Legislation concerning weights and measures from the Virginia Land Office, 1913-1920

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Virginia. Land Office. Legislation concerning weights and measures from the Virginia Land Office, 1915-1920. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 131, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.

Summary

Extent:
2 folders
Creator:
Virginia. Superintendent of Weights and Measures.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia. Land Office. Legislation concerning weights and measures from the Virginia Land Office, 1915-1920. Accession Land Office inventory entry no. 131, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, VA 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

These records contain typescript and printed copies of bills, both proposed and adopted by the Virginia House of Delegates and the U.S. House of Representatives, concerning standard weights and measures. The typescript and printed copies often include handwritten corrections or notes in the margins.

The proposed legislation includes a bill to amend and reenact Chapter 86 of the Code of Virginia of 1904, with marked up copies, dated 1913; a resolution by the Eighth National Conference on Weights and Measures on the abolition of a dual system for dry measures and bushel weights; and notes on various amendments, including amendments to Senate Bill 60.

Includes printed copies of legislation, sometimes with handwritten notes or annotations. Some of the laws included are the Federal Climax Basket and Barrel Laws, 1915; National Weight or Measure Branding Laws, 1913; Senate Bill No. 60; Copy of the Appropriation Bill of 1918; House Bill No. 126, dated 1915; SSenate Bill No. 40; House Bill 373; H. R. 12666 for a standard box for apples, dated 1914; H. R. 16876, the Weights and Measures Act, dated 1914; and H. R. 15420, regarding the metric system, dated 1920.

Biographical / historical:

The act which established the previous Land Office passed the General Assembly on 22 June 1779. The register was the head of the Office and was appointed by joint ballot of both houses of the legislature. The office of the Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of 7 February 1867, and his duties were transferred to the register of the Land Office. The records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library, and, by Act of Assembly on 5 March 1952, the duties of the regsiter of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the state librarian.

Acquisition information:
Accession LOI 131 transferred by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1948.