Weights and Measures (Volume 15 ) - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1922-01-01. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... made by the manufacturers are reasonable and should be carried into effect if possible, the bureau then during the coming year can take it up by letter with the various States and attempt to have whatever changes are necessary made in the regulations of the States. This might be taken up by resolution. Mr. Goodwin. In the State of Rhode Island, instead of requiring the bottle manufacturers to put a special mark on the bottles that are to be used in the State, we merely request them to give their serial number and we accept that. Some of the manufacturers, not all of them, were sending into our State a bottle holding one-third pint. I immediately issued a statement to the bottle manufacturers that this practice would not be tolerated in the State of Rhode Island. Mr. Schwartz. I suggest that this matter be referred to the resolutions committee, that committee to report back to the conference.3 (The motion was seconded, the question was taken, and the motion was agreed to.) WISCONSIN EQUIPMENT FOR TESTING HEAVY CAPACITY SCALES. By George Wabneb, Chief Inspector of Weight* and Measures, State of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin weights and measures law provides that all cities of 5,000 population or over must have a local city sealer. All other territories must be taken care of by the State department. The State department has general supervision over the city departments, but State sealers are not required to do testing in these cities except to check up on the city sealers' work. The State inspectors each have a large territory to cover and in some territories the towns are more or less isolated. The territories comprise from 7 to 10 counties each and some are 170 miles long. When the State department was organized in 1911 rapid progress was made in developing a sy...