Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-11-26

or measure represented by the vender.
Sec. 5-No dealer or dealers IN flour. |
corn meal buckwheat flour. rye flour,
graham flour, entire wheat or whole
wheat flour, or sugar by himself clerk or
agent shall sell the same in original pack
ages in paper or cloth sacks unless such
sack or sacks are sold for the correct
weight contained therein.
No person or persons shall have or allow
any weights, scales or measures or other
instruments used by HIM, her or them IN
selling or measuring in his, or her, or their
place OF business that have been inspected
by the sealer OF weights and measures or
his authorized assistants and condemned
until such weights, scales, measures or
other instruments have been corrected
and approved and marked by the sealer
of weights and measures or his assistants.
| The sealer of weights and measures by
| himself or his authorized assistants shall
test all computing scales as to weights
and values, and any such scale which
may be found to give weight other than
the correct weight for any money value
or money value other than correct
money value for the weight indicated shall
| be condemned, otherwise the same shall
| be approved. And any scale, weight or
measure or other instrument which does
not give the correct measure or weight
and the same cannot be corrected shall
be confscated and destroyed by the seal
er of weights and measures or his au-
thorized assistants.
| Sec 6-No person shall sell or deliver
any coal. wood coke, hay or straw, lex
cept hay and straw sold in bundles) with
in the limits Of the city Of Bedding, unless
there shall be delivered to the person in
charge OF the wagon or conveyance used
in delivering such coal, wood, coke. hay
or straw. Except hay or straw sold in
bundles) certificate written in ink-duly
signed by the person selling the same or
by his agent and showing the weight or
measure Of the coal, wood. coke, hay or
straw and conveyance, the date of weigh
ing the same and the name of the pur-
chaser, said certificate to be delivered to
the purchaser or some person Of suitable
age at the time of delivering such coal,
wood, coke, hay or straw.
Sec NO person in charge OF the
wagon or other conveyance used in deliv-
ering COAL wood, coke, hay or straw, to
whom the certificate mentioned in Sec. 6
has been delivered, shall neglect or refuse
upon demand TO exhibit such certificate to
the sealer Of weights and measures Of
said city or to his assistant, or to any
person designated by him. or to the pur-
chaser of the coal, wood, coke, hay or
straw being delivered; and when said
officer, or the person so designated or
said purchaser shall demand that the
weight shown by such certificate be veri-
fled, it shall be the duty of the person in
barge of such wagon or conveyance
delivering such coal, wood. coke, hay or
straw, to convey the same forthwith to
some public scale of the city or to any
private scale in the city designated by the
sealer of weights and measures or his
authorized assistant to permit the veri-
flying of the weight shown, and shall after
the delivery Of such coal, wood, coke, hay
) or straw, return forthwith with the wagon
or conveyance used to the same scale and
verify the weight OF such wagon or con-
veyanc.
1t shall be the duty of such sealer oil
weights and measures to inspect or cause
to be thoroughly inspected and tested the
weight of coal, wood, coke, hay or straw
sold or delivered as aforesaid within the
limits OF the city Of Belding. and to take
the necessary proceedings and make the
necessary complaints TO enforce the pro-
: visions of this ordinance
: Sec 9-All persons using dry or liquid
measure in the selling or purchasing Of
goods, wares or merchandise or of any
} product sold by weight or measure. shall,
) when ordered so to do by the sealer Of
weights and measures or his authorized
, assistant or assistants, send all of such
, measures to the office of the sealer oil
weights and measures for inspection and
approval or dsapproval.
Sec. lo-All persons selling measures
OF any kind that are to be used for buying
} or selling any product, goods. wares OF
merchandise described in this ordinance
shall, when ordered so TO do by the sealer
of weights and measures or his authorized
assistant or assistants send said measures
} to the office Of said official for his inspec-
. ton. No person shall sell or offer for sale
! either by himself or his agent any such
, measure or measures in the city of Beld-
: ing to be used for the purpose of buying
} and selling any product, goods, wares OF
} merchandise in this ordinance described
r that do not conform with the United
States standard of measure. Whenever
t a person. partnership or corporation oil
the city of Bedding shall have purchased
scales to be used in buying or selling
goods, wares or merchandise, before the
J same shall be used by any Of such person
or persons, partnership or corporation they
J shall notify the sealer of weights anc
measures TO the end that the same may
be inspected, and it shall be the duty OF
! the sealer Of weights and measures tc
} test and inspect the same and to deter
r mine whether the same are in compliance
with the law and equal the standard of
weights and measures required by this
ordinance
7 Sec. ll-No person or persons shall
obstruct or in any manner impede or will
fully delay the sealer Of weights and
: measures or his assistants in the execu
r ton of his duties under this ordinance
either by refusing him entrance or delay
, ing his entrance or admission into any oil
the places above mentioned; and no per,
son or persons shall refuse or omit to stoI
, any wagon or conveyance as aforesaid
} whereby the due execution Of this ordi-
! nance or any part OF it shall be impedec
! or obstructed; and any person or persons
who shall sell or attempt to sell, deliver
, or attempt to deliver any coal, wood, coke
hay or straw Of less weight or measure
than that purported to be delivered or
sold by the certificate mentioned in Sec
OF this ordinance shall be deemed guilty