Acts, 1945.
— Chaps.
113
145, 146.
otherwise provided herein. At ever}^ biennial, preUminanspecial election the polls shall be open during such hours,
in accordance with general law, as the board of aldermen
may prescribe, and the laws of the commonwealth relative
to citj' elections shall apply thereto, except as is otherwise
specifically provided herein.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 23, 1945.
is
and
An Act adopting the international log rule
as the Chaj).\4:b
STANDARD LOG RULE FOR DETERMINING THE BOARD FEET
CONTENT OF SAW LOGS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-six of the General Laws is herebj^ amended S-,^
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j^T'^''-
Section 11 A. ncw'§nA,
adding at the end the following section:
The international log rule, based upon one fourth inch saw '"''"''''
kerf, as expressed in the formula (D ^ X 0.22) - 0.71D) lo^'gl-uie*'"""'
X 0.904762 for four foot sections (D represents top diameter of log in inches; taper allowance, one half inch per
four feet lineal), shall be the standard log rule for determining the board foot content of saw logs in this commonwealth, and all contracts entered into for the purchase and
sale of saw logs shall be deemed to be made on the basis of
such standard rule, imless some other method of measurement
Approved March 23, 194-5.
is specifically agreed upon.
b}'
An Act relative
to fees to be charged by the sealer CJ^d/p 146
OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
FOR SEALING CERTAIN WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES.
Be
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-six of
chapter ninety-eight of the General Laws, as amended,
the sealer of weights and measures of the citj?' of Cambridge
shall
receive the following fees
weighing and measuring devices
for sealing
:
—
the following
Scales.
Fees.
A.
R.
Platform, over ten thousand pounds
Platform, five thousand to ten thousand
C.
I'^latform,
D.
Counter, one hundred pounds or over
Counter, under one hundred pounds
Beam, one hundred pounds or over
Beam, under one hundred pounds
Springe, one hundred pounds or over
Two
pounds
pounds
E.
F.
C.
H.
T.
J.
K.
one hundred to
.
...
five
J^pring, under one hundred pounds
Computing, one hundred pounds or over
Computing, under one hundred pounds
.
Personal \\'eighing
Prescription
N.
Jewelers'
(slot)
l^ollars
thousand
.
M.
L.
Three Dollars
....
One Dollar
One Dollar
Twenty-five Cents
One Dollar
Twenty-five Cents
One Dollar
Twent^^-five Cents
One Dollar
Twenty-five Cents
One Dollar
Twenty-five Cents
Twentv-five Cents
Acts, 1945.
114
— Chap.
147.
Weights.
Fms.
Avoirdupois
Apothecar}'
Metric
Troy
Five
Five
Five
Five
Cents
Cents
Cents
Cents
r)iie
Dollar
Capacity Measurements.
Vehicle tanks, one hundred gallons or less
Vehicle tanks, each additional one hundred
g;allons or less
Liquid, one gallon and under
Liquid, over one gallon
....
Oil jars
Dry
J'uel
baskets
Fifty Cents
Five Cents
Ten Cents
Five Cents
Five Cents
Five Cents
Automatic Me.\surino Devices.
....
....
Meters, one inch inlet or less
Meters, over one inch inlet
Grease measuring meters
pumps
Gasoline
1
Quantity measure on pumps
Oil measuring pumps
Quantity measure on pumps
Bulk station meter system
Tank truck meter system
Fifty Cents
Three Dollars
Fifty Cents
Ten Cents
i
Ten Cents
j
j
One Dollar
One Dollar
Linear Measurements.
Leather measuring machines (semi-annually)
Yardsticks
Tapes
.
.
Cloth measuring devices
One Dollar
Five Cents
Five Cents
Five Cents
Taxi Meters.
One Dollar
Approved March 2S, 1945.
Taxi meters
(^Jurp. 14:7
An Act relative
to the discharge of inmates of certain OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Be
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 120,
amended.
Discharge
of imnatPB.
§ 20,
it
enacted,
etc.,
as follows:
Section tw^enty of chapter one hundred and twenty of the
General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition,
is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and
The
inserting in place thereof the following sentence:
trustees may discliarge and return to his parents, guardian
or protector any boy who, in their judginent, ought for
any cause to be removed from the Lyman school or the
industrial school for boys, and they may discharge and return
to her parents, guardian or protector any girl who, in their
judgment, ought for any cause to be removed from the
Approved March 23, lO^o.
industrial school for girls.
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