LOIRET. 1805. NEW WEIGHTS & MEASURES: Order of Jean P. MARET - Lot 458

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LOIRET. 1805. NEW WEIGHTS & MEASURES: Order of Jean P. MARET - Lot 458
LOIRET. 1805. NEW WEIGHTS & MEASURES: Order of Jean P. MARET Prefect of the Department of LOIRET, on the Weights & Measures, made in ORLÉANS on 30 Pluviôse Year 13. (19 February 1805). "His Imperial Majesty (Napoleon) ordered him to announce... that his invariable will is to maintain in all its integrity the new System of Weights & Measures (The Kilo and the Meter) and to press for its definitive establishment on all points of the Empire." "Stop that any seizure of old weights & measures will henceforth be noted by a report of the Police Officer... so that the offender will be brought before the competent Court..." Printed in Orleans, by JACOB l'Ainé, Printer of the Prefecture, rue Bourgogne, N°6. Cupboard (54 x 42) State A.
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