The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-15

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN oRDI-
nance, entitled "An ordinance to provide for
the appointment and government of an In
spector of Scales. Weights and Measures, and
to prescribe his duties and compensation and
to tse,e ehfor eea the keeping q, ~ ana nssd using : ng, i, 81 ,sd Sps'
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City do
ordain as folloWs:-
Section lit shall be the duty of the City
Sealer of Weights and Measures and he IS
hereby authorized to inspect and examine at
least once in each and every year, and as
much oftener as he may think proper, all
weights, measures, scale beams, patent bal
ances, steelyards and other instruments used
in weighing or measuring any article intended
to be purchased or sold in the City OF Jersey
City.
Sec. 2-If any person shall use. in the
City of Jersey City, in weighing or measuring
any article intended to be purchased or sold
in said City, any weight, measure, scale beam,
patent balance, steelyard or other instrument
which shall not be conformable to the stand
ard of weights and measures in this State, or
which has not been sealed and marked by
the Inspector of Scales, Weights and Meas
ures 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 twenty dollars for each offense; and if
any such weight, measure, scale beam, patent
found in the possession Of any dealer or vender,
such possession shall be deemed and taken as
prima facie evidence of the use thereof by
the person or persons in whose possession the
same is found.
Sec. Amy person who shallarefuse to ex-
hibit any weights, measures, scale beams,
ments used in measuring or weighing, to the
Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures for
the purpose of being examined and inspected,
sealed and marked as aforesaid, shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of twenty dollars for every
such offense.
Sec. All weights, measures, scale beams,
patent balances, steelyards and other instru-
ments used for Weighing or measuring shall
be inspected and examined at the stores and
nlaces where the same may be used, but in
case they or any of them shall be found not
conformable to the standard Of this State, they
So he oSi1Sfa6 SP2lp7 and marked nv the
Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures at
the store or place where the same may be
thereof. at his expense, to the office of the
said Inspector Of Scales, Weights and Meas
ures. for the purpose of being adjusted, sealed
and marked. within three days after the owner
thereof shall be required so to do. in writing.
by the said Inspector. under tina penalty OF
ten dollars for every such neglect.
Sec. 5-That if any scale or other instru-
ment used in weighing be found by the In
snector of Scales, Weights and Measures, in
spee - oi+y Of Jersey City, in such Condition
that he cannot adjust the same, he shall at
tach to the said scale or other instrument
which shall read substantially as follows:-
s.Ctty of Jersey City,
"Ofice of the Inspector of Scales, Weights
and Measures.
'rhis is to certify that this has
been tested and found incorrect, and its use
Is hereby forbidden until it shall be made to
conform to the authorized standard.
s'Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures
dII t@7
upon the opposite side Of which shall be writ
fen or printed the name of the owner of the
scale or other instrument used In weighing and
such other matter as shall be thought proper
by the Inspector.
Sec. elf any person shall use or allow to
he used, in connection with his business. any
scale or other instrument used in weighing, to
which the Inspector Of Scales, Weights and
Measures has attached the notice provided for
in the last section. he shall forfeit and pay
the sum Of twenty dollars for each %offense;
any person who shall remove. alter. deface
or interfere with such notice attached to any
scale or other instrument used in weighing
nv the inspector of Scales, Weights and Meas
ures, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of ten
dollars for each offense.
Sec. THAT any forfeiture or penalty arising
under this ordinance may be recovered be-
fore or imposed by one of the Police Justices
If Jersey City, or their successors, and the
moneys received for any forfeiture or penalty
hereunder shall be paid in the City Treasury.
Sec. SAAr ordinances and parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the provisions hereof are
hereby repealed.
Passed october 26, 1897.
N
President pro tempore.
NJ. J.. O'DONNELL, City Clerk.
Approved November 9, 1897.
EDWARD HOGS. Mayor.