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provision for the selection of official sealers, upon whose 

 uniformity of judgment reliance was placed for a standard- 

 ization of measurement, and partly by the adoption of certain 

 scaling rules as legal standards. l 



Laws of this nature are now in force in many states. 2 



Only the earlier acts are here cited. 



1. Ala. Act. Dec. 17, 1819; See Digest Laws of Ala., 1823, Toulmin, p. 859. 

 Ark. Act. Mar. 17, 1883, Laws of Ark., 1883, p. 140, Act No. 83 (Logs) 

 Cal. Act Mar. 28, 1878, and Mar. 30, 1878; Laws 1878, p. 604, p. 779. Cf. Act 



April 16, 1880, S. L. p. 119. 



Conn. Act. Dec. 1790, Stats. Conn., Hartford, 1808, p. 397, sec. 21-24. 

 Del. Act Mar. 9, 1869, Laws of Del., Vol. 13, ch. 453; See also Rev. Laws of 



Del., 1874, p. 367. 

 Fla. Act Nov. 21, 1828; see acts Fla. Terr, prior to 1840, Tallahassee, 1839, 



Duvall, p. 249. 

 Ga. Acts of Dec. 16, 1794, and Dec. 5, 1799, Laws of Ga., Vol. 1. pp. 345 and 



346; Digest, Prince, 1822, p. 483. 

 Ida. Act Mar. 10, 1903, S. L., p. 90. 

 111. 



Iowa Act Jan. 15, 1855, Laws of Iowa, 1854-5, p. 39, ch. 26. 

 Me. Act Mar. 16, 1821, Laws Me.. Brunswick, 1821, Vol. 2, p. 674; Gen'l Laws 



Portland, 1834, Vol. 2, p. 791, ch. 158. 

 Md. Act Dec. 27, 1811; see Laws of Md., Annapolis, 1818, Vol. 4, ch. 70; act 



Feb. 9, 1818; Vol. 5, ch. 141. 



Mass. Act Feb. 13, 1822, Gen. L. Boston, 1823, Vol. 2, p. 566, ch. 73. 

 Mich. Acts June 9, 1819, and Sept. 11, 1819, Laws Terr. Mich., Lansing, 1874; 



Vol. 2, pp. 156 and 163. 



Minn. Act Aug. 9, 1858; Gen. Stat. 1849-58, p. 828. 

 Miss. Act June 11, 1822. See Miss. Code, Jackson, 1848, Hutchinson, p. 283, 



Act. Mar. 5, 1880, S. L., p. 176. (Logs). 

 Nov. Act Mar. 3, 1866, S. L., p. 198, ch. 99. 

 N. H. Act June 29, 1819, Laws of N. H., after 1815, Concord. 1824, Vol. 2, p. 43. 



Cf. Rev. St. Concord, 1843, p. 207, ch. 106. 

 N. J. 

 N. M. 

 N. Y. Act Mar. 29, 1790, ch. 33, Laws N. Y., Greenleaf, 2d Ed., N. Y. 1798, Vol. 



2, p. 315. 



N. C. Laws 1789, ch. 303; Laws 1791, ch. 345, 349. 



Ohio Act Mar. 3, 1842 (Acts of Ohio, Vol. 40, p. 31 ; Feb. 9, 1846; Vol. 44, p. 35.) 

 Ore. Act Oct. 25, 1880, Laws of Ore., 1880, p. 16 (Coos Co.); Laws of 1895, p. 



40 (Lane Co.) 



Pa. Act Sept. 29, 1789; see L. of C. Pa., Phila. 1810, V. 2, p. 504, ch. 1440. 

 R. I. Rev. Laws R. I., Providence, 1798, p. 522 (Lumber and shingles); p. 617 



(cord wood and charcoal). 

 S. C. Act Dec. 19, 1827, Stat. of S. C., Columbia, 1839, Vol. 6, p. 320. Act Dec. 



20, 1853, Vol. 12, p. 294. 

 Vt. Rev. Stat. Burlington, 1840, p. 360, sec. 57-61. Act Nov. 16, 1869, Laws 



of 1869, p. 52. (Log measure.) 

 Va. Act Feb. 21, 1818, Rev. Laws of Va., Richmond, 1819. Vol. 2, p. 197, ch. 



227; Act Apr. 2, 1831, Laws of 1830-31, p. 109, ch. 42. Laws 1857-8. p. 



105. 



Wash. Act Nov. 11, 1879, L. of 1879, p. 107; act Nov. 26, 1883. L. 1883, p. 106. 

 W.Va. Act Feb. 24, 1883, Laws 1883, p. 97, ch. 66. 

 Wis. Act Mar. 28. 1854, S. L., p. 284. Ch. 198. 



2. Ark. Digest of Stat.. Kirby. 1904, sec. 4075-4107, 8009 (Act Apr. 27, 1901) 

 Cal. Gen'l Laws, 1914, H. & D. p. 927. 

 Del. Rev. St. of 1852, as amd. to 1893, p. 546 (Act Mar. 9. 1869) (Vol. 13 ch. 



453, Special to town of Laurel). 

 Fla. Comp. L. 1914, sec. 1244-1255, 3710-11. 



Ga. Annotated Pol. Code, 1914, Park, Sec. 1834-8 and 1843. (Town) Anno- 

 tated Penal Code, sec. 614-617, 646-649, and 728. 

 Idaho Rev. Civil Code, 1908, sec. 1494-1505 (act Mar. 10, 19O3). 

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