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SCALES, BALANCES AND WEIGHTS n 37,307] Limitation Order No. L-190: Restrictions on production and transfer of scales, bal­ances and weights and manufacture of maintenance and repair parts. C. F. R., Title 32, Ch. 9, Part 3051. Issued October 10, 1942, T-989. [Tex t of Order] The fulfillment of requirements for the de­fense of the United States has created a shortage In the materials used In the manufacture of scales, balances, and weights for defense, for private account and for export; and the follow­ing order is deemed necessary and appropriate In the public interest and to promote the na­tional defense. 3051.1 L IM IT A T IO N O RDE R L-190 (a ) Definitions. For the purpose of this order: (1) "Person” means any individual, partner­ship, association, business trust, corporation, governmental corporation or agency, or any or­ganized group of persons, whether incorporated or not. (2) "Scales” means devices used for weighing persons, materials, objects or substances, or for grading, classifying, counting or evaluating ma­terials, objects or substances in terms of weight, or the measuring of forces expressed in terms o f weight. The term includes scales, balances, and weights. (3) "Weights” means objects of established weight used in connection with the operation of scales and necessary to the operation or testing thereof. (4) "Scales for household use” includes all scales commonly used for household purposes, except dietetic scales graduated in the metric system for personal use by a person whose diet is regulated by a licensed physician. (5) “ New” scales are all scales other than those which have been used, or sold, leased or lent for the purpose of being used, except scales which have been used solely for demonstration, trial loans, or emergency repair loans. (6) “ Emergency Repair Loan” means the temporary leasing or lending of a scale to re­place a similar scale while the latter is being repaired. (7) “ Class One scales” means commercial scales for, use in retail trade, baby weighing scales for domestic use, and, scales for household use including bathroom scales and kitchen scales. (8) "Class Two scales” means baby weighing scales for clinical use, person weighing scales for clinical use, and dietetic scales graduated in the metric system. (9) "Class Three scales” means mailing and parcel post scales. (10) "Class Four scales” means all scales other than those in Class One, Class Two or Class Three. (b ) Restrictions on production. (1) After a period of sixty days commencing with the issuance of this order, no person may put materials into process to be assembled into Class One scales. During this period, no person may fabricate parts for Class One scales, which, together with similar parts for Class One scales in process or in inventory at the date of issuance of this order, would constitute more than a supply equal to the number of such parts required for the assembly of one-twelfth of the total number of Class One scales billed by such person to customers during the calendar year of 1941. (2) After a period of ninety days com­mencing with the issuance of this order, no person may assemble any new Class One scales. During this period no person may assemble any Class One scale unless ninety percent by weight of the parts thereof had been fabricated prior to the date of issuance of this order to such an .extent that they could be used for no other class of scale. (3) Commencing October 1, 1942, no person "may fabricate or assemble in any calendar quarter a total number of new Class Two and Class Three scales in ex­cess of one-sixteenth of the total number of such scales billed by him to customers during the calendar year of 1941. (4) No person engaged in the manufac­ture of scales shall increase his inventory of any type of new scales in Class Four if that inventory following such increase will exceed one-twelfth of the total number of such scales billed by him to customers dur­ing the calendar year of 1941. (c ) Restrictions on transfer. (1) No per­son shall sell, lease or lend any new Class Two, Class Three or Class Four Scales (other than dietetic scales graduated in the metric system) except to fill orders rated A-9 or higher. (2) No person shall sell, lease or lend any new dietetic scales graduated in the metric system to any person acquiring such scales for use, except to fill the prescription of a licensed physician. (3) The restrictions of paragraphs (c ) (1) and (c ) (2) of this order shall not apply to an emergency repair loan of new scales when no used scales are available for such use. (d) Repair and maintenance parts. (1) No person shall produce any repair or mainte­nance parts for scales for household use.