Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 8-16-4 - Contracts Construed According to Standards Ascertained by Congress.

All contracts made within this state for any work to be done or for anything to be sold or delivered must be construed to have been according to the standard of weight and measure ascertained by Congress, unless the parties stipulate to the contrary.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.

Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 8-16-1 - Definitions.

Section 8-16-2 - Standard Measure of Length, Surface, Weight, and Capacity.

Section 8-16-3 - Standards Approved by Congress to Be State Standards.

Section 8-16-4 - Contracts Construed According to Standards Ascertained by Congress.

Section 8-16-6 - Duties Generally of Commissioner Respecting Weights and Measures.

Section 8-16-7 - Powers of Commissioner and Local Sealers in Supervising Weights and Measures.

Section 8-16-8 - Weights or Measures Corresponding With Standards to Be Sealed or Marked.

Section 8-16-9 - Condemnation, Repair, etc., of Nonstandard Weights and Measures.

Section 8-16-10 - Seizure for Evidence of Incorrect, False, or Unsealed Weight, Measure, Device, Package, or Commodity.

Section 8-16-11 - Powers of Sheriff Conferred Upon Commissioner and Sealers; Exhibition of Badges; Power of Arrest.

Section 8-16-12 - Possession of Altered, etc., Weight, Measure or Device Prima Facie Evidence of Guilt.

Section 8-16-13 - Existence of Weights, Measures or Devices in Place of Sale, etc., Presumptive Proof of Use and Ownership.

Section 8-16-15 - Rules and Regulations; Fees.

Section 8-16-16 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Duty to Establish.

Section 8-16-17 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Adoption of Federal Standards.

Section 8-16-18 - Penalties for Violation of Chapter.