Measuring Up; The county Bureau of Weights and Measures makes sure the proper amounts flow from local gas pumps. From: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA | Date: July 12, 2004| Author: Chad Umble, Correspondent | Copyright 2004 Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Roger Stoner pumps a lot of gas, even when prices surge to $2 a gallon.

But usually he's not filling up his car.

Stoner, a deputy sealer of weights and measures for Lancaster County, typically is filling up a big metal can.

It's part of a state-mandated annual inspection, to see if consumers are getting what they pay for.

And at about 95 percent of the county's 3,300 pumps, they are, the inspections show.

At the other 5 percent, interestingly enough, usually ...

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