Sec. 17. Ibid. SCHEDULE B. UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASURE. Measures of Weight. The standard pound shall be the legal standard measure of weight, and of measure having reference to weight, and shall be the only unit or standard measure of weight from which all other weights, and all measures having reference to weight, shall be ascer tained. part One-sixteenth part of the standard pound shall be an ounce, and one-sixteenth shall be a grain. pound A hundredweight shall consist of one hundred and twelve pounds, and a ton shall consist of twenty such hundredweights. Provided that a ton of flour, bran, pollard, or other milled product of wheat shall consist of 2,000 pounds. Four hundred and eighty grains shall be an ounce troy or apothecaries. Measures of capacity. The unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures of capacit as well for liquids as for dry goods, shall be derived, shall be the gallon, containing ten standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass weights, with the water and air at the temperature of sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer, and the barometer at thirty inches. The quart shall be the fourth part of the gallon, and the pint shall be the eighth part of the gallon. Two gallons shall be a peck, and eight gallons shall be a bushel, and eight such bushels shall be a quarter. Measures of length. The standard yard shall be the only unit or standard measure of extension, from which all other measures of extension, whether linear, superficial, or solid, shall be ascer tained. One-third of the standard yard shall be a foot, and the twelfth part of such foot shall be an inch, and the rod, pole, or perch in length shall be five such yards and a half; and the chain shall contain twenty-two such yards, and the mile one thousand seven hundred and sixty such yards. The rood of land shall contain one thousand two hundred and ten square yards, according to the standard yard, and the acre of land shall contain four thousand eight hundred and forty such square yards, being one hundred and sixty square rods, poles, or perches. SCHEDULE C. FEES TO BE PAID FOR TESTING, VERIFYING, OR STAMPING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, Section 32. Subdivided measures shall be charged for each subdivision at the rate prescribed for measures of similar capacity. Sec. 20. These fees include the stamping of one set of proportional weights where such are used; duplex sets to be charged half above fees. One-half above fees to be chargeable for weights, measures, or weighing instruments tested and rejected as incorrect or otherwise unsuitable. In the case of weighing instruments graduated in centals, read "1001b." in place of "1 cwt." For the testing for verification of weighing or measuring instruments at premises outside the inspector's office, owners shall provide cartage for necessary weights, and labour to handle same, and shall pay an additional mileage fee in accordance with the regulations. By Authority: FRED. WM. SIMPSON, Government Printer, Perth. |