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§ 178 — Rules for weighing; certification; public weighers

Massachusetts § 178
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE
Ch. 94INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, DRUGS AND VARIOUS ARTICLES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 178 (2026).

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Section 178. Each public weigher of goods or commodities shall weigh them according to section one hundred and seventy-six, and shall certify accordingly; and for each refusal or neglect he shall forfeit not more than ten dollars. Each weigher of goods appointed by a town, and each weigher for hire or reward, shall be a public weigher hereunder.

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