La. Rev. Stat. § 3:651
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Mechanical or electrical weighing device; installation date
Official statutory text
A. All livestock auction barns shall install a mechanical or electrical device which shall visually indicate the weight of all animals or groups of animals sold on a weight basis immediately after they have passed across the scales. The device herein required shall be installed in plain view of attending buyers and sellers and shall be of a size to be easily read at a distance of not less than fifty feet.
B. Livestock auction barns operating in the state of Louisiana shall have such a device installed not later than July 1, 1959.
Acts 1958, No. 110, §§1, 2.
B. Livestock auction barns operating in the state of Louisiana shall have such a device installed not later than July 1, 1959.
Acts 1958, No. 110, §§1, 2.
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