Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-08-07
JUST WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES
Ordinance Passed Protecting Both
the Sellers and the
Consumers.
APPLIES ONLY TO THE
OPEN MARKET In CITY
Regular Weigher and Sca1er Will
Be Appointed By the City
Council.

An ordinance regulating the weigh
ing, measuring and sale of hay, coal
and wood, was passed by the common
council Tuesday evening. 1t was
introduced ty Mark Pratt. Mr.. Pratt
said that under present conditions it
often happened that buyers in open
market were not given a fair show
and that as result many complaints
had reached him. Mr.. Pratt had also
been informed by farmers that the
present scales were not always kept in
the best order and that the weigher
often could not be found. 1t was
thought by the council that these
difficulties could be remedied in a
manner satisfactory to all if the
weighing and measuring were left in
charge of man regularly employed
by the city.
The following ordinance was there
fore passed.:
Number Sc.
An ordinance regulating the weighing. mea-
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providing places for the sale thereof. and for
the appointment of a city scaler and weigher.
The Common Council of the city of Grand
Rapids dc ordain as follows:
SECTION l. From and after the passage and
publication of this ordinance it shall be unlaw-
full for any person to offer for sale, or sell,
within the limits ofthe city of Grand Rapids,
in the open market, any hay, coal or wood
loaded upon any wagon, sled or other vehicle,
| at any other place than the places hereinafter
provided for. and without first having obtainei
FIR 10 oity wai0har and ar n his
written certificate. as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2. For the purposes OF carr! ing out
the provisions of this ordinance. the common
council of said city shall as soon as practicable
after the passage and publication of this ordi-
nance, appoint a suitable person as city scaler
and weigher, whose term of office shall expire
on the first day of May, A. D. 1904, and at its
regular meeting in April. A. D. 1904. and each
year thereafter at its regular meeting i'll April,
shall appoint successor, whose term OF offlce
shall commence on the first day of May, and
shall be for one year and until his successor is
appointed and qualified. Said scaler and
weigher shall receive as compensation Tor his
services, in scaling and Weighing, the fees here
matter provided for, to be paid by the persons
whose hay, coal or wood has been weighed or
measured, but no more He shall give bond
to said city of Grand Rapids, In the penal sum
to be approved by the mayor of said city. con-
ditioned for the faithful performance 64 his
duty as such scaler and weigher
SECTION 8. The scaler and weigher 80 ap-
pointed, shall have charge of the city scales
and it shall be his duty to weigh all hay, coal
or other articles brought within the city limits
tion of the owner or his agent, and the delivery
of the hay, coal or other articles, to said
scaler and weigher, at the city scales, and give
under his hand certificate, stating the name
of the owner agent, the weight of the hay,
coal, or other articles, including the wagon or
sled or net weight, as the case may be, with the
date of weighing the same; and he shall charge
and receive from the owner or agent OF the hay,
coal or other articles, to be weighed, including
weighing an empty wagon or sled, the sum of
ten cents and no more.
SECTION T. The said scaler and weigher shall
also have charge of the public market places in
said city, and It shall be his duty to scale all
wood brought within the limits of said city on
wagons, sleds or other vehicles, for sale in the
opeu market, upon the application of the owner
or agent thereof, and the delivery OF such wood
at the public market places in said city, here