Whereas, The Weights and Measures Program of the Michigan
Department of Agriculture Laboratory Division serves to meet the public need
of standard weights and measures in the State of Michigan; and,
Whereas, The employees of the Weights and Measures Program
are responsible for ensuring that all weighing and measuring devices used in
commerce are accurate in both their design and operation; and,
Whereas, Weights and measures activities had an estimated
economic impact of over $171.8 billion in Michigan in 2002; and,
Whereas, With a theme of “Weights and Measures: Working
for Integrity in the Marketplace”, confidence in all transactions based
upon weight, measure or count for both consumers and industry is critical for
the continued expansion of Michigan’s diverse domestic and export economies;
and,
Whereas, Each year the first week in March is set aside to
commemorate the enactment of our nation’s first Weights and Measures Law
in 1799 and to increase public awareness of the importance of this law; and
now therefore be it
Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State
of Michigan, do hereby proclaim the week of March 1, 2003, as Weights and Measures
Week in Michigan in conjunction with the national celebration of the 204th anniversary
of our nation’s first Weights and Measures Law.
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