Title 43 — Title 43: Weights and Measures

Sec. 43-17. Pound, hundredweight, ton, barrel, gallon. The avoirdupois pound shall bear to the troy pound the relation of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred sixty. The hundredweight shall contain one hundred avoirdupois pounds; and the ton, twenty hundredweight. The ba…

Sec. 43-18. Bushel. Charcoal, flour, potatoes. The bushel in struck measure shall contain twenty-one hundred fifty and forty-two hundredths cubic inches, and in heap measure twenty-five hundred sixty-four cubic inches, except that each bushel of charcoal shall contain twenty-seve…

Sec. 43-19. Weight of bushel in various articles. Penalty. Section 43-19 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 6759; 1969, P.A. 90.)

Sec. 43-19a. Sale and advertising of poultry to be by weight. The sale and advertising of dressed poultry and dressed poultry parts at retail shall be made on the basis of weight, except when such poultry or poultry parts are sold for immediate consumption on the premises where s…

Sec. 43-20. Bulk grains, feeds and feedstuffs to be sold by weight. “Bulk grains, feeds and feedstuffs”, as used in this section and section 43-21, means all such substances sold or offered for sale in loose form and delivered to or from a vehicle, truck, compartment or container…

Sec. 43-21. Seals on containers or vehicles. Each container, compartment, truck or vehicle containing grain, feeds or feedstuffs which have been weighed by a public weighmaster shall have a lead-wire seal or seals affixed in such a manner that no loss or delivery of the contents …

Sec. 43-22. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of section 43-20 or 43-21 shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months. (1957, P.A. 585, S. 3.)

Sec. 43-23. Manufacture, sale and use of milk bottles. Typical glass milk bottles conforming to the requirements of this section may be used and reused as liquid measures in dispensing milk, skimmed milk, buttermilk or cream. Containers made of paper composition or similar substa…

Sec. 43-24. Testing machines used in weighing milk or cream. The Commissioner of Weights and Measures, or his deputy or inspectors at his direction, shall inspect and ascertain the correctness of all weights, scales, beams, instruments or mechanical devices used by any person, fi…

Sec. 43-25. Weight of sand and gravel. A cubic yard of sand shall contain twenty-six hundred pounds, and a cubic yard of gravel, twenty-eight hundred pounds. (1949 Rev., S. 6760.)

Sec. 43-26. Saw logs. The international log rule is adopted as the standard log rule for determining the board foot content of saw logs and all contracts entered into for the purchase and sale of saw logs shall be made on the basis of such standard rule, unless some other method …

Sec. 43-27. Fuel wood: Definitions. Measurers of wood. Sale of fuel wood by cord, volume or weight. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, “fuel wood” means any kindling, logs, boards, timbers, chips or other wood, split or not split, natural or processed, which is advertised,…

Sec. 43-28. Sale of coal and coke by weight. All coal and coke sold, except in accordance with a written agreement with the purchaser otherwise, or offered for sale, in this state, shall be sold or offered for sale by weight. No person shall deliver any coal or coke without first…

Sec. 43-29. Location of scales. Fee for testing scales outside the state. All scales tested and approved by the commissioner shall be located within this state or within an additional adjoining area extending at least five miles, but not more than ten miles, from the state bounda…

Sec. 43-30. Not to apply to foreign or interstate commerce. No provision of section 43-28 or 43-29 shall apply or be construed to apply to foreign or interstate commerce, except to the extent that such application may be effective under the Constitution of the United States and u…

Sec. 43-31. Sale of preheated petroleum products to be by weight. The quantity of all preheated petroleum products sold, offered for sale or delivered at retail shall be determined by weight, such weighing to be done by a public weighmaster licensed by the state of Connecticut, w…

Sec. 43-32. Delivery tickets, requirements. Each vehicle or container of such petroleum products while in transit for delivery shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket and a duplicate original thereof, on which shall be distinctly expressed in ink or other indelible substance (1…

Sec. 43-33. Public weighmasters to secure tare weight. No public weighmaster shall weigh such petroleum products loaded on a vehicle or in a container for transportation and sign a delivery ticket therefor unless the public weighmaster has secured the tare weight of the vehicle o…

Sec. 43-34. Penalty. Any person who, by himself or his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, violates any of the provisions of sections 43-31 to 43-33, inclusive, shall (1) for a first offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and (2) for any subsequent of…

Sec. 43-35. Exemptions. The provisions of sections 43-31 to 43-34, inclusive, shall not apply to barge, railroad track car or drum deliveries. (1949 Rev., S. 6771.)

Sec. 43-36. “Liquefied petroleum gas” defined. As used in sections 43-37 to 43-44, inclusive, “liquefied petroleum gas” means any material that is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: Propane, propylene, butane, normal or isobutane …

Sec. 43-37. Sale of liquefied petroleum gas in containers. When liquefied petroleum gas is offered for sale, sold or delivered in this state in tanks, cylinders or other approved containers, it shall be considered a package except when sale to a consumer is made on a consumption …

Sec. 43-38. Sale in package form. When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or delivered in package form and the cylinder or container is connected to the consumer's apparatus, such cylinder or container shall neither be disconnected nor removed from the premises before it becomes emp…

Sec. 43-39. Delivery tickets. Units of sale. Each delivery of liquefied petroleum gas on a package basis in tanks, cylinders or containers to consumers and each delivery of liquefied petroleum gas from vehicle tank or other vessel into tanks, cylinders or containers connected to …

Sec. 43-40. Sealing of meters. Meters for measuring liquefied petroleum gas sold in the vapor state shall be sealed by the manufacturer thereof as hereinafter provided or by a sealer of weights and measures. The Commissioner of Weights and Measures shall prescribe regulations inc…

Sec. 43-41. Variations from marked weight. When liquefied petroleum gas is sold or offered for sale by weight, variations at the rate of one pound per one hundred pounds plus or minus the marked net weight of the container are permitted in individual containers, but the average w…

Sec. 43-42. Regulations. The Commissioner of Weights and Measures is authorized after a public hearing held to establish and promulgate such rules, regulations, specifications and tolerances to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of sections 43-36 to 43-44, inclusiv…

Sec. 43-43. Penalty. Any person who, by himself or by his agent or servant, or as the servant or agent of another, violates any provision of sections 43-37 to 43-42, inclusive, shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 43-9. (1951, S. 2888d.)

Sec. 43-44. Exemptions. The provisions of sections 43-36 to 43-43, inclusive, shall not apply to interstate tank car and transport truck deliveries to bulk storage, or to public utility systems using pipes or other fixtures in the public highways or streets for the transmission o…

Sec. 43-45. Sale and marking of thread. No person shall keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale or sell any sewing, basting, mending, darning, crochet, tatting, handknitting or embroidery thread, put up or packaged in advance of sale on spools, tubes, cones or bobb…