ished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, at the discretion of the court. And it is hereby made the duty of the commissioner of labor statistics to secure, as far as may be in his power, a proper observance of the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 7, 1885.

MEASUREMENT: EARTHWORK, STONEMASONRY, ETC.

AN ACT to provide uniform rules for the measurement of earthwork, stonemasonry work, brick work, stone-cutting work, plastering work and roofing work.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as

follows:

SECTION 1.

Whenever measurement of earth work, stonemasonry work, brick work, stone-cutting work, plastering work or roofing work, is in any case hereafter required to be made for any purpose and no special agreement as to the measurements has been made by the parties, the same shall be made and the quantity thereof ascertained in the following manner and by the following rules: [Earth work.]— Earth excavation shall be measured by the cubic yard. To ascertain the number of cubic yards of excavation made, take the length and multiply the same by the width and by the average height, the result will give the number of cubic feet, which, divided by twenty seven (27), will be the amount in cubic yards. For all trenches and pier holes double measurements shall be allowed. When earth is left in a cellar to protect the adjoining banks or walls the same may be charged double the amount when required to be removed.

SEC. 2. [Stonemasonry work.]-Rubble masonry shall be measured by taking the length on the outside of the wall, including the corners, multiplied by the width or thickness of the wall, and this product.

multiplied by the height, will give the amount of cubic feet contained in the wall; this divided by twenty-two (22), will be the amount in perches. Projections from the face of the wall, including chimney breasts, flues, pilasters and the like, twelve (12) inches and under, shall be measured by taking the face and adding the two (2) returns to the same; this, multiplied by the thickness and the height, will give the contents of said projection. For projections exceeding twelve (12) inches, measure the length and add one (1) return to the same, and then proceed as last above provided. Pilasters or bith[butresses], bevelling from bottom to top, shall be calculated the same as projections, except that the measurement shall be taken at the bottom of the same. In case of isolated walls, measure length and add two jambs (thickness), multiply by width (thickness) and height. All walls under eighteen (18) inches thick, shall be measured as eighteen (18) inch walls. For arches in walls the superficial face of the arch, multiplied by the thickness of same, shall be added to the full measurement. Separate arches shall be calculated at double measurement. All cut stone work backed with rubble masonry shall be measured as rubble masonry in full. No deductions shall be for openings, but if the same exceeds six feet in length the same shall be deducted, less the amount of jambs on both sides of the opening. Area walls shall be measured by taking the outside, multiplied by height, and with the latter calculated at not less than eighteen (18) inches. Slides and rises under steps shall be measured by taking the length, multiplied by the width and thickness of same, the latter at never less than eighteen (18) inches. Chimney tops shall be measured by taking the full face and adding two (2) returns (widths) and multiplying this amount by the width and by the height. For circular work double measurement shall be allowed. For all corners, more or less than a right angle and carried up plumb, add for each corner eighteen (18) inches additional measurement. Square, isolated piers three feet and six inches (3 6-12) by three feet (3) and six (6) inches, and under, double measurement shall be allowed; from three (3) feet, six (6) inches up to five (5) feet, one (1) and one-half (1) measure. ment shall be allowed; from five (5) feet up to seven (7) feet, one (1) and one (14) fourth measurement shall be allowed; over seven (7) feet, single, or actual contents. For all battering piers, declining from bottom to top, take the average width and allow double measurement. Range work shall be measured by the superficial foot, and all openings shall be deducted, less the returning jambs. Steps, sills, caps and coping are measured by the lineal or running foot. Arches over openings are measured in additional to wall measurement. Should there be a different price stipulated for pier work the same shall be measured only single or actual contents.

SEC. 3. [Brick work.]-l'o ascertain the amount of brick work done in a building, it shall be an established rule that a wall being four (4): inches or one (1) half a brick wide, or thick, shall be calculated at seven (7) bricks to the superficial foot; a nine (9) inch, or one (1) brick wide wall, at fourteen (14) bricks to the superficial foot; a thirteen (13) inch wall, or one [and] (14) one-half bricks wide, at twenty one (21) bricks to the superficial foot; an eighteen (18) inch wall, or two (2) bricks wide, at twenty-eight (28) to the superficial foot, and then raising seven (7) bricks for every additional brick in width. To find the amount of brick work done, measure the length of the wall by the height of same, which will give the superficial area in feet, then multiply this amount by either seven (7), fourteen (14), or any other number of bricks respectively, as the thickness of the wall is one-half (1), one (1), one (1) and one-half (1), or other number of bricks wide, and the result will give the exact number of brick work done, including the mortar. Thus for an illustration of the rule and an example: A wall measures thirty feet (30) in length, twenty one (21) in height, and one (1) brick wide, how much brick work done? 30x12[21]x!4= 8,820 bricks, measure outside from corner to corner, thus allowing double measurement for each corner in the building. Gable and other triangular shaped walls, measure the length, multiply by one-half of the height, and by the respective number of bricks for the thickness. Projections on walls, chimney breasts, flues, pilasters, etc., are measured by adding one (1) return to the length, multiplied by the height and respective thickness; no deduction shall be made for inside vacancy. Chimney tops shall be measured by taking the face and one (1) return for the length, multiplied by the height above wall, and by the number of bricks. Example: A chimney top's face measure, four (4) feet, is eighteen inches, or two (2) bricks wide, and six feet high, how many bricks? Answer: 4 6x6x2=756 [51x6x28=924] bricks; no deduction shall be made for inside flues. All chimney stacks, whether square, circular or octagon shafts, measure solid cubic contents, and allow twenty-one (21) bricks to the cubic foot. All openings in walls shall be deducted, less the reveals or jambs outside of frame. When openings have arches over same, deduct for the height of opening the distance from the sill to the spring of the arch. Openings built without springs, the jambs on each side shall be deducted from the width of the opening. For example, if an opening in a thirteen (13) inch. wall measures four (4) feet in width, the deductions will be only one (1) foot, ten (10) inches, multiplied by the height and respective thickbess; or, in this case, by twenty-one (21) brick. No deductions are to be made for plates, bond-timbers, joists, sills, caps, lintels, etc, but

two (2) inches in height are to be allowed for bedding plates where no brick work is over them. To measure cornices, take the length and and height by the greatest projections, which, in no case, shall be less than (4) inches wide, all fractions to be put in the next higher class; caps are to be measured the same as cornices. In measuring partition walls take the dimensions clear of the front and rear walls. For fire walls and gables, add two (2) courses of bricks, or five (5) inches for cutting the brick and waste thereon. Pilasters are measured over face and one side for length, multiplied by height and thickness. No deductions are to be made for circular or semi-circular openings for arches, vaults, sewers, etc.; take outside circumference by the length and thickness. For arches in solid walls, add to measurement the superficial area, multiplied by the thickness of the wail. Projecting arches are to be measured by the length and height from the spring to the top of centre of the arch by the thickness of the projection, which in no case shall be less than four (4) inches, or one-half (1) brick wide. Vault arches are to be measured one and one-half (1) times the outside girth. Ovens, coppers, boilers, etc., are to be measured as solid work, deducting only the ash holes, but the fire bricks, tiles, etc., are not deducted out the brick work. In measuring isolated piers, take the face and one return for the width and multiply by the height and thickness or number of bricks thick. Isolated walls are to be measured by adding to the face two (2) returns or thickness of wall for the length, multiplied by the height and thickness; on corners more or less than a right angle, allow additional the thickness of the wall for each, and corner in the length. In measuring stock or pressed brick fronts take the area of such facing and returns at each corner and deduct openings; all openings where frames occur to be deducted, less the reveals, when the openings are without frames and have the jambs faced through the full thickness of the wall, both jambs to be measured, and four (4) inches on the inside to be allowed. A superficial foot of facing to front will take seven (7) bricks. Brick paving is to be measured by the superficial yard, equal to nine (9) square feet, which will require forty (40) bricks to the yard when laid flat. In brick paving, paving on edge or border, allow double the aforesaid measurement, and in brick on end allow four (4) times the aforesaid measurement. Pointing fronts is to be measured by the superficial foot.

SEC. 4. [Stone cutting work.]-For plain rubbed face to ashlar, platform, posts, watertables, cornices, take the superficial measurement upon all parts of the work where exposed. For moulded work to cor nices, archives, imposts, etc., girth the whole face of the mouldings, beginning with the tape at the extreme edge of the moulding and

emerging it into the hollows and quirks across the whole face. The dimensions, multiplied by the length, will give the superficial feet. Take all flat circular work at one (1) and one-half (1) times the straight, and when of a quick sweep, fifteen (15) inches radius or under, twice the straight. Panel work measures double. Measure the different kinds of work for labor, as follows, only by the lineal foot; Rough brush hammered work, one (1) foot and under; fine hammered work, one (1) foot and under; checks under ten (10) inches, checks over two (2) inches, measure double. Rebates, steps and moulded nosings, window sills with nosings, window caps, moulded window caps, moulded string course, pier caps, plain pilaster caps, mouled pilaster caps, moulded cornice, moulded fence coping. Returns for the whole of the above to be measured double. If over one (1) foot high, measure superficial, ditto tooled. The following different kinds of work for labor only shall be measured by the superficial foot: Brush hammered door sills, brush hammered piers of two (2), three (3) or four (4) sides, lintels, pier blocks, base blocks, plinths, measuring four (4) feet and less, measured double, bevelled ashlar. All returns for above measured one and one-half (14) times. Ring stones, saddle-back coping, fence posts of various kinds, coarse fire wall coping, chimney tops, double measurement. Platforms measured same as steps, one (1) foot from front, the balance per superficial foot; if the bottom bed is worked, to be charged the same as ashlar. Bed over twelve (12) inches wide to be paid for as rough brush hammered work, with the exception of plinth blocks. Rusticated quoins under twelve (12) inches in bed, superficial measurement; over twelve (12) inches thick, cubic measurement. Rusticated ashlar, superficial measurement.

SEC. 5. [Plastering work.]-Plain plastering is to be measured by the superficial yard, that is, three (3) feet multiplied by three (3) feet equal nine superficial feet. 'In measuring plastering take the girth of the walls in a room for the length and multiply by the height from floor to ceiling, and from this product deduct one-half () of the amount of the openings, such as doors, windows, etc. All cornices and mouldings, and all work where running mould is used, are to be measured from the nose of the moulding to the wall, and a moulding is desig nated as being so many inches, according to the girth; the length is taken on the wall line, and one (1) lineal is allowed to each miter. Measure of plain or moulded cornices under twelve (12) inches girth by the running foot, and all above that girth by the superficial foot. The plain parts of ornamented cornices shall be first taken as plain, and the several enrichments therein taken per running foot at their separate values, which, added to the price of the plain moulding, will