THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1945

sub-title "Standards of Weights and Measures" and to
read as follows:

1. State Standards of Weight and Measure. —The
weights and measures received from the United States
under joint resolutions of Congress approved June 14,
1836, and July 27, 1866, and/or such weights and measures
in conformity therewith as shall be supplied by the State
shall, when the same shall have been certified by the
National Bureau of Standards, be the State standards of
weight and measure. The State standards shall be kept
in a safe and suitable place in the office of the State super-
intendent of weights and measures, they shall not be
removed from the said office except for repairs or for cer-
tification, and they shall be submitted at least once in ten
years to the National Bureau of Standards for certification.
The State standards shall be used only in verifying the
office standards and for scientific purposes.

2. Office and Working Standards and Equipment. —In
addition to the State standards provided for in Section 1,
there shall be supplied by the State at least one complete
set of copies of these, to be kept in the office of the State
superintendent of weights and measures and to be known
as "office standards", and also such other weights and
measures, to be known as "working standards", and such
equipment, as may be found necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act. The office and working standards
shall be verified upon their initial receipt and at least once
each year thereafter, the office standards by direct com-
parison with the State standards, and the working stand-
ards by comparison with the office standards.

3. Definitions of Units of Weight and Measure. —The
term "gallon" shall be understood to mean a unit of 231
cubic inches, of which the liquid quart, liquid pint, and
gill are, respectively, the one-quarter, the one-eighth, and
the one-thirty-second parts. The terms TERM "bushel, "
when used in connection with dry measures and standard
containers, shall be understood to mean a unit of 2150. 42
cubic inches, of which the dry quart and dry pint, respec-
tively, are the one-thirty-second and the one-sixty-fourth
parts. The term "barrel, " when used in connection with
flour, shall be understood to mean a unit of 200 pounds,
avoirdupois weight. The term "barrell, " when used in con-
nection with lime, shall be understood to mean units of 180
pounds and 280 pounds avoirdupois weight for the "small
barrel" and "large barrel, " respectively. The term "barrel, "
when used in connection with cranberries, shall be under-