Williams v. Sandles

Citations

• 93 Ohio St. (N.S.) 92

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Weights and measures law — Section 6415, General Code (103 O. L., I3g), constitutional — Condemnation and confiscation of false weights and measures — •Section 7965-1, General Code, constitutional.</p> <p>1. The authority to prescribe a standard of weights and measures not being vested by the constitution of the United States exclusively in congress, it is within the power of the legislatures of the several states to enact laws fixing and regulating standards of weights and measures in all respects in which congress has not legislated upon the subject. Section 6415, General Code, as amended March 12, 1913 (103 O. L., 139), prescribing the dimensions of the peck and lesser measures, is, therefore, valid.</p> <p>2. The provisions of Section 7965-1, General Code, authorizing the condemnation and confiscation of false or fraudulent weighing or measuring devices, are within the police power of the state, and do not contravene either the state or federal constitution.</p>