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Description:Excerpt from The Weights and Measures Situation in Philadelphia: A Report Setting Forth the Results of the Lack of a System of Official Inspection and Regulation, Together With a Digest of Existing Laws and Ordinances on the Subject and a Suggested Legislative Program Dear Sir: - We are submitting herewith for your consideration, in advance of general publication, a copy of a report upon weights and measures conditions in Philadelphia. The report contains the results of a careful investigation of the local situation, together with a discussion of existing laws and ordinances on the subject, and suggestions for additional legislation. Our study of the statutes has led to the conclusion that, under existing laws, the city has authority to establish a Bureau of Weights and Measures; this authority having been conferred by the Charter of 1789, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Philadelphia" (II Mar., 1789, $16, 2 Smith's Laws, 467.) The results of our study of the actual practice of dealers with respect to weights and measures may be summarized briefly as follows: Tests (540 in number) were made of commodities sold by representative dealers in all parts of the city. Only one of fifteen tests of coal showed a full legal ton of 2240 pounds, and this one was 141 pounds over weight; two came within the legal limit of forty pounds. The greatest shortage amounted to 393 pounds on a ton. The shortage on the total amount purchased was over six per cent. Of 225 weight tests of groceries, 158 showed a shortage, and 58 an excess; the average shortage being seventy per cent., and the average excess being twenty-five per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The weights and measures situation in Philadelphia : a report setting forth the results 1911 [Leather Bound]. To get started finding The weights and measures situation in Philadelphia : a report setting forth the results 1911 [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Weights and Measures Situation in Philadelphia: A Report Setting Forth the Results of the Lack of a System of Official Inspection and Regulation, Together With a Digest of Existing Laws and Ordinances on the Subject and a Suggested Legislative Program Dear Sir: - We are submitting herewith for your consideration, in advance of general publication, a copy of a report upon weights and measures conditions in Philadelphia. The report contains the results of a careful investigation of the local situation, together with a discussion of existing laws and ordinances on the subject, and suggestions for additional legislation. Our study of the statutes has led to the conclusion that, under existing laws, the city has authority to establish a Bureau of Weights and Measures; this authority having been conferred by the Charter of 1789, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Philadelphia" (II Mar., 1789, $16, 2 Smith's Laws, 467.) The results of our study of the actual practice of dealers with respect to weights and measures may be summarized briefly as follows: Tests (540 in number) were made of commodities sold by representative dealers in all parts of the city. Only one of fifteen tests of coal showed a full legal ton of 2240 pounds, and this one was 141 pounds over weight; two came within the legal limit of forty pounds. The greatest shortage amounted to 393 pounds on a ton. The shortage on the total amount purchased was over six per cent. Of 225 weight tests of groceries, 158 showed a shortage, and 58 an excess; the average shortage being seventy per cent., and the average excess being twenty-five per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The weights and measures situation in Philadelphia : a report setting forth the results 1911 [Leather Bound]. To get started finding The weights and measures situation in Philadelphia : a report setting forth the results 1911 [Leather Bound], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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