Chapter 92. To Amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish standard weights and measures for the District of Columbia; to define the duties of the superintendent of weights, measures, and markets of the District of Columbia; and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1921
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CHAP. 92.— An Act To Amend the Act entitled “An Act to establish standard weights and measures for the District of Columbia; to define the duties of the superintendent of weights, measures, and markets of the District of Columbia; and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1921. August 24, 1921. [[H. R. 2207](/us/bill/67/hr/2207).] [[Public, No. 72](/us/pl/67/72).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act entitled “AnDistrict of Columbia.
Weights, measures, etc., standards. Act to establish standard weights and measures for the District of Columbia; to define the duties of the superintendent of weights, measures, and markets of the District of Columbia; and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1921, be, and the same is hereby,Vol. 41, p. 1220, amended. amended by striking out section 13 and inserting the following in lieu thereof: " “Sec. 13. That the standard loaf of bread manufactured for sale,Bread. Standard loaf adopted. sold, offered, or exposed for sale in the District of Columbia shall weigh one pound avoirdupois, but bread may also be manufactured for sale, sold, offered, or exposed for sale in loaves of one-half pound, one pound and a half, or multiples of one pound, but shall not beOne pound and a half added. manufactured for sale, sold, offered, or exposed for sale in other than the aforesaid weights.
Every loaf of bread manufactured for sale,Labels required. sold, offered, or exposed for sale in the District of Columbia shall 202Details.have affixed thereon, in a conspicuous place, a label at least one inch square, or, if round, at least one inch in diameter, upon which label there shall be printed in plain bold-face Gothic type, not smaller than twelve point, the weight of the loaf in pound, pounds, or fraction of a pound, as the case may be, whether the loaf be a standard loaf or not, the letters and figures of which shall be printed in black ink upon white paper.
The business name and address of the maker, baker, or manufacturer of the loaf shall also be plainly printed on each such Scales at bakeries, etc.label. Every seller of bread in the District of Columbia shall keep a suitable scale which shall have been inspected and approved in accordance with the provisions of this Act m a conspicuous place in his bakery, bakeshop, or store, or other place where he is engaged in the sale of bread, and shall, whenever requested by the buyer, and in the Not applicable to crackers, pretzels, etc.presence of the buyer, weigh the loaf or loaves of bread sold or offered for sale.
Nothing herein shall apply to crackers, pretzels, buns, rolls, scones, or to loaves of fancy bread weighing less than one-fourth of one pound avoirdupois, or to what is commonly known as stale bread, provided the seller shall, at the time the sale is made, expressly state *Proviso.* Variance allowed.to the buyer that the bread so sold is stale bread: *Provided*, That any loaf of bread weighing within 10 per centum in excess or within 4 per centum less than standard weight shall be deemed of legal weight.
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