oimces of water, or 69*12 cubical inches ; that the 

 pint, or half of the quart, ought to contain 20 ounces of water, 

 or 34'o6 cubical inches. 



9. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that 

 the bu-hel ought to contain eight of the said gallons, or 80 lbs. 

 of water, or 2211 84 cubical inches; and that all other mea- 

 sures of capacity ought to be taken in parts, multiples, or pro- 

 portional parts cf the said gallon. 



10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that 

 the standard of weight ought to be the pound avoirdupois, which 

 is equal to the weight of 27*648 cubical inches of pure water 

 of the temperature of 564^°; that the 16th part of the said pound 

 should be an ounce, and the 16th part of such ounce should be 

 a drachm ; that the third part of the drachm should be a scruple, 

 and the tenth part of the scruple one grain ; and that all other 

 weights should be taken from parts, nmltiples, or proportional 

 parts of this pound. 



1 1 . Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that 

 all contracts, bargains, sales and dealings, ought to be taken 

 and adjudged to be according 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, 

 bargains, sales or dealings, but according to the said standards. 



12. Resolved, 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 aforesaid standards. 



13. Resolved, 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. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that 

 for enforcing an uniformity in the weights and measures to be 

 used for the future, no person should be permitted to make 

 weights and measures, without having first obtained a proper 

 license for that purpose, on payment of a certain sum. 



15. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that 



all 



