§ 201. — Sets of standard weights and measures for agricultural colleges.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC201]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER I--WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY
Sec. 201. Sets of standard weights and measures for agricultural
colleges
The Secretary of Commerce is directed to cause a complete set of all
the weights and measures adopted as standards to be delivered to the
governor of each State in the Union for the use of agricultural colleges
in the States, respectively, which have received a grant of lands from
the United States, and also one set of the same for the use of the
Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the cost of each set shall not
exceed $200.
(Mar. 3, 1881, No. 26, 21 Stat. 521; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, Secs. 4,
10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor, and renamed
Department of Commerce and Labor as Department of Commerce.
Transfer of Functions
Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred National Bureau of Standards from
Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
Appropriation
A sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section was
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
by act Mar. 3, 1881.
Distribution to States
The Secretary of the Treasury was directed to cause a complete set
of all the weights and measures adopted as standards to be delivered to
the governor of each state for the use of the states by Res. June 14,
1836, No. 7, 5 Stat. 133, which provision was not incorporated into the
Revised Statutes.
