Red top seed, per bushel, 14 pounds. Salt, coarse, per bushel, 55 pounds. Shorts, per bushel, 20 pounds. Sorghum seed, per bushel, 50 pounds. Spelt, per bushel, 40 pounds. Spinach, per bushel, 12 pounds. Sweet clover seed, unhulled, per bushel, 33 pounds. Timothy seed, per bushel, 45 pounds. Tomatoes, per bushel, 56 pounds. Turnips, per bushel, 55 pounds. Walnuts, per bushel, 50 pounds. Wheat, per bushel, 60 pounds. Whenever any of the following named articles are sold by the cubic yard and the same are weighed, the following weights shall govern : Crushed stone, 2,500 pounds, 1 cubic yard. Bank sand, 2,500 pounds, 1 cubic yard. § 10. Whoever, in buying any of the articles of property mentioned in the preceding section, shall take any greater number of pounds thereof to the bushel, barrel or cubic yard or divisible merchantable quantity of a bushel, barrel or cubic yard, or in selling any of said articles, shall give any less number of pounds thereof to the bushel, barrel or cubic yard or divisible merchantable quantity of a bushel, barrel or cubic yard than is allowed by said section, with intent to gain an advantage thereby, except expressly authorized so to do by special contract or agreement to that effect, shall be liable to the party injured in double the amount of the property so wrongfully taken or not given and ten dollars ($10.00) in addition thereto, to be recovered in any form of action in any court of competent jurisdiction. § 11. Whenever any firewood shall be contracted for or sold or delivered; and when no special contract or agreement shall be made to the contrary, one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet shall constitute a cord. Whoever, in buying same, shall take any greater number of cubic feet thereof to the cord, or divisible merchantable quantity of a cord, or in selling same, shall give any less number of cubic feet to the cord or divisible merchantable quantity of a cord, with intent to gain an advantage thereby, except expressly authorized so to do by special contract or agreement to that effect, shall be liable to the party injured in the same manner as is provided in section 10 hereof. § 12. (a) The Department of Trade and Commerce shall have the care and custody of the authorized public standards of weights and measures, and shall be the State sealer. The Department of Trade and Commerce shall try and prove by the standards adopted, all weights and measures, scales and beams which may belong to any county, city or other municipal corporation and which may be sent or brought to the Department of Trade and Commerce for that purpose by the county sealer or by the sealer or inspector of weights and measures of any city or other municipal corporation. The Department of Trade and Commerce shall seal such weights and measures, scales and beams, when found to be correct, by stamping on them the letters "Ill." with a seal which the department shall have and keep for purpose. The department shall also execute and deliver to such sealer and inspector of weights and meansures, a certificate stating that such weights, measures, scales or beams are accurate. The Department of Trade and Commerce shall, at least once annually, test all scales, weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, and the Department of Public Welfare, and in every institution under State control, using weights and measures, and report in writing to such departments and the executive officer of the institution concerned. The Department of Trade and Commerce shall take charge of the standards adopted by this Act, as the standards of the State, and cause them to be kept in a safe and suitable place to be provided by the Secretary of State, from which they shall not be removed, except for repairs or for certification, and it shall take all other necessary precautions for their safe keeping. It shall maintain the State standards in good order and shall submit them at least once in ten years to the National Bureau of Standards for certification. It shall keep a complete record of the standards, balances and other apparatus belonging to the State. The Department of Trade and Commerce shall, at least once in five years, try and prove by the official standards, all standard weights, measures and other apparatus which may belong to any county or city required to appoint a sealer and pur chase and keep standards of weights and measures by the provisions of this Act, and shall seal such when found to be accurate, by stamping on them the letters "Ill.," and the last two figures of the year with seals which shall be kept for that purpose. (Amended 1917.) § 13. The county clerk of each county shall be the sealer of weights and measures for the county, and shall have the care and custody of the county standards. He shall procure, at the expense of the county, when authorized by the county board, and not already provided, a full set of standard weights and measures, scales and beams, which he shall cause to be tried, proved and sealed by the Secretary of State as hereinbefore provided. § 14. The several county sealers shall try and prove all weights and measures, scales and beams within their respective counties, when requested so to do; and when the same are found or made to conform to the legal standards, they shall seal and mark such weights and measures with a seal to be kept by them for that purpose. § 15. The Department of Trade and Commerce as State sealer, and each county and city sealer shall be entitled to receive and collect fees for service at and after the following rates: For inspecting and sealing scales of the capacity 40,000 pounds and upwards, each...... .$3.50 For inspecting and sealing scales of the capacity of 24,000 pounds up to 40,000 pounds, each... 1.50 For inspecting and sealing scales of the capacity of 6,000 pounds up to 24,000 pounds, each..... 1.00 For inspecting and sealing scales of the capacity of 2,500 pounds up to 6,000 pounds, each.. .50 For inspecting and sealing scales of the capacity of 240 pounds up to 2,500 pounds, each... .35 For inspecting and sealing scales of the capacity of 2 pounds up to 240 pounds, each.... For inspecting and sealing Hopper scales each,.. 1.25 For inspecting and sealing two-bushel, one-bushel and onehalf bushel measures, each...... For inspecting and sealing any other dry measure, each... .05 For inspecting and sealing every automatic weighing machine, or every instrument or device of a capacity of less than three [tone] tons used for weighing or measuring any person or animal, for hire or reward, each..... For inspecting and sealing liquid measures of the capacity of one gallon and upwards, each. .50 .10 For inspecting and sealing any other liquid measures, each... .05 For inspecting and sealing yard measures, each.. .05 .05 For inspecting and sealing any tape line exceeding 50 feet in length, each.... .50 For inspecting and sealing any automatic machine used for lineal measuring, each... .. .50 For inspecting and sealing any automatic pump used for measuring gasoline, oils, etc., each... .50 They shall also be entitled to a reasonable compensation for making such weights and measures conform to the standard established by this Act: Provided, however, that no charge shall be made by the Department of Trade and Commerce for inspecting and sealing any weights, measures, scales, or beams which may belong to any county, city or other municipal corporation and which may be sent or brought to the Department of Trade and Commerce for that purpose by the county sealer or by the sealer or inspector of weights and measures of any city or other municipal corporation. (Amended 1917.) § 16. Every county clerk who neglects to have the standards. under his charge compared and sealed as required by this Aet, or neglects to keep the same in good order and repair, or who suffers any of them, through his neglect, to be lost, damaged or destroyed, shall forfeit to the county not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00 to be recovered before any justice of the peace or other court of competent jurisdiction in the county. §17. The State sealer, or the sealer or inspector of weights and measures of any county, city or other municipal corporation in this State shall have the power and authority to seize and hold for use as evidence in any suit brought under the statutes of this State or under any ordinance or by-law of a municipal corporation of this State any short measure, or faulty or incorrect weight, scale or other instrument used for weighing or measuring, or any commodity or article of merchandise sold, offered or exposed for sale which is of less weight or measure than it is represented to be by the vendor, his agent or employee. Such short measure, faulty or incorrect weight, scale or other instrument used for weighing or measuring, or such commodity or article of merchandise (except perishable commodities or articles which shall have become of no value) shall be released and returned to the owner thereof, if no suit against such owner is commenced within ten days from the date of such seizure. Any such sealer or inspector of weights and measures who shall make any such seizure shall not be liable to the owner of the property seized for damages caused by such seizure in any case where in fact any such measure seized is short, or reasonable grounds exist for believing it so to be; or any weight, scale or other instrument used for weighing is faulty or incorrect, or reasonable grounds exist for believing it so to be; or any such scale, weight or measure, or any commodity or article of merchandise is of less weight or measure than it is represented, or reasonable grounds exist for believing it so to be. Upon the conviction of the defendant, the court shall cause any scale, weight or measure in respect whereof the defendant stands convicted, and which remains in the possession or under the control of the prosecutor or sealer to be destroyed. § 18. Any person who shall sell any commodity or article or merchandise by any of the standard weights or measures hereinbefore established or any multiple or fraction thereof, and who shall use in such sale any weights, measures, scales, beams, balances, or instrument for weighing, other than such as conform to said standards, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $20.00 for each offense, and when by the custom of trade weights and measures are provided by the buyer, if any person shall purchase by any weights, measures, scales, beams, balances or instrument for weighing, other than the established standards, he shall be subject to a like penalty; such penalty in all cases to be recovered before a justice of the peace or other court of competent jurisdiction in the name of and for the use of the injured party. § 19. "An Act to revise the law in relation to weights and measures," approved February 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, and Acts amendatory thereto, are hereby repealed. § 19a. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer to sell any gasoline, naptha, kerosene, wood alcohol or other oils or liquids used in producing light or heat or generating gas or power by any measure other than that provided in section five (5) hereof for liquids. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use any automatic or mechanical pump or device for the purpose of measuring any liquid commodity to be sold or offered for sale unless such automatic or mechanical pump or device shall have been inspected and approved by the proper authority under this law. The owner or used of every automatic or mechanical pump or device, shall provide proper tested standard measures, and shall at least once each day, and always before commencing to use a new supply of liquid, test the accuracy of the pump or device in use. The Department of Trade and |