NBS Special Publication, Issue 170U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - Weights and measures |
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air eliminators Association automatic-indicating Briggs BULSON Bureau of Standards Bureau of Weights calibration capacity CHAIRMAN City Hall Committee commodities Conference on Weights consumer container cooperation cotton County device emblem FIGURE gallon glass graduations gross load hydrometer inches indicated industry Inspector of Weights installed interest JAMES O'KEEFE JOSEPH G jurisdiction knife-edge lever system limburger cheese linseed oil liquefied petroleum gas liquid manufacturer marked master scale MCBRIDE measure-container measures officials meter motor-truck scale National Bureau net weight numerical count operation ounces overhang package of food percent PISCIOTTA poise pounds present problem pump quart R. W. SMITH radio railway track scales recommendations represent requirements retail right end Sealer of Weights sheets specifications Street Superintendent of Weights tank tare weight test weights testing unit Thirty-first National Conference tion tolerance truck valve vehicle scales wagon scales weighbeam weighbridge Weights and Meas Weights and Measures wheel base wrapper
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Page 104 - ... or undertaking to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance.
Page 106 - If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held Invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the Act and the applicability thereof to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 104 - Secretary, permit such officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in interstate commerce of any such hazardous substance, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof...
Page 103 - interstate commerce" means (1) commerce between any State or Territory and any place outside thereof, and (2) commerce within the District of Columbia or within any other Territory not organized with a legislative body. (c) The term "Department...
Page 105 - ... quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any such carrier or person to fail to permit such access to and copying of any...
Page 106 - Before any violation of this act is reported to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views before the commissioner or his designated agent, either orally or in writing, in person or by attorney, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.
Page 105 - SEC. 303. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 301 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both such imprisonment and fine...
Page 106 - ... brought into compliance with the provisions of this Act under the super-vision of an officer or employee duly designated by the Secretary, and the expenses of such supervision shall be paid by the person obtaining release of the article under bond.
Page 105 - The package of food shall be liable to seizure by process pursuant to the libel, and the procedure in cases under this section shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the procedure in admiralty; except that on demand of either party any issue of fact joined in any such case shall be tried by jury.
Page 105 - For purposes of enforcement of this Act, officers or employees duly designated by the Secretary, upon presenting appropriate credentials and a written notice to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, are authorized (1) to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held, for...