Every person on board such vessel, who does not keep within the bounds of the bulkhead and fore chains during the time of taking the marks or while a weigher is employed in weighing or marking, unless in case of absolute necessity, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, § 10
Regulations on board during weighing
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