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Act No. 355 Section 65

Section 65

SEC. 65. Weighers will be furnished by surveyors with proper blank dock hooks, in which they shall daily make a true and correct entry of goods weighed, specifying the date the weighing was performed. These books must be so kept that they will contain all the specifications necessary to a perfect account of the merchandise weighed. The weigher should first copy the order or permit in the hook and then proceed in all cases where the merchandise is required to he weighed by numbers, to enter the number and weight of each separate package weighed by him. The weigher must add the weights slated in each column of his book and give the gross weight and the net weight of each lot as returned by him, and at the end of all the entries the total gross weights must be recapitulated by him. The book must be indorsed on the outside with the name of the vessel, the date the return was filed in the surveyor's office, and the weigher's signature. Whenever required by the collector for the purpose of liquidation, the dock book shall be delivered to him for inspection and verification.

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