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Title 15 - Commerce and Trade (Sections 1 - 8405)
Chapter 6 - Weights and Measures and Standard Time (Sections 201 - 267)
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 6 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME - Table Of Contents |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
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SUBCHAPTER I—WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY
| Sec. | |
| 201. | Sets of standard weights and measures for agricultural colleges. |
| 202. | Repairs to standards. |
| 203. | Replacing lost standard weights and measures; cost. |
| 204. | Metric system authorized. |
| 205. | Metric system defined. |
SUBCHAPTER II—METRIC CONVERSION
| 205a. | Congressional statement of findings. |
| 205b. | Declaration of policy. |
| 205c. | Definitions. |
| 205d. | United States Metric Board. |
| 205e. | Functions and powers of Board. |
| 205f. | Duties of Board. |
| 205g. | Gifts, donations and bequests to Board. |
| 205h. | Compensation of Board members; travel expenses. |
| 205i. | Personnel. |
| 205j. | Financial and administrative services; source and reimbursement. |
| 205j–1. | Repealed. |
| 205k. | Authorization of appropriations; availability. |
| 205l. | Implementation in acquisition of construction services and materials for Federal facilities. |
SUBCHAPTER III—STANDARD GAUGE FOR IRON AND STEEL
| 206. | Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel. |
| 207. | Preparation of standards by Secretary of Commerce. |
| 208. | Variations. |
SUBCHAPTER IV—SCREW THREADS
| 208a to 212. Repealed. |
SUBCHAPTER V—STANDARDS OF ELECTRICITY
| 221 to 224. Repealed. |
SUBCHAPTER VI—STANDARD BARRELS
| 231. | Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels. |
| 232. | Barrels below standard; marking. |
| 233. | Penalty for violations. |
| 234. | Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity. |
| 235. | Sale or shipment of barrel of less capacity than standard; punishment. |
| 236. | Variations from standard permitted; prosecutions; law not applicable to certain barrels. |
| 237. | Standard barrels for lime. |
| 238. | Penalty for selling in barrels not marked. |
| 239. | Sale in containers of less capacity than barrel. |
| 240. | Rules and regulations. |
| 241. | Penalty for selling lime in unmarked barrels and containers. |
| 242. | Duty of United States attorney to enforce law. |
SUBCHAPTER VII—STANDARD BASKETS AND CONTAINERS
| 251 to 256. Repealed. |
SUBCHAPTER VIII—STANDARD HAMPERS, ROUND STAVE BASKETS, AND SPLINT BASKETS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
| 257 to 257i. Repealed. |
SUBCHAPTER IX—STANDARD TIME
| 260. | Congressional declaration of policy; adoption and observance of uniform standard of time; authority of Secretary of Transportation. |
| 260a. | Advancement of time or changeover dates. |
| 261. | Zones for standard time; interstate or foreign commerce. |
| 262. | Duty to observe standard time of zones. |
| 263. | Designation of zone standard times. |
| 264. | Part of Idaho in fourth zone. |
| 265. | Transfer of certain territory to standard central-time zone. |
| 266. | Applicability of administrative procedure provisions. |
| 267. | "State" defined. |
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