§ 47-14-1 - Weighing and marking of bundles. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 47-14-1

   § 47-14-1  Weighing and marking of bundles.– Before any hay or straw pressed into bundles shall be delivered to anypurchaser within the state, the bundles shall be weighed by some town weigher,and the tare for wood and other bindings about the bundles, as nearly as theycan be ascertained without unbinding the same, shall be deducted therefrom, andthe gross weight of the bundle with the tare ascertained as aforesaid, and theweight of the hay or straw therein shall, in legible figures with the initialsof the weigher, be marked upon some board or wood attached to each bundle ofhay or straw.