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Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

§ 226.: Regulation of weights and measures.— - Christopher G. Tiedeman, A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, vol. 2 [1900]

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A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint (St. Louis: The F.H. Thomas Law Book Co., 1900). Vol. 2.

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§ 226.

Regulation of weights and measures.—

Congress is given the power “to fix the standard of weights and measures.”1 The grant of power excludes the like power of the States, whenever Congress exercises the power; but, until Congress does, there can be no constitutional objection to the regulation of these subjects by the States.2

[1]U. S. Const., art. I., § 8, cl. 5.

[2]Weaver v. Fegely, 29 Pa. St. 27.