{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-98-5","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, § 5","heading":"Municipal standards","body":"Section 5. Towns shall keep the following standard weights, measures and balances: A set of avoirdupois weights consisting of fifty, twenty-five, twenty, ten, five, four, two and one pounds, and eight, four, two, one, one half, one quarter, one eighth and one sixteenth ounces; a set of dry measures consisting of one half-bushel, one eight-quart, one four-quart, one two-quart, one one-quart, one pint and one half-pint; a set of liquid measures consisting of one gallon, one half-gallon, one quart, one pint, one half-pint and one gill; one balance; one yard measure; and each town hereafter incorporated shall be furnished by the director with a complete set of the foregoing standards. Each city and each shire town shall keep the meter and kilogram and the standard troyweights designated by the director.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 98"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter98/Section5","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:14Z","sha256":"661409cf6e1ed5916f124d1c480d36bcb7bc36bc41cc9b2e240bec56350034c1","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-98-4","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-98-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}