[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC203]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER I--WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY
Sec. 203. Replacing lost standard weights and measures; cost
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to furnish
precise copies of standard weights and measures, bearing the seal of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology and accompanied by a
suitable certificate, to any State, Territory, or institution heretofore
furnished with the same, upon application in writing by the governor in
the case of a State or Territory, or by the official head in the case of
an institution, setting forth that the copies of standards applied for
are to replace similar ones heretofore furnished, in accordance with
law, which have been lost or destroyed: Provided, That the applicant
shall, before the said standards are delivered, first deposit with the
Secretary of Commerce the amount of money necessary to defray all
expenses incurred by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
in furnishing the same, which amount shall be covered into the Treasury
of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts as soon as
the weights or measures are delivered for transportation into the hands
of such persons as are designated by the officers ordering the same.
(Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, Sec. 1, 28 Stat. 383; Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872,
Sec. 1, 31 Stat. 1449; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, Sec. 10, 32 Stat. 829;
Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 100-418, title V,
Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``National Institute of Standards
and Technology'' for ``Bureau of Standards'' in two places.
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor and renamed Department
of Commerce and Labor as Department of Commerce.
Act Mar. 3, 1901, provided that Office of Standard Weights and
Measures should thereafter be known as National Bureau of Standards.
Transfer of Functions
Act
