Standards—Continued

Page
county-Continued
furnishing or procuring

Ala 44;
Ark 82; Cal 108, 109; Colo 152; Conn 166-67;
Del 184, 191; Ga 231; Hawaii 247; Ind 302; Ky 376;
Mich 479; Minn 505; Miss 527; Mo 540; N J 643;
N Mex 671, 674; N Y 694; N C 727; Ohio 767, 768;

Pa 844, 850; SC 915; Tenn 953; Va 1035; W Va 1079.
list of

Ind 302;
Kans 356-57; Miss 527; Mo 540; Ohio 768
customhouse, furnished by resolution of Congress

2
definition of

Cal 103; Ill 280
electrical, State

Idaho 261; Kans 353
fee for testing

Ark 82; R I 892; Tenn 951
international, custody of

3
metric, furnished to States by resolution of Congress 2
national-
comparison with international

3
custody, maintenance and development

US 8
international prototype meter and kilogram
regarded as

5
troy pound of the mint

US 40
State or territorial

Ala 43;
Alaska 61; Ariz 68; Ark 82; Cal 108; Colo 152;
Conn 172; Del 182; D C 199; Fla 211; Ga 231;
Hawaii 249; Idaho 260; Ill 279; Ind 303; Iowa 332;
Kans 352; Ky 376; La 390; Me 408; Md 426; Mass 449,
457–58; Mich 478; Miss 526; Mont 561; Nebr 584, 585;
Nev 602; N H 616; N J 634, 642; N Mex 670;
N Y 692–93; N C 716; N Dak 745; Ohio 770; Okla 796;
Oreg 818; Pa 843, 844, 845, 846; P R 879; R I 891;
SC 915; S Dak 930; Tenn 950; Tex 972; Utah 1007;
Vt 1018; Va 1035; Wash 1057; W Va 1076; Wis 1094;

Wyo 1114.
apothecaries, list of

Mass 449
care and custody

Ala 43;
Alaska 61; Ariz 68; Ark 82; Cal 108; Colo 152;
Conn 166; Del 181-82; DC 199; Fla 212; Idaho 259;
Ill 279; Ind 303; Iowa 336; Kans 356, 358; Ky 376;
Me 408; Mass 449, 458; Mich 479; Minn 499–500;
Miss 526; Mont 563; Nev 602; N H 616; N J 642;
N Mex 670–71; N Y 693; N C 716; N Dak 744;
Ohio 767; Okla 796; Oreg 818; Pa 845, 846; P 879;
R I 891; S C 915; S Dak 930; Tenn 950; Tex 972;
Utah 1007; Vt 1018; Va 1036; Wash 1057; W Va 1076–

77; Wis 1094; Wyo 1114.
comparison with national-
at indefinite intervals

Minn 500; N Dak 744
once in 5 years

Mass 449
once in 10 years

Ala 43;
Ariz 68; Cal 108; Conn 166; Fla 212; Idaho 259;
Ill 279; Ind 303; Iowa 336; Kans 356; Ky 390; Me 408;
Mich 479; Mont 563; Nev 602; N H 616; N J 642;
N Y 693; N C 716; Oreg 818; Okla 796; S Dak 930;
Tenn 951; Tex 972; Utah 1007; Vt 1018; Va 1036;

Wash 1057; W Va 1077; Wis 1094; Wyo 1114.
duplicate-
office or secondary

Ariz 68;
Cal 108; Fla 212; Ill 279; N Y 698–94; Nev 602;
Oreg 818; S Dak 930; Tex 973; Utah 1007; Va 1036;
W Va 1076.
comparison with State, annually

Ariz 68;
Fla 212; Il 279; Nev 602; Oreg 818; S Dak 930–31;

Utah 1007; Va 1036; W Va 1076.
working

Ala 43;
Fla 212; Ill 279; Kans 357-58; Nev 602; N C 716;
Oreg 818; S Dak 930; Tenn 951; Utah 1007; Va 1036;
W Va 1076; Wyo 1114.
comparison with office, annually

Fla 212;
Ill 279; Nev 602; Oreg 818; S Dak 930–31; Utah

1007; Va 1036; W Va 1076.
comparison with State-
annually

Wyo 1114
at indefinite periods

Ala 43; Tenn 951

Standards-Continued

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State or territorial-Continued
furnished by resolution of Congress

2
list of --- Mass 449; N Mex 670; N Y 692-93; N Dak 745
loan to towns

Alaska 62
sale of obsolete, authorized

N C 745
thermometers, clinical

Mass 450
tolerance on standards submitted to National Bureau
of Standards, establishment

US 10
Starch
barrel, box, or package, net weight and tare to
be marked

Nebr 593
State institutions, testing standards of. See under

Testing weights and measures.
Staves. See also Barrels.
butt dimensions

N H 627; Va 1044
cities and towns may regulate measuring and
sales

Ga 237; Mo 543
dimensions
barrel and hogshead

Ga 237–38;
Me 415; N H 627; S C 923; Va 1044
pipe

Ga 237–38; S C 923; Va 1044
inspectors or measurers of staves or shingles,

appointment and duties Ga 237; Me 415; Vt 1022
fees

Ga 237; Me 416; Vt 1023
Steam
defrauding in sale of

Wis 1101
Steel
sheet and plate, standard gauge, table for and
tolerance on

US 12
Stockyards. See Livestock.
Stone
cities may provide for inspection, weighing, or
measuring

Ky 379; Mo 543; Mont 569
crushed, weight per cubic yard

Ill 285
perch of, number of cubic feet to

Colo 152;
Idaho 261; Iowa 334; N Mex 671; N Dak 744;

Ohio 770; Okla 797; S Dak 935.
in boats, cars, piles, or walls

Del 184
Stones, precious
carat, unit of weight

6; Mass 457
troy pound, unit of weight

Ariz 70; N J 634
Straw
baled-
shrinkage, deduction for

N J 660; Wyo 1116
tare on

N J 660; Pa 857–58; Ř I 898
weight to be marked

Iowa 335–36;
N J 660; N Y 699; Pa 857; R I 898
wood allowed per bale

N J 660
delivery ticket, sale by ton

Iowa 335-36
scales, sealed to be used

N Y 699
test of, semiannually

N Y 695
ton, pounds to

U S 38; Ind 312; Md 430
weighing at terminal points, rules and regulations
for, authorized

Kans 366
weight, sale by

N Mex 672; S Dak 934
Strawberries. See also Berries and small fruit.
weight per bushel

Ala 46;
Me 413; NC 721; Pa 853; S C 912; Tenn 954;

W Va 1082.
Struck measure. See Measures.
Sudan grass seed
weight per bushel

Kans 354
Sugar

barrel and box, weight and tare to be marked Nebr 593
containers or packages-
false packing

Fla 227; Ga 239; P R 887
See also False weights and measures, packing

commodities fraudulently.
tolerances, fixed

Ariz 71
weight to be marked

Ariz 71; Nebr 593
See also Commodities, packaged, content marking;

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Sugar-Continued

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short weight

P R 887; Tenn 962; V I 1029
weighing, by public weigher, required when ---- Tex 997
Sugar beets. See under Beets.
Sulphur
car and truck loads, weighing upon request

-- Oreg 835
Sunflower seed
weight per bushel

NC 721
Surveyor
apparatus for linear measurement, condemnation
and testing

Mass 473
chain of
comparison with county standard of
length

Me 423; Md 435
conformity to State standards

Ohio 769
standard measure for

N C 726
test of, every 2 years

N C 726
to be standard

N J 634; Tenn 955
testimony of, competency

Ohio 769
Sweet oil
bottles or cans, quantity to be marked

Ariz 71

Tare-Continued
marking of-Continued
on barrels of-Continued
flaxseed oil (linseed oil)

Ohio 787-88
flour

Del 191;
Ga 241; Ohio 787; Tenn 961; Va 1045
grits

Ga 241; Tenn 961
lard oil

Ohio 787-88
meal

Ohio 787
pitch

Va 1045
salt

Ind 323; Va 1045
tar

Va 1045
turpentine

Va 1045
on cars, railroad

P R 881
on containers of-
candles

Nebr 593
cheese

Nebr 593
cornmeal

Ga 241; Tenn 961; Va 1045
rice, soap, sugar, and starch

Nebr 593
on hogshead or tierce of tobacco Nebr 593; Va 1015
on kegs of butter and lard

Ohio 788
weight of tare-
for hay or straw, in bales

N J 660; Pa 857-58
for hops, in bales Cal 122; Oreg 823; Wash 1062
for rice, in barrel or tierce

Ga 236
for salt, in barrels

Ohio 788; Va 1045
for tobacco, basket or truck

N C 737
Tariff act

weight per bushel of commodities, fixed by U S 38
Taximeters
inspection and test

Md 435; Mass 455
fee for testing

Me 412; Mass 457
rules and regulations for

Mass 455
use in cabs, mandatory

Md 435
Tent tops
concealing or misrepresenting correct size and
dimensions

Nebr 590; Wis 1100
Teosinte
weight per bushel

N C 721
may be taken outside of State

Mo 545;

Oreg 839; Wash 1072
purchase of Kans 364; Minn 514; Mo 545; Oreg 840
railroads to provide

Mo 545; Wash 1072
railroads to transport without charge

Kans 364;
Minn 516; Mo 545; Oreg 840; Wash 1072
rules and regulations, authorized

Mo 545
Testing weights and measures. See also False weights

and measures; Fees; Scales; Standards; Sealer of
weights and measures; Weights and measures and

weighing and measuring devices.
at customhouses

U S 38
at mines. See under Scales, mine.
at State institutions

Ala 44;
Ariz 68; Cal 105; Conn 166; III 280; Ind 303;
Mass 454; Mich 479; Mont 563; Nebr 587; N J 642;
N Y 693; Oreg 817; S Dak 929; Tenn 952; Tex 974;
Utah 1007; Vt 1019; Wash 1057; W Va 1077;

Wis 1094.
cities and towns, powers of

Ala 50;
Alaska 62; Colo 154; Idaho 264; III 290; Ind 314;
Kans 357; Ky 379; La 393; Mich 485; Minn 506, 507;
Miss 536; Mo 543, 544; Mont 569; Nebr 588, 592;
Nev 608; N Mex 678; N C 728; Ohio 777; Oreg 820;
Pa 866; S Dak 937; Tenn 957; Utah 1011; Wash 1062;

Wyo 1116.
sealing or marking

Ala 44, 45;
Alaska 61; Ariz 68; Ark 82; Cal 108-9, 114, 115, 116;
Colo 152; Conn 166, 167, 168, 171; Del 182; D C 200;
Fla 212; Ga 230–31, 232; Hawaii 247, 248; Idaho 259;
Ill 281; Ind 305; Iowa 336, 338; Kans 355, 356, 357;
La 391; Me 410-11; Md 426-27; Mass 453, 455, 456;
Mich 479, 480; Minn 500; Miss 527, 536; Mont 563,
564, 566; Nebr 587; Ney 602, 605; N H 616-17;
N J 645; N Y 694, 695; N C 716; N Dak 7445;

T
Tan bark
number pounds to cord

Ga 230
Tangerines. See also Citrus fruit; and Fruits and

vegetables.
irregularly packed containers, markings

Cal 136
standard-packed box-
definition

Fla 225
pounds equivalent to, for tax purposes

Fla 226
tolerance on standard pack

Tex 986
Tanks, vehicle. See under Petroleum and petroleum

products.
Tapioca
containers, markings, and tolerances

-- Ariz 71
Tar
barrel, gallons to

SC 923; Va 1044
weight and tare to be marked

Va 1045
inspectors or measurers, appointment and
duties

Ga 237; Va 1043
fees

Ga 237
Tare
bagging and ties, for cotton

Ala 53-54;
Ga 235; N H 623–24; S C 916, 919-20; Tenn 966
deduction for weight of-
baling material or wood, for hay or straw N J 660;

Pa 857-58; R I 898
for hops

Cal 122; Oreg 823
burlap bag, for fruit, peas and wool

Test car

Testing weights and measures—Continued

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sealing or marking-Continued

Ohio 767, 768, 769, 770; Okla 799, 806; Oreg 817,
820; Pa 846; P R 879, 881; R I 893, 895–96, 897, 898,
901; S Dak 930–31; Tenn 951, 952; Tex 973, 974, 975;
Utah 1008; Vu 1018, 1019; Va 1035, 1036; Wash 1057,

1058; W Va 1076, 1077, 1078; Wis 1094–95; Wyo 1114.
removal of or tampering with tags, marks, or
seals

Alaska 61;
Cal 115; D C 200-1; Ga 232; Hawaii 250; Idaho 260;
Ind 306; La 392; Me 411; Mass 453; Minn 503;

Mont 563; N Y 695; Oreg 823; Tex 978.
standards of institutions and private firms or
persons

Ala 44;
Ariz 68; Ind 303; Iowa 336; Kans 356; Mich 479;
Minn 500; Mont 563; N H 617; N Y 693; N C 716;
N Dak 745; Tenn 951; Vt 1019; Wash 1057;

W Va 1077; Wis 1094.
surveyor's apparatus. See under Surveyor.
test procedure, conformity with National Bureau of
Standards recommendations

Okla 798
trade weights and measures-
apothecaries

Mass 455; Mont 566
glass graduates, retesting, not required, when - Mass 456
person weighing devices, test of

D C 200;

Pa 850; S Dak 946
refusing or neglecting to have tested

Ala 50;
Ark 83; Cal 104; Del 183; D C 201; Fla 211; Kans 357;
Me 411; Md 427, 434; Mass 455; Pa 850; R I 894;

SC 914; Tenn 955; Tex 980; Vt 1020.
sealing by untested standards

Wis 1096
sealing or condemning without test

Cal 104;
Kans 357; Tenn 953; Tex 980; Vt 1019
testing

Alaska 61;
Colo 152; Conn 166; Del 183; Fla 212; Ga 230-31;
Idaho 259; Iowa 336, 337; Kans 357; Me 409; Md 427,
434; Mass 453-54; Minn 505; Miss 527, 536; Mo 540,
541, 542; Nebr 587; NC 716; Ohio 768, 769, 770;
Pa 850, 852; P R 879; R I 892; SC 913; S Dak 929;

Vt 1018-19; Wash 1058; Wis 1094–95; Wyo 1114.
annually

Ala 45;
Ariz 68; Ark 83; Cal 107; Conn 168, 171; Del 182;
III 280; Ind 304; Iowa 338; La 390-91; Me 410;
Md 426-27; Mass 455, 456; Mich 480; Minn 500;
Mont 563-64; Nev 605; N H 617; N J 643, 645;
N C 720; N Dak 746; Okla 799; Oreg 817; R I 892-93;

Tenn 952, 955; Tex 974–75; Utah 1007; Wis 1095.
method of testing

Hawaii 249
semiannually

Conn 167;
D C 200; Hawaii 247; Me 427; Mass 455; N Mex 674,

676; N Y 694, 695; Va 1035; W Va 1077.
upon request or complaint

Ariz 68;
Ark 83; Cal 114, 115; Del 182, 183; Ga 231; Idaho 259;
Ill 280, 281; Iowa 336, 337; Kans 357; Me 410, 411;
Mass 452, 456; Minn 505; N J 645; N Mex 674–75;

Ohio 767; P R 879; S Dak 930.
Textiles
cotton duck or canvas-
concealing or misrepresenting, size and
dimensions

Nebr 590
weight

Ill 290; Nebr 590; Wis 1100
definition of cotton duck, ounce, and standard
yard

Ill 289; Minn 521; Nebr 591; Wis 1100
weight or quantity to be marked in ounces per

yard Ill 289–90; Minn 521; Nebr 590; Wis 1100
cotton, wool, linen or silk goods-
false marking of packages

Md 430
weight or measure to be marked

Fla 214;

III 283; Utah 1009; Va 1037
factories, testing pick clocks of

Mass 455
Thermometers
comparison of, by International Bureau of Weights
and Measures

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clinical
sealing by manufacturer

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Tolerances—Continued

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cornmeal, in containers

Ariz 71; Ga 241; Tex 981
cosmetics, packaged. See under Cosmetics, packaged.
cotton, foreign substances and scalage, allowance
for

Ga 236;
La 393; Miss 537; N C 724; Tenn 966; Tex 993
cranberries, barrel

US 13-15; Mich 482
distilled water, bottles

Ariz 70–71
drugs, packaged. See under Drugs.
feeding stuffs, for loss through handling and
transporting

N C 733
fertilizer, in packages ----- Idaho 265; Nev 613; N C 729
flaxseed (linseed)

Iowa 340, 343
flour, in containers

Ariz 71; Ga 241; Tex 981
food, packaged. See under Food.
fruits, vegetables and produce, containers US 13-15,

21-22; Ark 90-91; Cal 106, 136, 138, 142; D C 206;
Ill 291; Ind 310; Mich 482, 483; Mo 551; Nev 609;
N J 642; N C 736; Ohio 776; Oreg 826; Pa 860, 867;

SC 925; Tex 986.
allowance for shrinkage authorized Cal 134; Ind 310
grain, for leakage, shrinkage or loss

Ariz 71;

Mo 545, 554
grits, in containers

Ga 241
ham, in containers, fixed

Ariz 71
hay or straw, for scale variations

Wyo 1116
for shrinkage

Ariz 71; N J 660; Wyo 1116
ice cream, packaged, authorized Miss 532; N J 639
insecticides and fungicides, packaged, authorized.--U S 36;

Colo 155; Iowa 340, 343; Mich 486; Mont 579;
N H 628; N Y 705; N C 780; N Dak 757; Okla 804;

S Dak 945; Vt 1024; Va 1043.
iron and steel, sheet and plate, fixed

US 13
laundry, weight of, authorized

N J 639
lettuce, in containers, count variation
fixed

Ariz 75-76; Cal 139
lime, in bulk

US 17; Wis 1104
standard barrel

U S 16-17
linseed oil, authorized

Iowa 340, 343
liquor, barrel

U S 39
lubricating oil bottles, authorized

Mass 451
meters, electric, gas or water

Ariz 69, 70;
Conn 178; DC 207; Me 422; Md 435; Mass 474, 476;
Mo 545–46; N Y 709; N C 727; Ohio 790; Pa 875;

R I 902; Vt 1028; Wash 1073; W Va 1091.
milk and cream, bottles

Ariz 70–71;
Conn 170; Ill 284; Mass 451; Mich 491; N J 638;
NY 696; Ohio 771; Pa 852; R I 904; S Dak 933;

W Va 1080–81; Wis 1097.
of National Bureau of Standards. See National

Bureau of Standards.
oleomargarine

Fla 219; Mont 580
paint, authorized

Iowa 340, 343
petroleum products, preheated

Conn 171
potatoes

Ariz 71; Tex 986
produce and farm products. See this page, above:

fruits, vegetables and produce, containers.
pumps, automatic or measuring for gasoline, kerosene,
etc.

Fla 220-21; Ga 243–44, 245; Ky 378
solid fuels, scale variations or wastage,
fixed

Del 187; Md 432; Pa 854
standards submitted to National Bureau of
Standards for test, establishment

U S 10
thermometers, authorized

Mass 450
thread

Conn 169; Mass 471; N J 639; N Y 700
tobacco, for basket and truck

N C 737
turpentine, authorized

Iowa 340, 343
twine, binder -- Iowa 349; Kans 361; Mich 495; Nebr 596
vinegar, in containers, authorized

Ark 94
weights, measures, and weighing and measuring devices-
deviation in excess of tolerances, scale of
penalties

N J 647
deviation to disadvantage of owner

N J 647

Tolerances-Continued
weights, measures, and weighing and measuring

devices-Continued
establishment authorized

US 10;
Ala 48; Cal 106; D C 206; Fla 212; Ga 231; Ill 289;
Ind 303; Iowa 338; Kans 356; La 391; Me 408;
Mo 542; Mont 561, 567; Nebr 584; Nev 605; N H 621;
N J 642, 647; N Y 693; N C 715, 739; Okla 799;
Oreg 820; Pa 848, 850; S C 915; S Dak 929; Tex 982;

Utah 1006; Vt 1019; Va 1034; W Va 1079; Wis 1094.
fixed

Hawaii 248 49
Toll and toll dishes. See under Mills.
Tomatoes. See also Fruits and vegetables.
basket-
capacity

Del 186; Md 429
dimensions

Fla 211
how filled

Md 429
nonstandard-
markings

Del 186; Md 429
prohibited

Fla 211
box, capacity and markings

Md 429
consumer package, requirements for

Cal 144
container, closed-
content marking

Ark 91; Tenn 962
definition of

Ark 91
container, standard

Cal 143
establishment of, authorized

Tex 988
crate, dimensions

Fla 211
nonstandard, prohibited

Fla 211
deceptive pack, defined

Tex 987-88
prohibited

Tex 988
rules and regulations, containers and pack Tex 988
standard pack for four and six basket crate,
and tolerance

Tex 986
weighing by wagon load

Md 430
weight per bushel

Ala 46;
Conn 169; Idaho 261; Ill 285; Iowa 334; Kans 354;
Me 413; Md 430; Minn 504; Mo 541; Mont 562;
Nebr 586; N H 619; N Mex 671; N C 721; N Dak 743;
Okla 797; Pa 853; R I 894; S C 913; S Dak 934;
Tenn 954; Vt 1022; Va 1036; W Va 1082; Wis 1096;

Wyo 1115.
Ton
bushels to, mineral coal

Mont 562
cubic feet to-
coal, in solid

Colo 160
hay

Mont 562;
N Mex 671; N Dak 743-44; Okla 797; S Dak 934;

Wyo 1115.
lime

Wis 1104
timber

N H 626
hundredweight to. See under Units of weight and

Tub— Continued

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oysters-Continued
how filled

Md 441; Miss 534
number of tubs to barrel... -- Ala 58; Fla 215; Miss 534
shrimp, dimension and number of tubs to barrel..--Ala 58
Turnips. See also Fruits and vegetables.
barrel, capacity

SC 912; Tenn 954
basket, capacity

Del 186
nonstandard, markings

Del 186
bunch, number turnips to

Ariz 76
sale by, authorized Ala 46, 48; D C 204; Mass 463
weight per bushel

Ala 46;
Ark 83; Fla 210; Ga 230; Idaho 261; III 285;
Iowa 334; Kans 354; Ky 376; Me 413; Md 430;
Mich 481; Minn 504; Miss 526; Mo 541; Mont 562;
Nebr 586; N H 619; N Mex 671; N C 721; N Dak 743;
Okla 797; Pa 853; R I 894; S C 912; S Dak 934;
Tenn 954; Vt 1022; Va 1036; W Va 1082; Wis 1096;

Wyo 1115.
English

Me 413
rutabaga

Conn 169
summer

Conn 169
Turpentine
barrel -
dimensions of staves

Ga 238
gallons to

Va 1044
tare, to be marked

Va 1045
weight of

SC 923
weight to be marked

Fla 220; Va 1045
containers, content marking-_lowa 343; Miss 534; Va 1044
inspectors, appointment and duties

Fla 220;

Ga 237; Va 1043
fees

Fla 220; Ga 237
rules and regulations for

Iowa 339, 340;

Miss 534; Va 1045
tolerances, and exemptions as to small packages,
authorized

Iowa 340, 343
weight per gallon

Kans 358; N Mex 672
Twine, binder
content marking requirements

Iowa 349;
Kans 361; La 392; Mich 495; Nebr 596; Ohio 793
rules and regulations

La 392
sale, on gross weight basis

La 392; Okla 799, 800
tolerance on Iowa 349; Kans 361; Mich 495; Nebr 596
Type of apparatus. See under Weights and measures

and weighing and measuring devices.

United States laws and regulations—Continued

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adopted or recognized concerning-Continued
fruits, vegetables, and produce, containers Ala 48;

Ark 91; Conn 173; D C 206; Fla 225; Idaho 265;
Ill 291; Ind 310, 311; Kans 372; Mich 481, 482; Miss
528; Mo 550, 551; Nev 609; NC 735, 736; Ohio
776, 792; Okla 798; Oreg 826, 832; Pa 867; S C

913, 924–25; Utah 1006; Wis 1103.
gauging

RI 899
honey, containers

Oreg 827
liquid measuring devices, petroleum products,
standards for

La 401;
Miss 532; Mont 576; N Mex 685; N C 739
liquor, intoxicating, labeling of containers Cal 117;

Ky 381
livestock remedy, packaged

U

United States laws and regulations. See also National