210.4 Weight.
The units or standards of weight from which all other weights shall be derived and ascertained shall be the standard avoirdupois and troy weights secured in accordance with the provisions of section 210.1. The avoirdupois pound, which bears to the troy pound the ratio of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred sixty, shall be divided into sixteen equal parts called ounces; the hundred-weight shall consist of one hundred avoirdupois pounds, and twenty hundred-weight shall constitute a ton. The troy ounce shall be equal to the twelfth part of a troy pound.
[C51, §938; R60, §1776; C73, §2042, 2043; C97, §3012; S13, §3009-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3230; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §210.4]
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 210 - STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Section 210.1 - Standard established.
Section 210.2 - Length and surface measure.
Section 210.7 - Bottomless measure.
Section 210.8 - Sales of dry commodities.
Section 210.9 - Drugs and section comb honey exempted.
Section 210.10 - Bushel measure.
Section 210.11 - Sale of fruits and vegetables by dry measure.
Section 210.12 - Sale of fruits and vegetables in baskets.
Section 210.13 - Berry boxes and climax baskets.
Section 210.15 - Milk and cream bottles or containers.
Section 210.17 - Mason work or stone.
Section 210.18 - Sales to be by standard weight or measure — labeling.
Section 210.19 - Standard weight of bread.
Section 210.22 - “Person” defined.
Section 210.24 - Enforcement — rules and regulations.