The Portland daily press., 1899-03-20
CHAPTER SO.
AN ACT relating to sealers of Weights an,
Measures.

AN ACT relating to sealers of Weights and
Measures.
Section /. The sealers of weights and meas.
ures in the several cities and towns shall
annually give public notice by advertisement,
or by posting in one or more public places in
their respective cities and towns notices to all
inhabitants or persons having usual places of
business therein and who use weights,
measures or balances for the purpose of sell
ing any goods, wares, merchandise or other
commodities or for public Weighing TO bring
in their weights, measures and balances to be
adjusted and sealed. Such sealers shall attend
In one or more convenient places and shall
adjust, seal and record all weights, measures
and balances so brought in.
Section .. After giving said notice the said
sealers shall go to the houses, stores and shops
of persons who neglect to comply herewith,
and having entered the same with the assent of
the occupants thereof, shall adjust and seal
their weights, measures and balances.
Section 8. Said sealers shall go once a year
and oftencr II necessary, TO every hay and
coal scale, to every platform balance within
their respective cities and towns that cannot
be easily or conveniently removed, and shall
test the accuracy of and adjust and seal the
same.
Section 4. All persons using any scales,
weights or measures for the purpose of buying
or selling any commodity, may, when they
desire II, have the same tested and scaled by
the sealers of weights and measures at the
office OF any OF said sealers.
Section 5. In case a sealer OF weights and
measures cannot seal any weights, measures
and balances In the manner before provided,
he may mark them with STENCIL or by other
suitable means so as to show that they have
been inspected; but be shall In no case seal or
mark as correct any weights, measures or
balances which do not conform to the stan
dards. II such weights. measures or bal
ances can be readily adjusted by such means
as he has at hand, he may adjust and seal
them; but If they cannot be readily adjusted,
he shall af1ix to such weights, measures or
balances notice, forbiddng their use until he
is satisfied that they have been so adjusted as
to conform to the standards; and whoever re-
moves said notice without consent OF the
officer afiixing tho same. shall for each offense
forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, one
half to the use OF the city or town and one
half to the use of the complainant
Section 8. A sealer when visiting the place
of business of any person for the purpose OF
testing any weights, measures or balances,
may use for that purpose such weights, meas
ures or balances as he can conveniently carry
with him, and each city and town shall furnish
Its sealer with one or more duplicate sets OF
weights, measures and balances, which shall
at all times be kept to conform TO the standards
furnished by the state, and all weights, meas.
ures and balances so sealed shall be deemed to
be legally sealed the same as If tested and
sealed with the standard weights, measures
and balances.
Section I. A sealer of weights and measures
may seize without warrant such weights
measures or balances as may be necessary to
be used as evidence In cases of violation of the
law relating to the sealing of weights and
measures, such weights, measures or balances
to be returned to the owners, OF forfeited as
the court may direct.
Section 8. When complaint is made to q
seAler Of weights and measures by any person
that he has reasonable cause to believe or
when such sealer himself has reasonable cause
to believe that a weight. measure or balance
used in the sale Of any commodity within his
city or town is incorrect, the said sealer shall
so to the place whore such weight. measure or
balance is and shall test the same, and mark it
according to the result of the test applied there
to; and II tho same is incorrect and cannot be
adjusted, the said sealer shall attach notice
thereto. certifying that fact, and forbtdding the
use thereof until It has been made to conform
to the authorized standard. Any person using
q weight, measure or balance after sealer has