Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-06-24
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asures IS 8 follows
The County Court OF each
unity shat Constantly keep, for the
and st the charge Of such court,
felloWing weights snd measures,
Sc: 4t isnot necessary TO name
weights, measures, scales, bal
& cass TO- everybody knows Whatthey
will be seer that it is the
ofthe county court to keep these
Every sealef Of weights and
ares shall, at least once a e
EeEttse in some convenient news
per or pat up notification in diff
rent parts of the county of the
mes and places, when and where he
Will attend for the purpose of trying
nd proving such balances. weights
ID measures as may be brought to
I "a for that purpose. Those which
may be found or can be made to agree
ith the standards shall be scaled by
M accordingly, and he sHd9 dgtace
nd destroy all such as do not and
stnot be madefo agree MereWttb.
Sd. The s~ealers of weights and
easures, shall once in every year,
fgp TO the mills, stores or shops of
eFery person in this county who use
chances, steelyards, platform ball
1eess weights or measures for the
purpose Of buying or selling and who
mas Jdtted for three gears to bring or
SENDS them in at the time and places
nlotIhed by him, and also to all hay
SCALES, cattle scales and platform
balances kept for the public use and
t here try and prove such scales, bal
ances, steeiyards, weights or measures
and seal or dgace and destroythene as
may be proper in the cases men
Toned in this section. The sealer of
weights and measures shall for such
SERVICES have double the amount of
regular fees.
Keepers of scales for weighing
i've stock and other ponderous arti-
Hes shall have constantly on hand a
Sealed weight of not less than fifty
Bonnds for the purpose of testing the
%prrectness of such scales whenever
Tequired by any person desiring to
use the same for the purpose afore-
aid. Any person violating this sec
tfon shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
emeanor and fined not exceeding
fty dollars.
4tE. Each senior of weights and
measures shaft have ten cents for any
Weight, measure, scale, beam and
balance and twenty cents for each
teelyard, and beams and poises
thereof tried, proved and scaled, or
qefaced and destroyed by him, to be
baid by the owners thereof, respec-
lively, for whom the service is rem
erred.
9TH A person may at any time call
Upon the sealer of his county to try
md prove the weights and measures
qf such person, he paying therefor
he regular fees, or double the fees
the service be rendered at his own
house, store or. shop.
9Th. II any person in a county in
Bhjch the weights, measures and bal
tnces have been provided as required
section five of this chapter shall
sell OF offer to sell any commodity,
buy or keep for buying and selling
d8ny scales, balances, steelyards,
6g TO law 6e" gnRft Fsplea as
offence a sum not exceeding ten
aolA8rs.
ally object in the above is to show
alat the county court is neither capa-
Hble Of aiding in ''legalized robbery
or in conniving at secret cheating or
lyilIiahy. That the court did but its
duty, that the fee for testing a peck
measure is only ten cents, and not
thirty-ive as the Many Kickers" al
J5lege- If the MANY Kickers" think
THAT the Legislature of our State will
lentertain a proposition to repeal the
chapter concerning weights and
measures which has been in tbs
statute book for City odd years and
S the law in every State in the Union
and in every civilized community in
the world, they will be disap-
pointed. As well might they expect
the Legislature to abolish jails, peni-
%tentiarios, fines and penalties. There
are a good many things that can be
said about false weights and meas
ures. There are such things-hencc
tAe law. Inc people are eHtlbleu Ce
protection and it is the duty of the
Lawmakers and the courts to see that
they have it. Why is it that a load
of corn will weigh one hundred
pounds less on one scale than on
another? And what security has a
purchases of coal that he will get full
weight7 the dealer cuts, shufies and
deals, &C., the purchaser has no
means of guarding against fraud
Government is costly, and a great
necessary evil and were it not for the
violent, the evil disposed, the cheats
land thieves and ~wickedness of the
world, government would not be nee
essary The millennium is not here
yet as fully appears by the forty-
seven indictments at our recent
court, nor will the taking out of the
"tinfoil'' put into the ''light weights
ito bring them up to the standard
stop before it arrives. JUsr16E.
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