• Current through October 23, 2012

When any commodity is sold by weight it shall be net weight. When any commodity is sold by the ton, it shall be understood to mean 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.

(Mar. 3, 1921, 41 Stat. 1219, ch. 118, § 8; Mar. 31, 1945, 59 Stat. 45, ch. 46, § 1.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 10-109.

1973 Ed., § 10-108.