The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-12


AN ORDNANCE TO AMEND AN RDI-
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 ana
to enforce the keeping and using or JUST
weights and measures" passed April Is, 1880.
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 10
hereby authorized to inspect and examine ae
least once in each and every year, and as
much oftener as he may think proper, all
weights. measures, scale beams, patent bal
apces, 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 instruments
which shall not be cenformable 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 or
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 il
balance, steelyard or other instrument shall De
found in the possession of any dealer or yender,
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. S-Any person who shall refuse to ex-
mn az SAoA t
patent balances, steelyards or other instru-
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. EAu 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
places where the same may be used, but in
case they or any OF them shall be found not
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NAV be adjusted, sealed and marked by the
Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures at
the store or place where the same may be
used, or they shall be sent by the owner
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 the 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.
the City of Jersey City, in such condition
that he cannot adjust the same, he shall at
tach to the said scale or other instrument
used in weighing a printed or written notice.
which shall read substantially as follows:-
Getty OF Jersey City,
s'Ofice of the Inspector of Scales, Weights
and Measures,
.arbis 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
sInspector of Scales, Weights and Measures"
said notice shall be in the form OF a tag,
upon the opposite side of which shall be writ
ten 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.
SEQ. eff any person shall use or allow to
be 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;