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State standards of weight and measure.

Miss. Code Ann. § 75-27-9
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Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States as have been supplied to the state by the federal government or otherwise obtained by the state for use as state standards shall, when the same shall have been certified as being satisfactory for use as such by the National Bureau of Standards, be the state standards of weight and measure. The state standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the office or laboratory of the state division of weights and measures, they shall not be removed from the said office or laboratory except for repairs or for certification, and they shall be submitted at least once in ten (10) years to the National Bureau of Standards for certification. The state standards shall be used only in verifying the office standards and for scientific purposes.
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