4:11-36 - Purchase by weight required - New Jersey Statutes

4:11-36.  Purchase by weight required
    All live poultry shall be bought by avoirdupois net weight and it shall be unlawful for any person to buy or receive or cause to be bought or received for  the purpose of resale or manufacture, as dealer, broker, agent or otherwise,  any poultry unless the same is weighed on suitable scales which have been  tested and sealed by an authorized weights and measures officer; and the  purchase of live poultry by the lot, the pen or by the flock is prohibited  under the terms of this act;    provided, however  , that where special  circumstances exist and are shown, the State superintendent or a county or  municipal superintendent may, upon request, give approval to a sale of live  poultry by the lot, pen or flock and such sale shall not come within the  provisions of this act.

     L.1942, c. 248, p. 670, s. 2.