| Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1896 - 684 pages
...purposes, to be delivered to the Governor of each State in the Union, or such persons as he may appoint, for the use of the States, respectively, to the end...weights and measures may be established throughout the Union." In accordance with this resolution, sets of the weights and measures adopted for use in the... | |
| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - Electronic journals - 1880 - 564 pages
...adopted by the Department as standards, for the use of custom-houses, to be supplied to each State, " to the end that a uniform standard of weights and...may be established throughout the United States." The standards so " adopted " were those of Great Britain, as before described. The actual standard... | |
| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - Electronic journals - 1902 - 528 pages
...progress of manufacture for the use of the several custom-houses, or such persons as he may appoint, and for the use of the States respectively, to the end that a uniform standard of weights and measures be established throughout the Union." On July 27, 1866, the following joint resolution was adopted... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1052 pages
...Union, or such person as he may appoint, for the use of the states respectively, to the end that an uniform standard of weights and measures may be established throughout the United States. "Approved June 14, 1836." This statute appears to be a legislative recognition of the standards adopted... | |
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