Pennsylvania Act 1819-97 — LIME FORM OF BUSHEL FOR MEASURING

Act text

AN ACT

Prescribing the form of the Bushel, to be used for measuring Lime in certain counties therein mentioned.

Section 1. Dimensions of bushel

From and after the first day of September next, the bushel used for the measuring of lime in the City and County of Philadelphia, and in the Counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Lancaster and York, shall be of the following dimensions, to wit: thirteen inches and a half diameter at the bottom in the clear, fifteen inches diameter at the top in the clear, and thirteen inches and forty-seven hundredths perpendicular depth in the clear. 1819, March 23, P.L. 150, 7 sm. L. 192, Sec. 1.

Section 2. Courts to appoint persons to mark each bushel

It shall be the duty of the several Courts of Common Pleas, within the City and Counties aforesaid, to appoint one or more suitable persons in each of said counties, as to them shall appear necessary, whose duty it shall be, after being for that purpose duly sworn or affirmed, by a Judge, Alderman or Justice of the Peace, of the City or Proper County, and a certificate of such qualification, filed in the Prothonotary's Office, to procure a brand and mark every bushel, intended to be used for the measuring of lime, with the letters L. B. , in the manner that weights and measures are now stamped or marked in the City of Philadelphia; for which service he shall be entitled to receive twenty-five cents for each bushel so stamped or marked. 1819, March 23, P.L. 150, 7 sm. L. 192, Sec. 2.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.

Section 3. Penalty for using illegal bushel

If any person or persons, in the city or counties aforesaid, shall use, for the measuring of lime, a bushel of any other dimensions, or not stamped as is hereinbefore directed, he or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for every such offence, to be recovered before any Alderman or Justice of the Peace, upon due proof to him made, in the same manner that debts of the like sum are recoverable, to be paid to the Treasurer of the County wherein the offence was committed, for the use of the county. 1819, March 23, P.L. 150, 7 sm. l. 192, Sec. 3.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.