It is hereby made a misdemeanor for any person or corporation to sell or buy any of the foregoing commodities on short weights in violation of the above schedule of rates and any such person or corporation upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments
Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures
Article 3 - Weights and Measures of Particular Commodities
§ 75-27-101. Schedule of weights and measures of particular commodities
§ 75-27-103. Penalty for using short weights or measures
§ 75-27-105. Underweight barrels of flour, meal, pork and beef forfeited
§ 75-27-109. Fixing the standard weight of coal sold by ton, box or barrel
§ 75-27-111. Measure of charcoal
§ 75-27-114. How natural gas motor fuels are measured when sold