Sec. 6250 (1877). Apples.-That whenever apples are bought or sold by weight forty-eight pounds shall constitute a bushel. Sec. 6251 (1881). Duty of persons weighing cattle, etc.; correct weights to be given.-That every person who shall weigh for any person purchasing, or selling, or offering for sale, any live stock, neat cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, or other live animals, or any beef, pork, mutton, fowls, or other animals when dressed, or any hay, grain, or produce, shall make a true and correct weight or weights thereof, and give to the purchaser and seller, or person offering the same for sale, when requested, the true, full, correct, and gross amount of any and all such weights. Sec. 6252. Penalty for violation of act.-Every person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 6253 (1871). Size of peach baskets. That the quantity known as a box or basket of peaches shall contain seven hundred and sixteen and four-fifths cubic inches, or one-third of a bushel strict measure. Sec. 6255 (1877). Fruit, etc., not to be sold in less quantities than represented. That when any person or persons, party or parties, shall offer for sale or sell in any township, village, or city, within this State, any fruits or vegetables contained in drawers or cases, boxes or baskets, represented to hold one bushel or any fractional part thereof, said drawers, boxes, cases, or baskets, shall be of the dimensions to hold, and shall hold the quantity offered for sale or sold, whether by the bushel of thirty-two quarts or any fractional part thereof. Sec. 6256. Penalty.-Any person or persons violating the provisions of the foregoing section, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be liable to a fine not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, and imprisonment for a term not to exceed three months, or either or both, in the discretion of said court. Sec. 6257 (1895). Fruit baskets to be marked as to number of pounds. That all manufacturers of peach baskets and other fruit packages designed for the shipment of peaches, grapes and plums, and all shippers and dealers in the same, shall mark or cause to be marked in a plain manner on the outside, otherwise than the bottom, of such baskets or packages, the capacity of each basket or package in pounds at the rate of one pound for each forty-three and eightthousandths cubic inches of space contained in such basket or package. Sec. 6258. Penalty.-Any manufacturer of or dealer in peach baskets, or other fruit packages designed for the shipment of peaches, grapes and plums, who shall sell or offer to sell such baskets or packages without complying with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than twentyfive dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and stand committed to the county jail until such fine and costs are paid. Sec. 6260 (1909). Certain mill products; standard weights per barrel; weights to be placed in barrel, etc.-When mill products of wheat, corn, rye or buckwheat, known as flour, grits, meal or compounds of the same, are placed or packed in barrels, fractional parts of a barrel or sacks to be sold or billed to any person or persons within this State, the standard weight or measure of a barrel or the fractional part thereof, shall be as follows, viz: One hundred and ninety-six pounds for a barrel; Forty-nine pounds for one-quarter barrel; Twenty-four and one-half pounds for one-eighth barrel; The full and correct weights as herein established shall be placed in said barrel or fractional part thereof by the manufacturer, company, dealer, person or persons filling the same, and the weights as herein established shall be the legal weights in this State for such packages when they are bought or sold, offered or exposed for sale, or in possession with intent to sell, or sold and delivered, ordered or billed. Sec. 6261. Short weights. No person or persons shall sell, offer or expose for sale in this State by the barrel, or by the fractional parts of a barrel as herein established, any of the mill products specified in section one hereof [sec. 6260], unless the barrel or fractional part of such barrel shall contain the full weight of such mill product as is provided for in section one hereof. Sec. 6262. Weight to be marked on package.-Before any package containing the mill products or compounds of such mill products specified in section one of this act shall be sold or offered or exposed for sale in this State, the number of pounds contained therein shall be plainly printed or stamped on the face label in plain English letters and numbers not less than one-half inch high. When such packages are sold as one-half, one-quarter, one-eighth, one-sixteenth or one-thirty-second of a barrel they shall be so marked in addition to the number of pounds marked thereon as herein provided. Sec. 6263. Abstraction of contents unlawful.-No manufacturer, company, dealer or person shall abstract any part of the mill products from the standard packages or fractional parts named in section one, and sell such package as a barrel or fractional part of a barrel as defined in section one. Sec. 6264. Penalty.-Any manufacturer, company, dealer, person or persons who shall knowingly sell, offer or expose for sale or for distribution in this State any package containing mill products of the cereals enumerated in section one [section six thousand two hundred sixty] which are stamped or labeled with a greater number of pounds than such package actually contains, or who shall put up or sell in this State any of the mill products of the above named cereals in a manner contrary to 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 twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in the common jail or the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia for not less than ninety days nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court for each and every offense: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall be construed to cover or affect sales or shipments made to any manufacturer, company, dealer, person or persons outside of this State and not intended for sale or shipment back into this State. Sec. 6265. Dairy and food commissioner; duties of.-It shall be the duty of the dairy and food commissioner to investigate all complaints of violations of this act, and to take all steps necessary to its enforcement. It shall be the duty of all prosecuting officers of this State to prosecute to completion all suits brought under the provisions of this act upon complaint of said commissioner or any person. Sec. 6267. Binder twine; stamp, tag or label, what to state; tolerance. No binder twine shall be sold, exposed or offered for sale within this State, except the same bear upon each ball a stamp, tag or label truly stating the name of the manufacturer, importer or jobber of such twine, the kind or kinds of material it contains, and the number of feet to the pound in such ball: Provided, That a deficiency not exceeding five per cent in the length or tensile strength stated on the stamp, tag or label shall not be a violation hereof. Sec. 6268. Penalty for violation.-Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars: Provided, That the selling or exposing for sale of any ball of twine which does not conform to the requirements of this act shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Sec. 6279 (1915). Capacity of milk bottles.-On and after January one, nineteen hundred sixteen, bottles used for the sale of milk and cream in this State shall be of the capacity of half gallon, three pints, one quart, one pint, ten ounce, half pint, one gill filled full to the bottom of the lip. The following variations on individual bottles or jars may be allowed: Six drams above and six drams below on the half-gallon; five drams above and five drams below on the three-pint; four drams above and four drams below on the quart; three drams above and three drams below on the pint; two and onehalf drams above and two and one-half drams below on the ten ounce; two drams above and two drams below on the half-pint; two drams above and two drams below on the gill. But the average contents of not less than twenty-five bottles selected at random from at least four times the number tested must not be in error by more than one-quarter of the tolerances: One and five-tenths drams above and one and five-tenths drams below on the half gallon; one and twenty-five hundredths drams above and one and twenty-five hundredths drams below on the three pint; one dram above and one dram below on the quart; seventy-five hundredths drams above and seventy-five hundredths drams below on the pint; seventy-five hundredths drams above and seventy-five hundreds drams below on the ten ounce; five-tenths drams above and five-tenths drams below on the half pint; five-tenths drams above and five-tenths drams below on the gill. Bottles or jars used for the sale of milk shall have clearly blown or otherwise permanently marked in the side of the bottle, the capacity of the bottle and the word "sealed" and in the side or 517-26- -26 bottom of the bottle the name, initials or trade-mark of the manufacturer and designating number, which designating number shall be different for each manufacturer and may be used in identifying the bottles. The designating number shall be furnished by the State superintendent of weights and measures upon application by the manufacturer, and upon filing by the manufacturer of a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with sureties to be approved by the Attorney General, conditioned upon their performance of the requirements of this section. A record of the bonds furnished, the designating numbers, and to whom furnished, shall be kept in the office of the superintendent of weights and measures. Sec. 6280. Unlawful sales.-On and after January one, nineteen hundred sixteen, any manufacturer who sells milk or cream bottles to be used in this State, which do not comply as to size and markings with the provisions of this act, shall suffer the penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by the attorney general in an action against the offender's bondsmen, to be brought in the name of the people of the State. Any dealer who uses, for the purpose of selling milk or cream, jars or bottles purchased after this law takes effect, which do not comply with the requirements of this act as to markings and capacity, shall be deemed guilty of using false or insufficient measure. Sec. 6281. Bottles not to be sealed.-Sealers of weights and measures are not required to seal bottles or jars for milk or cream marked as in this act provided, but they shall from time to time make tests on individual bottles used by the various firms in the territory over which they have jurisdiction, in order to ascertain whether the above provisions are being complied with, and they shall report violations found immediately to the superintendent of weights and neasures. Any dealer who knowingly uses for the purpose of selling milk or cream, jars or bottles purchased after this law takes effect, which do not comply with this act as to marking the capacity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished accordingly. Comp. Laws, 1915, Vol. 2, ch. 126, p. 2412. Sec. 6644°. Miller to keep scales and weigh grain, flour, etc.; penalty for neglect or refusal. Every miller occupying and using a grist mill, shall be provided with scales and weights, or a vibrating steelyard, to weigh corn, grain, flour and meal, delivered at and taken from the mill, if required; and if he shall neglect to keep himself so provided, or shall refuse so to weigh corn, grain, flour, or meal, when required by any person delivering or taking away the same, he shall forfeit, for each neglect or refusal, not less than one dollar, nor more than five dollars. Comp. Laws, 1915, Vol. 3, ch. 257, p. 5293. * Sec. 15320 (a1915). False tokens or pretenses.-Every person who, with intent to defraud or cheat, shall designedly, by color of any false token or writing * or by means of any false weights or measures obtain a larger amount or quantity or property than was bargained for, or by means of any false weights or measures sell or dispose of a less amount or quantity of property than was bargained for, if such land or interest in land, money, personal property, use of such instrument, facility or article, valuable thing, service, larger amount obtained or less amount disposed of, shall be of the value of twenty-five dollars or less, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, and if such land, interest in land, money, personal property, use of such instrument, facility or article, valuable thing, service, larger amount obtained or less amount disposed of shall be of the value of more than twenty-five dollars, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than ten years or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. Comp. Laws, 1915, Vol. 1, ch. 68, p. 937. Sec. 2231 (1915). Standard gauge for fence.-The Washburn and Moen gauge is hereby declared to be the standard gauge for testing galvanized wire fence within this State. Comp. Laws, 1915, Vol. 1, ch. 72, p. 1037. Sec. 2640, as amended by Acts, 1921, Act 21, p. 31. General powers of councils; villages.-Every village subject to the provisions of this act, shall, in addition to such other powers as are conferred, have the general power and authority granted in this chapter, and the council may pass such ordinances in relation thereto as it may deem proper, namely: Twelfth. To provide for the inspection and sealing of weights and measures, and to enforce the keeping and use of proper weights and measures by venders; * Comp. Laws, 1915, Vol. 1, ch. 73, p. 1135. Sec. 3021°. General powers of city corporations of fourth class; inspection and measuring certain merchandise; inspection and sealing of weights and measures.-Every city incorporated under the provisions of this act [cities containing a population not exceeding ten thousand], shall, in addition to such other powers as are herein conferred, have the general powers and authority in this chapter mentioned; and the council may pass such ordinances in relation thereto, and for the exercise of the same, as they may deem proper, namely: Eighteenth. To regulate the inspection, weighing, and measuring of brick, lumber, firewood, coal, hay, and any article of merchandise; Nineteenth. To provide for the inspection and sealing of weights and measures and to enforce the keeping and use of proper weights and measures by venders. Acts, 1917, Act 123, p. 199. Sec. 1. Scales authorized. It shall be lawful for the township board of any township or village council of any village in this State to appropriate money for the purpose of establishing township or village scales for the weighing of farm produce and for other purposes. All sums hereby authorized to be appropriated shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as other expenses of such townships or villages are assessed, levied and collected. The maintenance, management and control of such scales shall be under the direction of the township board or village council, as the case may be and the expense connected therewith shall be paid in the |