General Statutes Annotated 1935, Ch. 66, Art. 2— Railroad Track Scales-Continued.

Sec. 66-260. Card giving weight of grain in car.

That every shipper of grain from any point in the state of Kansas shall fasten upon the inside of each car shipped by him a card giving car number, initial, date of shipment, and the exact weight of grain in such car as claimed by shipper. If he fails so to do, the official weight shall be prima facie evidence of the quantity of grain shipped in the car. [1923]

Sec. 66-279. Scales at stations for livestock.

It shall be the duty of every railway company or corporation owning or operating a line of railway in this state, to construct and maintain scales for the weighing of livestock at all stations where livestock is received for shipment: Provided, This act [Sec. 66-279] shall not apply to stations receiving for shipment less than fifty cars of livestock per annum for the two years last past. [1913]

Sec. 66-2,114. Weighing coal cars.

That each and every railway company operating a railway wholly or partly within this state shall weigh each and every car of coal intended for shipment over their line before and after being loaded. [1905]

Sec. 66-2,115. Manner and time of weighing cars.

The empty car or cars to be loaded shall be detached from the engine and other cars and weighed within twenty-four hours before loading, and after the said car is loaded it shall be detached from the engine and other cars and weighed within forty-eight hours after being loaded. [1905]

Sec. 66-2,116. Certificate of weight.

A certificate of the weights of each car so weighed, showing the date of weighing said car empty and the weight of same, and the date of weighing said car loaded and the weight of same, and the net weight and number of the said car, shall be issued by the weighmaster and attached to the waybill covering the said shipment. At the destination this certificate shall be attached to the freight expense bill and shall become a part of the same, and shall be delivered to the consignee on the payment of all the freight charges. [1905]

Sec. 66-2,117. Weighmaster: Oath and bond; penalty.

A competent weighmaster shall be employed by said railway companies, and said weighmaster shall subscribe an oath or affirmation before an authorized officer and give good and sufficient bond in the sum of one thousand dollars to his employer that he will perform his duties in accordance with this act [Secs. 66-2,114-66-2,118] in every particular; and any weighmaster or person so employed under this act who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both said fine and imprisonment. [1905] Sec. 66–2,118. Penalty for failure to weigh coal.

Any railway company neglecting to weigh coal as provided by this act [Secs. 66-2,114-66-2,118] shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars for each and every car not so weighed, to be recovered in an action brought in the name of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction. [1905] 1947 Supplement to General Statutes Annotated 1935, Ch. 74, Art. 5-Receptacles for Farm Products. Sec. 74-531. Standards to be promulgated by board. The state board of agriculture hereinafter re ferred to as "the board" may make and promulgate standards, both for receptacles and for the grade and classifications of agricultural prod ucts, by which their identity, quantity, quality, and value may be determined, and recommend the same for voluntary use by producers, distributors, vendors and others as the standards, grades, or classifications to be adopted for the marketing of same. Such standards, grades or classifications shall not be lower in their requirements than the minimum requirements of the official standards for corre sponding standards, grades, and classifications commonly known as United States grades promulgated from time to time by the secretary of agriculture of the United States. Such rules and regulations shall be duly promulgated and filed as required by law. [1947]

Laws 1949, Ch. 242, Art. 2-"Kansas Liquor Control Act."

Sec. 16. Rules and regulations for fixing form, capacity and marking of packages.

The rules and regulations established by the di rector [state director of alcoholic beverage control'. among other things, shall include regulations: (1) Fixing and determining the nature, form and capacity of all containers used for alcoholic liquors: (2) determining the nature of and the representations to be shown upon the labels attached to the containers: Provided, That the director shall require that the labels attached to all original containers or packages of alcoholic liquors sold or of fered for sale in this state shall set forth in plain and legible print in the English language the quantity of such liquors in full gallons, quarts, pints of half-pints, exclusive of the package or cask containing it or in fractions or multiples thereof: Provided further, That no original package of alcoholic liquor sold or offered for sale in the original package in this state shall contain less than one-half pint; [1949]

General Statutes Annotated 1935, Ch. 21, Art. 11— False Advertising.

Sec. 21-1112. Unlawful acts; penalty.

That any person, firm, corporation or association, who, with intent to sell or in any wise dispose of any merchandise, securities, service or anything offered by such person, firm, corporation or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the sale or consumption thereof, or to induce the public or any person in any manner to enter into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title to or an interest therein; who makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates or places before the public, or causes the same to be done, either directly or indirectly, in this state, whether by newspaper publication or otherwise, as herein provided, any label, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or in any other way, any advertisement of any kind or character regarding merchandise, securities, service, or any other

thing or commodity offered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, representation or statement which is in fact untrue, deceptive or misleading, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment for every such offense, and each day such publication or communication shall be published or disseminated shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this act [Secs. 21-1112-21-1114] and shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense: Provided, also, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the publisher of any newspaper or other publication, who publishes or causes to be published, disseminated or circulated any written or printed statement prohibited by the provisions of this act, without knowledge that it is false. [1915]

Revised Statutes 1946, Title XXIX, Ch. 363— Weights and Measures.

Sec. 363.010. Standards of weights and measures.

The weights, measures and balances received from the Government of The United States shall be in the custody of the Secretary of State, and shall be the standard weights and measures in this state. [1881] Sec. 363.020. Duplicates furnished counties.

The Governor shall cause duplicates of the standard weights, measures and balances to be made for counties that do not have them, and upon the Governor's written certificate of the cost, the Department of Finance shall draw a warrant on the State Treasury therefore. [1881]

Sec. 363.030. Hundredweight; ton.

A hundredweight consists of one hundred pounds, and a ton consists of two thousand pounds. All contracts shall be construed accordingly, unless the contrary is stipulated.

[1881]

Sec. 363.050. Barrel for Irish potatoes.

One hundred and sixty net pounds of Irish potatoes shall constitute a merchantable barrel. [186970]

Sec. 363.060. Wheat: Standard apparatus for determining test weight per bushel.

(1) Any person buying wheat by grade shall follow the following procedure and use the following standard apparatus for determining the test weight per bushel:

(a) Use an accurate quart or one-half gallon size weight-per-bushel testing apparatus, the kettle of which must have a capacity of exactly 67.2 and 134.4 cubic inches respectively.

(b) A round hopper shall be above the quart or one-half gallon size kettle and the opening at the bottom shall be exactly 114 inches in diameter.

(c) The bottom of the hopper must be held exactly 2 inches above the center of the kettle. (d) A stroker made of hard wood, with smooth