The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-17
FOR HONEST WEIGHT
Merchants Protective As
ISOLATION Discusses the
New Ordinance.
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Business Men Of the Heights
Heartily Endorse the Al
dermen's Action.
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of Hudson County, at its meeting in the
Avenue House, last night. discussed the
new ordinance regulating the keeping
and using of just weights and meas
ures," which was introduced by Alder
man Barr and is now pending before the
Board of Aldermen of Jersey City. It
will come up for passage at the next
meeting of the Board. The discussion
was started by James Cough, who want
ed to know If any members of the as
ISOLATION had been further prosecuted by
the Inspector of Weights and Measures.
James Banks, to whom the query was
principally directed, replied that he had
had no further trouble. He said he
could not understand why summonses
should be issued against reputable BUSH
ness men without first warning them that
they were in error, but he supposed it
must be all right. He was very much
pleased at the action of the Aldermen in
drafting a new ordinance. He thought
the Merchants Protective Association
should uphold any measure or any ordi-
nance calling for the better enforcement
of the weights and measures ordinance.
1t should also work in harmony with
any movement which tended to give the
Inspector more power. He moved the
appointment of a committee of three TO
consider the new ordinance and report
at the next meeting, The motion was
carried, and President Anderson appoint
ed Mr. Banks, e. A. Kaufman and Jas.
Farley as the committee.
President Anderson said he was sur.
prisedly pleased when he read a copy OF
the new ordinance, which he had been
lucky enough to secure. The other MEM
bers knew little of the new measure.
President Anderson. had his copy OF the
ordinance, which has never been publish
ed, with him, and, on motion of the sec
rotary, read it. 1t is as follows
"An ordinance to amend an ordinance
entitled AR ordinance to provide II the
spector or Scales, Weights and Measures.
and to prescribe his duties and compen,,
satien, and to enforce the keeping and
using of just weights and measures,
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City
do 0rdain as folloWS:-
Section /. All persons having weights,
steel yards or any other instruments in
weighing or measuring any article in
tended to be purchased or sold in the city
of Jersey City, shall cause the same to be
sealed and marked by the Inspector OF
Scales, Weights and Measures in said
city.
city of Jersey City in weighing or meas
uring any article intende to be purchased
or sold in said city, any weight. measure.
scale, beam, patent balance, steel yard
or other Instrument, which shall not be
comfortable to the standard of weights
and measures of this State, or which has
not been sealed and marked by the In
spector of Scales. Weights and Measures
of said city, or which shall be out of
order or incorrect, or which shall not
balance, he, she or they shall forfeit and
pay the sum of $50 for eac offence and
If any such weight, measure, scale, beam,
patent balance, steel yard. or other in
strurnent shall be found in the possession
of any dealer or yender, such possession
shall be deemed and taken as prima facia
evidence of the use thereof by the person
or persons in whose possession the same
Sec. 3. Any person who shall refuse to
exhibit any weights, measures, scale
beams. patent balances. steel yards or
weighing, to the Inspector lof Scales,
Weights and Measures for the purpose of
being examined and inspected, sealed and
a penalty of $40 for every such offence.
Sec. 4. All weights, measures, scale
beams, patent balances. steeiyards and
other Instruments used for Weighing or
measuring shall be inspected and exam
med at the stores and places where the
same may be used; but in case they or
able to, the standard of his State, they
may be adjusted, sealed and marked by
the said Inspector of Scales, Weights and
Measures, at the store or place where
semi Nv the owner thereof. At his ex-
pense. to the office of the said Inspector
of Scales, Weights and Measures, for the
pmarked within three davs after fhe own
er thereof shall be required SO 10 do. in
writing, by the said Inspector, under the
Sec. {. That if any scalevor other in
str1lment used in WEIGHING he found nv
fbe Tnsnector al Scales Weighfs ana
Measures in thaC itv ~ Jersey Civ IN
s',cb cnnd;tiop thai he cannot sdinsf the
same. he shall atfaeh to the said scale
or nfher instrumenf used in Weighing 4
nrinteS or urrittan nofice which shall
read s,,hstantiaiiv as foilowsE
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"City of Jersey City,
s'Ofice of the Inspector of Scales, Weights